Example sentences of "he [was/were] [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was weight-weakened for the Lampkin defeat , so it was a case of being to heavy for that fight , and too light when he lost to Lewis . ’ |
| 2 | He played for his County boys ' team at the tender age of 11 years and by the time he was 13 he was reserve for the England Boys International team against Scotland . |
| 3 | His stomach still felt queasy and he was grateful for the fresh air . |
| 4 | Stringer did n't believe him but he was grateful for the kindness . |
| 5 | Zaidie 's deposition , it should be added , contained a statement that about 20 or 21 December 1986 , on Zaidie 's return from his honeymoon in Miami , the defendant had telephoned him and had said he was sorry for the threats he had made against the lives of Zaidie and Paulette . |
| 6 | He 'd say he was sorry for the kerfuffle , which was what she 'd want to hear . |
| 7 | According to the press , the vote at the Scottish Conservative party conference in 1988 at Perth was about 600 to 12 , the 12 being in favour of devolution , one of whom , I happen to know , voted that way simply because he was sorry for the minority . |
| 8 | Don Neely said that Crowe was asked at this time whether he was available for the World Cup if somebody else were skipper : ‘ I wo n't tell you his reaction . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought he was perfect for the story and sent him a script with about as much hope as those who put messages in bottles and toss them in the ocean . ’ |
| 10 | He had done no regular television work since appearing as Byron in the mid-Sixties , but a BBC producer who saw him on stage in No Sex , Please — We 're British realized that he was perfect for the lead role in a script submitted to him by a new TV comedy writer , Raymond Allen . |
| 11 | Although he grew beautiful flowers for competition in his tiny greenhouse on the allotment , he was content for the front garden to consist of a small shaved lawn and empty flower bed with two statutory rose bushes and a border of tedious alyssum . |
| 12 | It 's a pity she was n't more concerned about whether he was fit for the job or not , whatever his hair style . |
| 13 | While at the British Council , which he joined in 1946 , he was responsible for the recording of Shakespeare 's plays , under the direction of George Rylands . |
| 14 | He was responsible for the British Council 's highly successful Byron exhibition in Athens in 1974 , a timely reminder of the long-standing friendship between the two countries . |
| 15 | He was responsible for the exploitation of the mineral rights of the Crown — for example , for finding , mining and smelting iron in the forest of Chippenham and in the Forest of Dean and lead in the Forest of the Peak . |
| 16 | He was responsible for the Ruskin School of ’ Art Appreciation in Venice , and returned to Britain intending to continue his work at what was to become known as Ruskin Mill . |
| 17 | He was responsible for the pilgrimage church at Bílá Hora ( see p. 186 ) . |
| 18 | Thirdly , he was responsible for the popular Illuminations first started in 1912 and revived in 1925 . |
| 19 | Espey , the division 's president , is best known in the drinks industry for his 17-year sojourn at International Distillers & Vintners , where he was responsible for the launch of Piat d'Or , now the UK 's biggest branded wine , and Malibu , one of the UK 's largest speciality spirits . |
| 20 | One of the reasons why the elected wakeman might be tempted to shirk his duties was that , as he was responsible for the safety of the town during the night , if any burglaries then took place he had the costly business of compensating the victims . |
| 21 | Wearing his other hat of H Buckley and Sons , he was responsible for the 3,000 kilos of potatoes and 700 kilos of onions , some of which had been grown by the pupils of Scissett Middle School as part of their rural studies . |
| 22 | He denied he was responsible for the attack on the girl . |
| 23 | The principal charges against Latimer were that he had made improper profits out of the campaign in Brittany and that he was responsible for the loss of Bécherel and Saint-Sauveur . |
| 24 | He is advising on a draft bill for a new law to protect Britain 's archaeological heritage better , but he is the kind of academic to whom the government turns for advice on all kinds of matters , not just his own specialisations : last year , for example , he was responsible for the Report on the National Curriculum in art education in schools . |
| 25 | He was responsible for the constructions ordered by Amenophis III at the temple of Karnak and Luxor and for building a temple at Soleb in Nubia . |
| 26 | He was responsible for the carving of the School 's War Memorial , as well as for work in many local churches , and was also a first-class photographer . |
| 27 | Only Irina knew that he was responsible for the collapse of Moscow Centre 's operation at the clinic . |
| 28 | That en entailed employing men to get the coal , and er he was responsible for the wages , he was paid by contract the amount of coal that er he produced , his stall produced . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , though Penda may have embarked on a programme of domination of the south-west midlands , there is no evidence that he was responsible for the formation of the Hwiccian kingdom . |
| 30 | In this he was responsible for the design and installation of the overhead contact system and for putting the locomotives into service . |