Example sentences of "be [vb pp] for he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If matters are simplified for him by assuming that he can move only north , south , east or west , and excluding the possibility that he might collapse on the spot , can you visualize the path he would follow ? |
| 2 | Beside him sat a man of such immense proportions that Eddie Stratton wondered how he could ever fit into the seat that had been booked for him on the flight to Heathrow , scheduled to leave in forty minutes ' time . |
| 3 | From all that he heard , it was clear that Gaddafi 's position had been secured for him in a way that his palace guard and secret police could never have managed on their own . |
| 4 | The suit had been tailored for him in London , at a cost of some one hundred and fifty guineas — not by Edouard de Chavigny 's own tailors , Gieves of Savile Row , but by another man who could do a cheaper , and passable , imitation . |
| 5 | Ken told the story as though it had been scripted for him for Hancock 's Half Hour . |
| 6 | Today though Her Majesty 's ambassador to Moscow visited Maxat the horse and announced that a home has been found for him at last in the Queen 's household Cavalry . |
| 7 | Apart from and me , there is , a rather lugubrious ( though pleasant ) Peruvian , and , the French Canadian , whole reminds me of , in that he expects everything to be done for him at little cost in exchange for a good wit and ready sense of humour — also like , he plays the piano , with a special line in French songs . |
| 8 | As he turned back the coverlet of the bed where he must sleep alone , Frere consoled himself with the thought that what he was incapable of accomplishing himself might be accomplished for him by time and that providential hand , of which , in his earnest efforts outside the home , he was the faithful instrument . |
| 9 | Until the age of seven , Nicholas had received a treat every year on the Feast Day of his patron ; and from the age of ten he grew to know that the day would generally be marked for him in some way or another — in many different ways , although not every year — until , of course , his wife Marian died . |
| 10 | As no temporary accommodation could be found for him in Štanjel my parents gave him a room in our house ; his family joined him there when we left . |
| 11 | ‘ Fights will be found for him in England and elsewhere in Europe , ’ Warren is quoted as saying . |
| 12 | I 'll never be mistaken for him in the street then . |
| 13 | A car would be sent for him at seven-thirty . |
| 14 | He was so modest , reticent , and reserved that his paper on his voyage of 1880 , given at the Royal Geographical Society , had to be read for him by the secretary . |
| 15 | He was not aware of any post being sought for him by the Government and , if offered one , would have turned it down . |
| 16 | Legal sources said an underground cell was being prepared for him on a maximum security row at the federal penitentiary in Marion , Illinois , America 's most chilling jail . |
| 17 | Dyer was eventually censured by a committee of inquiry , but substantial sums were raised for him by public subscription and he was adulated in the press , the House of Commons , and — especially — the House of Lords . |
| 18 | Although conscientious , the new king was a dull , uninspiring figure , rather below middle height , with heavy features , an awkward manner and very little command of English ; German was his preferred language but state papers were translated for him into French . |
| 19 | Lands to the value of 300 marks were found for him in England , but half the endowment was found by persuading Guy de Blois , another French hostage , to surrender to Edward the County of Soissons , worth 500 marks a year , which Edward then granted to the new Earl of Bedford . |
| 20 | In City Fur Manufacturing Co. v. Fureenbond ( 1937 K.B. ) A owned some skins which were stored for him at an independent warehouse . |
| 21 | The loud calls for the author , by a curious irony , were taken for him by the U.S. ambassador . |
| 22 | Parts are notated for him in five different clefs bass , tenor , alto , mezzo-soprano and soprano . |
| 23 | A specially constructed harness had been devised for him in one of the clinically white rooms where analysis was conducted . |
| 24 | He has such great familiarity with the keyboard that when it is hidden for him by a cloth spread over it , he plays on this cloth with the same speed and the same precision . |
| 25 | I think I 'm right in saying the plaster theatre 's booked for him on Tuesday afternoon next week . ’ |
| 26 | That the program-crunching is done for him by people in Breslau , Poland , who re-transmit the results back to his office in Invernessshire for checking before sending down the line to his customer in the Thames Valley , shows that the supposed imperfections of two apparently notorious national telephone systems in fact present no real obstacle . |
| 27 | The official declaration removing Saw Maung stated that " specialist doctors " had suggested that his health had deteriorated to a stage " where an inevitable rest is needed for him in order to resume his duties " . |
| 28 | His structure is provided for him by the original . |
| 29 | They are changed for him by the eagles who come and take him in his sleep to a new world — which Sam , with a resurrected Gandalf in front of him , very nearly perceives as Heaven . |
| 30 | Much of McQueen 's acting was done for him by the make-up of Charles Schram , who effectively ages him over his years of solitary confinement . |