Example sentences of "[noun pl] he be [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 In fact no one knows where it is registered — except of course Noel Smyth and whatever parties he is fronting for .
2 Sect leader David Koresh , who claims he is Jesus Christ , has told negotiators he is waiting for a ‘ message from God ’ before deciding what to do next .
3 In all his court appearances he was noted for his calmness and composure .
4 Because he had actually found the cut wires he was grilled for several days , as were several other suspects , all electricians .
5 Edward 's trouble was that the tell-tales he was looking for , the subtle marks of treachery , were the main — and open — subject of the conversation .
6 An international exile for over two years he is poised for a late , late charge to try for a spectacular break into the Great Britain and Ireland side heading for Minneaoplis in August .
7 That 's six million pounds he 's getting for a year ! ’
8 Ken persuaded him to cut the portions he was making for Orton and himself into three .
9 Guided by his new-found friend , Charles studied Jung and also the work of economist and philosopher E. F. Schumacher , who wrote a book entitled Small Is Beautiful ; over the years the Prince has found many of the answers he was searching for .
10 Philip Sessarago , who 's in his thirties , left Hereford late last year telling friends he was looking for security work in the former Yugoslavia .
11 In Edie 's company Minton had drinks with H. E. Bates in 1949 , at his home at Great Chart , in connection with the illustrations he was designing for Bates 's The Country Heart , a revised compilation of his two previous books , O More than Happy Countryman and The Heart of the Country .
12 In 1958 , a year after the Homicide Act , for example , a man was hanged for capital murder having quarrelled with an elderly lady about the amount of wages he was to receive for working in her garden .
13 Then , on sharp , swift strides he was heading for the door , while Shiona continued to stand where she was , rock still , as though rooted to the floor .
14 Newspaper accounts of open-cast coal workings led him to Cowdenbeath in Fife and after several visits he found the remains he was locking for .
15 Anyway , he gave them a few examples of the jobs he was looking for and they told him he was unqualified .
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