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

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1 At one moment of inaction he checks over what he has done and what still remains to be done , in an unspoken conversation when he imagines he is being examined for his second mate 's ticket , his present goal in life and the strong motivation of his apprenticeship .
2 They have a picture of the sort of person the child should be and of the society he is being fitted for , and they aim to civilize an infant ‘ barbarian ’ , ruled by his wants and emotions , into that person .
3 Both relate to the social environment of the person with an established schizophrenic illness : while he is being treated for the disorder in hospital , and after he has been discharged into the community .
4 He was taken to Our Lady 's Hospital in Cashel where he is being treated for burns to his upper body .
5 From the beginning he had dexterity and deadly accuracy , but he is being prepared for prey that also has dexterity and that may damage him if his approach is clumsy .
6 He 's being treated for a punctured lung at the town 's general hospital .
7 He 's being treated for back and head injuries .
8 This week Peter Harris came home from the hospice where he 's being treated for cancer .
9 Eddie Gilfoyle , 30 , was arrested at a hospital where he was being treated for stress .
10 Comedian Les Dawson ( above ) is recovering at home after being discharged from hospital in Preston where he was being treated for a blood infection after a prostate operation .
11 Mill Reef returned to Longchamp the following spring to notch up a ten-length victory in the Prix Ganay , but after a lacklustre display when beating Homeric a neck in the Coronation Cup at Epsom he did not race again : he was being prepared for a second Arc when on 30 August 1972 he fractured a foreleg on the gallops , and was retired to stud .
12 He felt that he was being earmarked for special attention from the Dale 's big central defenders in a rough and tumble encounter that saw McDonough being given his marching orders in the 66th minute for an alleged use of the elbow .
13 On the hearing of the appeal the Court of Appeal imposed an injunction restraining ( 1 ) publication of the identification of J. , his parents , his carers , any establishment at which he was being cared for and the local and health authorities , and of any other matter in a manner calculated to lead to their identification , and ( 2 ) the soliciting of any such information .
14 He began to realize the possibility that he was being taken for a ride , that he was the stooge in a deadly game in which he was not being allowed to play a part .
15 Jim , a converted satanist from the London area , spoke of the time he was being groomed for initiation .
16 Well it 's just that it 's the Chief Constable 's case that when er er sorry when was got from his bed he was told that he was being arrested for harbouring and escapee Lawrence .
17 But that was what he was being paid for and after hearing Mobuto at the United Nations he was now more determined than ever to ensure his safety .
18 For even as he was being celebrated for standing up to China , Mr Patten was trying to transmit the message that there is a difference between trade and economics , on the one hand , and politics on the other .
19 This man , he was a criminal , he was one of the worst , he had broken the laws of the land and he was being crucified for that reason but the measure of his sin , the gravity of his sin , did not alter his chance of sa being saved .
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