Example sentences of "and he be [verb] for the " in BNC.

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1 His ankle is badly swollen and he is struggling for the weekend . ’
2 Now the strings have gone slack , and he is waiting for the end .
3 He has kicked the booze , lost weight , and he is itching for the Italian League to get under way .
4 He 's never given enough clean clothes and he 's chastised for the slightest thing .
5 I ask you : just twenty-one years old , leading the Open , six holes to go and he 's going for the green !
6 The famous Swedish Don Giovanni , John Forsell , declared that the young Tauber was the greatest Ottavio he had ever heard , and he was noted for the intense conviction with which he declaimed to his Donna Anna ( in the German text then still generally in use , even at festivals ) the solemn oath , ‘ Ich schwöre ’ .
7 It was said with a kind of embarrassed formality as if he , not Dalgliesh , were the host and he was apologizing for the unexpected absence of the hostess .
8 And he was waiting for the final match in the other group between Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker to see if his No 1 ranking could be threatened .
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