Example sentences of "he is [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mentally or instinctively he is looking for the pattern and his antennae are an outward expression of that inward instinct . |
| 2 | If the chattel has been purchased through a dealer or auction house or in market overt ‘ it can not be recovered from the first purchaser or any subsequent bona fide purchaser , unless he is compensated for the purchase-money paid ’ [ Art . |
| 3 | His ankle is badly swollen and he is struggling for the weekend . ’ |
| 4 | That is unless , like Wade Dooley whom Rodber joined in the England pack against Scotland and Ireland last season , he is picked for the Test against the South Africans four days later . |
| 5 | He looks likely to run in Doncaster 's Flamborough Head Novices Hurdle tomorrow though do not be surprised if he is rerouted for the Grade 2 Berkshire Hurdle at Newbury . |
| 6 | ‘ He is studying for the ministry . |
| 7 | Big , bearded and broad-shouldered , he is studying for the ministry , on a campus where black theology is preached and Christ is held to have advocated violence . |
| 8 | Now the strings have gone slack , and he is waiting for the end . |
| 9 | The famous cantata Quando ridi , in which a lover claims he is dying for the sake of a beautiful mouth ? |