Example sentences of "he be [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , the new baronet lived in India and no instructions from him were expected for many months . |
| 2 | Was he being treated for any medical condition ? ’ |
| 3 | Because the State er if he were covered for twenty six weeks full pay |
| 4 | He is selected for that reason , because he will not be suspected by the police . ’ |
| 5 | He is troubled for two reasons . |
| 6 | The announcement only fuelled speculation that he is earmarked for greater things in the Shandwick organisation , of which PRCS is now a part , or even that he was preparing the way for something completely different when his five-year golden handcuffs are released next year . |
| 7 | The athlete statues of Polykleitos , later in the century , might well stem from this tradition , and he is claimed for both cities . |
| 8 | Jon Stratton has suggested that he is needed for ideological reasons too ( 1983 ) : in Stratton 's view , the ‘ romantic ’ image of the creative artist is no false veneer nor confined to ‘ mass culture ’ , but part of a larger tradition , within which the dialectic of ‘ romanticism ’ and commodification is basic to capitalist culture as such ; thus it implicates the ‘ individualism ’ of , say , Beethoven as well as that of pop stars and composers . |
| 9 | " He 's arranged for some of his men to come along — it 's very heavy , you know — and he wondered whether you want it moved upstairs or downstairs . " |
| 10 | He 's asked for pre-sentence reports and the case was adjourned until February 9th . |
| 11 | ‘ The idea is that he 's stopped for good . ’ |
| 12 | It means Jim Courier retains the pole position he 's held for all but 12 weeks of 1992 . |
| 13 | One of the country 's leading experts on the secret services says the evidence confirms what he 's known for some time . |
| 14 | Now he 's set for another huge windfall from his topselling solo album . |
| 15 | As long as they had been promptly informed he was covered for any eventuality . |
| 16 | In a series of acts dating from 1317 , 1322 and 1328 he was compensated for any losses sustained through the renunciation of that claim . |
| 17 | Because he had actually found the cut wires he was grilled for several days , as were several other suspects , all electricians . |
| 18 | After the attack he was dumped outside the barracks before making his way to the Royal Cambridge Military Hospital in the town where he was treated for severe bruising to his head and body . |
| 19 | He was transferred for further treatment to a medical ward , and the other 2 patients were discharged . |
| 20 | When he returned , however , he was hit for three fours and a six in one over by the Trinidadian , who then crashed van Zyl over extra cover for another six . |
| 21 | For weeks he would live in a world by himself conscious as he watched the humdrum routine of his fellow prisoners that he was destined for higher things and happy in the knowledge that he was not as other men . |
| 22 | She liked Yeats well enough , and although poetry meant little to her , she could see that he was destined for great things . |
| 23 | He was done for four years for fraud . |
| 24 | He was fired for serious misconduct when he continued to put in extra hours despite an overtime ban and after bosses at the NCP pound in central London alleged that time sheets had been altered . |
| 25 | His case was a strong one and when he was prosecuted for criminal libel in 1913 he won a moral , if not a legal victory , avoiding the expected prison sentence . |
| 26 | He was selected for two tours of England , in 1927 and 1931 . |
| 27 | " Your pal at the shipping office was n't hard to check on , because he 's been in our hands — no charge in the end , but he was detained for twenty-four hours while inquiries were made . |
| 28 | Following a series of strikes in 1981 , he was detained for three months , during which time he became a " born-again " Christian . |
| 29 | Then probably you have not heard that he was sent for last night just before Compline , to go to Donata , at her express wish . |
| 30 | He was jailed for six months , fined £500 and banned from driving for 25 years . |