Example sentences of "he [was/were] [vb pp] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think he was fitted for the job as it seemed to bring out the worst in him and his language used to become very picturesque . |
| 2 | He was hospitalised for a week . |
| 3 | He was remanded for a week . |
| 4 | Due to his speech-impediment , he was mistaken for a German spy and was arrested and spent some uncomfortable hours in custody before being released . |
| 5 | The chances are he was killed for the money he was carrying . |
| 6 | Total secrecy surrounded the morning surgery in Nottingham 's Queen 's Medical Centre where he was treated for an arm injury two years ago , after falling from his polo pony . |
| 7 | This allowed Innocent in 1199 to intervene , as he was asked for a dispensation . |
| 8 | He was asked for a ride by another boy , who never returned the bike . |
| 9 | He was prepared for a battle if the porter turned out to be as difficult a customer as his wife . |
| 10 | He was tempted for a moment to leave his questioning till later , till a better time , but Holdfast had his own ideas . |
| 11 | Yet in everyday dress he was noted for the simplicity of his clothing , and for not setting himself apart from his nobles in appearance . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | Throughout his career he was noted for the calm , far-sighted judgement which , combined with appreciation of scholarship , made him such an outstanding administrator . |
| 14 | He was selected for the Bannside , North Antrim , constituency at Stormont and was returned unopposed to the Northern Ireland Parliament at a by-election in November 1946 . |
| 15 | Later that same season Albert was honoured by the FA when he was selected for the England squad for the International against Scotland at Wembley on 4 April . |
| 16 | Fair-haired , but perhaps somewhat slight of build for the rigours of the lower reaches of the Football League , Bernard was certainly a fast and cagey winger , and his talent was recognised when he was selected for the 3rd Division South representative side against the 3rd Division North , in the fifth and final match between them at Selhurst Park on 30 October 1957 . |
| 17 | Last year he was selected for the World Quadriathlon Championships at Salinas Bay in Ibiza . |
| 18 | He was born for a hanging , that one . |
| 19 | President : Chaim Herzog was first elected by the Knesset to the largely ceremonial post of President in 1983 ; he was re-elected for a second term in 1988 . |
| 20 | He left the ruling Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino ( LDP — Democratic Filipino Struggle Party ) after he was defeated for the party 's presidential nomination by Ramon Mitra , the Speaker of the House of Representatives . |
| 21 | He was dressed for an Edwardian shooting party in a full suit of tweed plus fours . |
| 22 | He was pressed for a date and told ‘ before tonight I always thought of you as a child — but you 're not . ’ |
| 23 | One day in April he was summoned for an interview at Group Headquarters in connection with this application , and away he went with a dispatch rider in a motorcycle and sidecar . |
| 24 | Mr Kirkpatrick has most recently been with Mercury Books as marketing director , from where , it is thought , he was headhunted for the Berlitz job . |
| 25 | If Di Haine 's Smooth Escort makes the cut for the Grand National at Aintree tomorrow he could be worth a sporting each-way bet as his trainer has always maintained he was made for the marathon . |
| 26 | Hsu himself grew up in eastern China but his account is evidently a syncretic blend of what he learned as a child from personal experience and what he learned as an adult , several thousand miles away to the west , during fourteen months ' fieldwork in the Yunnanese city of Tali-fu , where he was employed for a while as a teacher in a local missionary college . |
| 27 | In December 1954 he was ridden for the first time by the reigning champion jockey Dick Francis : after the race Francis told Cazalet that he would like to ride Devon Loch one day in the Grand National … |
| 28 | In 1830 he was elected for the government borough of Rye and the following year was active as Tory assistant whip . |
| 29 | In the bronze medal fight against Axel Lobenstein , of East Germany , White appeared to start with more aggressive determination , but his attacks were way off target and he was thrown for a yuko ( five points ) as he got up off the ground . |
| 30 | He was renominated for the post in May 1991 following the decision of the current director , William Webster , to resign . |