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

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1 She felt the shrugging of his shoulders as if he were trying to forget for a little while the fear that never seemed quite to leave him .
2 There might be a real risk of embarrassment to his full-time employers if he were asked to act for a client in his spare time who was on the other side of a case in which his main employers were engaged .
3 STEVE OJOMOH flies to Lanzarote with the England squad this week sensing he is fated to play for the country that tried to deport him .
4 A is a trustee of property for B , i.e. A has a legal right which he is bound to use for B's benefit ; B is said to have an equitable right to it or an equitable estate in it .
5 ( b ) Money paid to a person in a public or quasi-public position to obtain the performance by him of a duty which he is bound to perform for nothing or for less than the sum demanded by him is recoverable to the extent that he is not entitled to it .
6 ( c ) Money paid to a person for the performance of a statutory duty , which he is bound to perform for a sum less than that charged by him , is also recoverable to the extent of the overcharge .
7 MIDDLESBROUGH winger Stuart Ripley has dismissed speculation that he is poised to sign for Manchester United .
8 Put simply , the retailer must decide whether he is going to opt for ‘ quality ’ or ‘ quantity ’ .
9 The first essential is to see that she has a good solicitor to advise her and sort out her husband 's affairs , making sure beforehand what his fee will be for the work he is going to do for her .
10 According to teletext , he is set to move for 2.7 million , text also says that it is a boardroom decision to sell him , he is currently in talks with Kenny daglesh .
11 He is saying go for quality , do a good job , and be aware of the presence or absence of an underlying spiritual motivation .
12 He is planning to vote for Paddy Ashdown 's party — although he objected to the Liberal-SDP merger — in Bow and Poplar , the London constituency where he lives .
13 He is required to deputize for the Assistant Dean and Dean as and when necessary .
14 He is expected to return for either the home game with Swindon next Monday or the visit to Blackburn 48 hours later .
15 As the years have passed , he 's started waiting for us at the door on visitors ' days .
16 He 's going to wait for us .
17 ‘ Did he — er — mention what he 's going to do for money while he 's away ? ’
18 I think he 's going to ask for more .
19 ‘ I hope he 's going to pay for his telephone calls , ’ said Jenny .
20 He 'll then have to wait another 4 weeks before he 's allowed to apply for his passport to be returned .
21 What if she had thought he was beginning to care for her ?
22 On several occasions , he was invited to play for the Roman Catholic Holy Cross football team in charity matches to raise funds for it .
23 When in July , for example , he was asked to testify for the London Library against a rating valuation , he was visibly nervous before giving his testimony ( it seems , according to Rupert Hart-Davis , that he had been awake the whole night before ) .
24 Instead , he was asked to train for the 400m , and won in world record time .
25 Though he 'd come along , white carnation , wedding-ring and all , I reckon , if he was asked to play for the Firsts .
26 He was asked to stand for parliament , but declined , having no particular relish for party-politics ; he was too large-hearted a man for that .
27 It started when Count Humbert of Maurienne gave his daughter into Henry 's custody and asked him what provision he was intending to make for her future husband .
28 He was injured playing for England in the friendly against Finland before the European Championship but insisted : ‘ I am now injury-free but not 100 per cent fit yet .
29 He was sent to jail for three years )
30 One more story about O : he told me ( it was as if he was trying to explain the oddity of his lovemaking to me , as if he was trying to account for or apologise for the way he 'd treated me , or perhaps to reassure me concerning the effect he 'd had on me , I do n't know ) , in the morning he told me that there was one man , this had been just a couple of years previously , there was one man who had summoned him to his bedside to be counted amongst a farewell gathering of lovers , dear friends and great passions .
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