Example sentences of "were [verb] for he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had left and walked back to the hotel , and by the time he reached it the police were waiting for him in the lobby . |
| 2 | Ranulf and Dame Agatha were waiting for him near the Galilee Gate , the young nun apparently enjoying an account of one of his manservant 's many escapades in London . |
| 3 | It was partly because he got a weird buzz out of scaring himself half to death , and partly because he felt it was a kind of exorcism , to convince him he had control over his fears — and the horrors that were waiting for him round the corner of sleep . |
| 4 | from Northern Ireland there 's big Billy Hamilton … he 's an old Oxford favourite … the fans were calling for him on saturday … he 's done well with Distillery … |
| 5 | from Northern Ireland there 's big Billy Hamilton … he 's an old Oxford favourite … the fans were calling for him on saturday … he 's done well with Distillery … |
| 6 | He says if people had listen to the voices who were calling for him to be locked up then he would n't have had this chance to show an improvement . |
| 7 | Dyer was eventually censured by a committee of inquiry , but substantial sums were raised for him by public subscription and he was adulated in the press , the House of Commons , and — especially — the House of Lords . |
| 8 | Although conscientious , the new king was a dull , uninspiring figure , rather below middle height , with heavy features , an awkward manner and very little command of English ; German was his preferred language but state papers were translated for him into French . |
| 9 | Lands to the value of 300 marks were found for him in England , but half the endowment was found by persuading Guy de Blois , another French hostage , to surrender to Edward the County of Soissons , worth 500 marks a year , which Edward then granted to the new Earl of Bedford . |
| 10 | In City Fur Manufacturing Co. v. Fureenbond ( 1937 K.B. ) A owned some skins which were stored for him at an independent warehouse . |
| 11 | The loud calls for the author , by a curious irony , were taken for him by the U.S. ambassador . |