Example sentences of "he be [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | While his clients have included dealers and museums , among them the British Museum , Patrick de Bayser says he is aiming mainly for a clientèle of private collectors . |
| 2 | He is coming over for a tour which culminates in the Edinburgh Festival , and he will be promoting both this and his third Easy Rawlins tale . |
| 3 | When he 's settling down for a sleep … |
| 4 | ‘ At the rate he 's working up he 's heading straight for a crisis some time today . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Nigel Benn is number two , but he 's lined up for a world title shot with Italian Mauro Galvano so Henry will be all set to fight for the vacant European title . |
| 6 | He was to remain there for a further six years . |
| 7 | Evans said they should get Jack Nicholson for the role and he was invited in for a try-out . |
| 8 | In the event of Sir Cyril being unable to attend , he was asked instead for a short message for the association 's newsletter , ‘ Tummy ’ . |
| 9 | In the 10th round , he was ruled out for a foul , and lost his world championship . |
| 10 | Up for re-election in 1952 , he was looking around for a cause that would be electorally popular , and found it in anti-communism . |
| 11 | At the door which led back on to the landing he was looking around for a prop or a wedge to pin it open when he thought of the parcel that he 'd been hugging since the zoo . |
| 12 | He was looking not for a new policy for Britain , but for a political protege for himself , someone who would be more gracious and romantic than Chamberlain . |
| 13 | She knew perfectly well that he was not very interested in paintings and that he was looking only for a secluded place where he could kiss her . |
| 14 | It came as no surprise when he was sent off for a vicious headbutt to the hapless Hudd . |
| 15 | He expected to be there for only three or four days , but he was kept in for a fortnight . |
| 16 | The Shah said that he was staying on for a while , not flying immediately either to the States back to Egypt . |
| 17 | He was taken in for a moment , and believed her . |
| 18 | He was knocked out for a time . |
| 19 | He then called his father , now living in retirement at Lake Martin , and got the name of a former Libyan engineering colleague , whom Coleman immediately telexed , saying he was coming out for a visit . |
| 20 | And he was moving in my direction , although I did n't know he was coming in for a photograph . |
| 21 | He was let out for a walk in the grounds of the medium-security Runwell hospital , near Wickford , Essex . |
| 22 | He was carrying regularly for a top-class American golfer who eventually won the Open . |
| 23 | Actually , before he moved away , he , he gave up his designing job and he was working in for a bit . |
| 24 | He had left Marler in the bar , saying he was going upstairs for a shower . |
| 25 | He went back into the flat , grabbed his coat , told an astonished Frau Nordern that he was going out for a moment and , without waiting for any protests , dashed out and joined Bodo at the foot of the stairs . |
| 26 | During the previous weeks there had been fine weather , and after a day in the office Paul would keep his mother company in the evenings for a little while , then , as they had nothing to say to one another , he would tell her he was going out for a breath of air . |
| 27 | Between Czecho and Hungary , he decided he was going off for a couple of days . |