Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon as you said you ca n't do it he were gone for dust ! |
| 2 | as though he were digging for worms , and the dint |
| 3 | The bottom line is that whilst Wilko has made decisions which have upset , even annoyed us , if he were to leave for the England job there is no-one remotely capable of replacing him . |
| 4 | Manciple sounded as if he were apologizing for the other man 's rudeness . |
| 5 | Because the State er if he were covered for twenty six weeks full pay |
| 6 | His gaze wandered round the room as though he were looking for someone . |
| 7 | That 's right the tenth replacement depot in Lichfield and they used to come round to Walsall looking for absentees and deserters and they there was actually a shooting match in Street the MPs started firing the guns at these fellas who 'd gone absent without leave , and , but as I understand I remember at the time there was a lot of racism in America then and they , they picked these coloured fellas up and apparently the C O at Lichfield was very much a southern colonel and he was a racist and they used to chain these coloured guys up behind the trucks and make them walk all the way back to Lichfield behind the trucks driving the trucks at walking pace and I understand there was a , a salver , a commemorative salver in the Town Hall to be presented to him , and some an MP in the Council he were looking for this colonel , but as I understand he was court-martialled after the war for racism and so I do n't think he 'd be wanting , wanted to be connected with Walsall any more , so but this was |
| 8 | no well he knew what he were looking for , something worth when you think |
| 9 | His arm waggled , as if he were groping for something , and then his hand appeared as softly and suddenly as it had vanished : holding the fifth ball . |
| 10 | He were working for an erm Macro or something . |
| 11 | It was as if he were preparing for the day he would be a big man himself in this town and wanted everyone on his side , wanted them all to think of him as a customer . |
| 12 | I think he were going for a , a month , a month and a half summat like that , and he said it were out of this world . |
| 13 | Crossing the room as though he were heading for the wardrobe , Angel Four suddenly changed direction , took two swift paces to his right , seized the curtains with both hands and jerked them open . |
| 14 | Ahead and around him as he drifted forward , the melodic light was increasing gradually , growing stronger and brighter as though he were heading for the source . |
| 15 | She kept waiting for him to do something , but he hesitated , as if he were waiting for her . |
| 16 | As she had come round the corner of the house from putting her bicycle in the old stable block , Inspector Blakelock had been standing at the front door almost as if he were waiting for her . |
| 17 | Her proposition had been simple and direct — if he were to work for her , she would make him wealthy and ensure him a place in society . |
| 18 | Contrastingly , on the final day the journalistic gathering were honoured by a visit from General Zahid Ali Akbar , who made it clear that Mike Gatting would be welcome back in Pakistan if he were chosen for England 's next tour there . |
| 19 | He said it with an odd , teasing leer , as though he were asking for something very difficult , and when the boy spoke he sounded awkward , his voice high and polite . |
| 20 | But in April 1878 he was cautioned for being intoxicated while on duty , and when discovered drunk in 1882 was reduced to the second class . |
| 21 | As long as they had been promptly informed he was covered for any eventuality . |
| 22 | He was slated for his tactics when they went wrong , but how often did that happen ? |
| 23 | The most remarkable example of such a deposit in Britain is that at Llyn Cerrig Bach in Anglesey , found by a contractor during the last war when he was digging for peat . |
| 24 | Ironically , he was shot for doing his job well , so well that his acute observation almost certainly saved lives . |
| 25 | He argued , convincingly , that noun phrases taken as a whole may quite often have a different temporal assignment from that of the verb which they accompany , as in : ( 37 ) I used to be a good friend of the police chief The underlined phrase may be understood as past relative to the time of utterance ( and hence in agreement with the time indicated by the verb ) or as present ; the two different time-values correspond to the two different continuations in : ( 38 ) … before he joined the force … until he was shot for corruption The first continuation would be compatible with an expansion of the subject phrase to the man who is the police chief , while the second would support the man who was the police chief . |
| 26 | After the passage quoted just above concerning the esteem in which Molla Fenari was held and his place in the state , and before passing on to the next event in his life , namely his going on the pilgrimage in 822 ( 8 Dhu " l-Hijja = 26 December 1419 ) , Ibn Hajar writes that Molla Fenari became widely known for his erudition and that he was both pious and abundant in culture and merit " except that he was censured for [ espousing ] the sect of Ibn al- " Arabi and for the fact that he taught the and affirmed it " : he goes on to say that Molla Fenari , on the advice of friends , abjured mention of the subject in Egypt . |
| 27 | ‘ When he told me he was panning for gold , I simply did n't believe it . |
| 28 | He was fumbling for a handkerchief as she hurried up . |
| 29 | On the one hand , he was loved for his own great ability , his loyalty to his teams , his concern for youngsters and all the other good work he did off the pitch , and for his warm , relaxed character that made him friends in many places . |
| 30 | Mr Shove was entitled under his contract to the benefit of a Daimler throughout his notice period and that is what he was compensated for . |