Example sentences of "he was [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was fumbling for a handkerchief as she hurried up . |
| 2 | Messiaen began composing at the age of seven , entering the Paris Conservatoire four years later where he was to remain for the next 11 years , winning four premiers prix including that for composition in 1930 . |
| 3 | Such was my father 's introduction to Abyssinia where , except for three periods of leave , he was to remain for the next ten years . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | When , in 1978 , after four years with the company , Al Clark presented himself in Branson 's office to announce that he was leaving for a job with better pay and more responsibility , Branson 's response was to pull a water pistol from his desk and start firing at him , grinning broadly all the while . |
| 6 | From there he was leaving for a four-day official tour of Mexico . |
| 7 | As he was leaving for the flour-mill , she put up her mouth to be kissed . |
| 8 | It arrived just before he was leaving for the United States ( another example of his self-forgetfulness , as he had not mentioned this to me ) , and he was not due to return until the end of July . |
| 9 | And then he was leaving for the Devon summer school . |
| 10 | A few years later , that sum was awarded to Robert Maxwell for the false suggestion that he was angling for a peerage , while ten times that amount was lavished on Jeffrey Archer in revenge for the suggestion that he had received a sexual favour from a prostitute he had admitted to paying to leave the country . |
| 11 | She smiled at him , aware that he was angling for an invitation . |
| 12 | He was hospitalised for a week . |
| 13 | He was remanded for a week . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The chances are he was killed for the money he was carrying . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He was calling for a sherry . |
| 18 | ‘ Perhaps it is saying something when I tell you he was aiming for the optician 's and ended up in the carpet shop , ’ he said . |
| 19 | In a fit of temper he shot up past the runner , and just as he was reaching for a ledge above , the turf he was standing on performed its Velcro imitation and propelled the stunned climber into the air . |
| 20 | For one terrible second she thought he was reaching for the knife . |
| 21 | He was reaching for the decanter . |
| 22 | They thought he was reaching for an ornamental knife when in fact he was just picking up a pair of socks . |
| 23 | I knew then that what I was telling him he was hearing for the first time . |
| 24 | This allowed Innocent in 1199 to intervene , as he was asked for a dispensation . |
| 25 | He was asked for a ride by another boy , who never returned the bike . |
| 26 | He was prepared for a battle if the porter turned out to be as difficult a customer as his wife . |
| 27 | Bukharin , since he was writing for a somewhat different purpose — at that point in his exposition — did not assume or leave implicit the equilibrium between society and nature , but instead desired to show that it is a necessary basis , precondition , for the situation that Marx dealt with . |
| 28 | I 've got some quotes here that I 've taken from the book which shows not only how Dickens thought women ought to behave , but how the readers , since he was writing for a public market , the readers too thought the ideal woman ought to behave . |
| 29 | Now he was appealing for the confidence of politicians , not for the confidence of the people . |
| 30 | One down against Jan Timman , with three left to play , he was looking for a solid advantage with the white pieces . |