Example sentences of "he [be] [adv] [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is still wanted for murder . |
| 2 | pearce is another overrated player — i cant see why he is always prefered for tony — yeah pearce is tough and shoots hard and is a fighting guy — — so what — — dorigo is a much more — international — type — coming forward more often and when in form seems to be a good friend with the ball … |
| 3 | Although Mr Cross has been making music since the early 80s , he 's best known for Ride Like the Wind and the theme tune to Dudley Moore 's film Arthur . |
| 4 | The record card for such a client was scribbled over with the comment of dealers : " He 's about to buy a house ; has no funds ; he 'll see how the shares he already has do ; he 's going in for Rolls Royce , so has no money ; he 's still waiting for share certificates — once these have arrived he will think about further investment . " |
| 5 | And he 's still fighting for compensation from his former captors . |
| 6 | By now , having experienced the sensation of flying , he felt that his future was in flying the aircraft rather than servicing them on the ground ; in April 1934 he was finally accepted for pilot training . |
| 7 | He was finally accepted for treatment about eighteen months after his accident . |
| 8 | He had eighteen previous convictions when he was finally arrested for murder , including assault and bodily harm , and three charges pending . |
| 9 | He was duly cited for contempt , received a thirty-day sentence to jail and a fine , which were quashed two years later on appeal . |
| 10 | In April 1770 he was again arrested for debt , and this time wrote to an unknown friend : ‘ After being six times arrested : nine times in a spunging house ; and three times in the Fleet-prison , I am at least happily arrived at the King 's Bench [ Prison ] ’ . |
| 11 | He knew full well that the only circumstances in which a regional planning manager would not be expected personally to present his Ten Year Business Plan to the President of the Corporation was if he was already earmarked for promotion and it was desired to give visibility to his successor , or if he was on his way out . |
| 12 | Jordan knew all that , he was just asking for asking 's sake . |
| 13 | Could n't they see that he was simply dying for want of a word from Kee , that not seeing her or being able to write or talk to her was killing him , and that nothing else mattered ? |
| 14 | Young David Stirling 's frustration at his inability to have a crack at the enemy mounted , yet in a most extraordinary episode he was nearly court-martialled for cowardice . |
| 15 | He was also nominated for Witness For The Prosecution some 25 years later . |
| 16 | He was frequently asked for advice on the royal gardens at Windsor and Osborne , and Suttons received the first of several royal warrants from Queen Victoria in 1858 . |
| 17 | He was instead imprisoned for life . |
| 18 | It was immaterial to her that he was coarse and brutish , that he kept an illegal tavern , that he was invariably drunk , and that he was eventually imprisoned for manslaughter . |
| 19 | Their answers may support the defence of justification — although rarely as dramatically as football manager Tommy Docherty , a libel plaintiff who collapsed so utterly under cross-examination that he was subsequently prosecuted for perjury . |
| 20 | His reputation as a right-hand batsman , a strong on-side player , and deceptive medium-pace bowler was such that he was early earmarked for advancement by both his county and country , being twelfth man twice for England in 1938 , appearing as Hammond 's vice-captain in the 1946-47 tour of Australia before succeeding to the England captaincy in 1947 , then succeeding Brian Sellers as Yorkshire 's captain the following year . |
| 21 | He was always looking for work , ’ one said . |
| 22 | Methven was later to create an embarrassing scandal among the godly , when he was publicly deposed for adultery in 1562 — a sin which did not prevent him finding a niche among the ministry of the Church of England — but in 1558 he was a major asset to the Protestants , preaching not only in Dundee but , during the summer months , in other parts of Angus and in Fife . |
| 23 | Money was bad , but he was still working for Liberty and picked up work on Pageant magazine . |
| 24 | S but what they say is part of his managerial status demanded him having a company car to which I was given one as well but in effect that then became his wife 's because he was still banned for drink driving . |