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 . |