Example sentences of "he was [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | As long as they had been promptly informed he was covered for any eventuality . |
| 3 | He was slated for his tactics when they went wrong , but how often did that happen ? |
| 4 | Ironically , he was shot for doing his job well , so well that his acute observation almost certainly saved lives . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In a series of acts dating from 1317 , 1322 and 1328 he was compensated for any losses sustained through the renunciation of that claim . |
| 10 | There were few peasant proprietors ( perhaps six per cent. ) but tenant farmers enjoyed the best customary tenure outside Catalonia and the Basque Provinces ; if rents were higher , the tenant could not be evicted ; he was compensated for improvement and his rents settled by arbitration . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Thomas Cromwell the chief agent for the King for dissolution of the monasteries 1535–38 , made many enemies during his brief reign , especially among the clergy , His reign ended in July 1540 , when he was beheaded for treason . |
| 13 | He was rebuked for " improper and repugnant conduct " in which " fund-raising and official activities were substantially linked " . |
| 14 | On 31 October 1605 he was by-elected for Evesham , taking the place of a man who had been an Exchequer colleague of one of his Bowyer cousins . |
| 15 | Another member of the quintet , one Lyamshin , a post-office clerk , gets himself asked to parties where ‘ he would give imitations of a pig , a thunder storm , a confinement , with the first cry of the baby , etc. , etc. ; that was what he was invited for ’ ; and later we hear of him ‘ mimicking , when requested , various types of jews , a deaf peasant woman making her confession , or the birth of a child … ’ . |
| 16 | He was hospitalised for a week . |
| 17 | He was remanded for a week . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The chances are he was killed for the money he was carrying . |
| 20 | He was killed for just a small amount of money . |
| 21 | Because he had actually found the cut wires he was grilled for several days , as were several other suspects , all electricians . |
| 22 | He told immigration authorities he was on holiday and was admitted for 11 days during which time he was treated for typhoid and genital ulcers . |
| 23 | He was treated for shock by an off-duty doctor at the airfield before being taken to hospital , from where he was later discharged . |
| 24 | He was treated for shock along with another cab driver and shopper . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | This left him dreadfully depressed and he was treated for melancholia and insomnia . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The man , in his mid-forties , was rescued by fire fighters and taken to hospital , where he was treated for smoke inhalation . |
| 29 | He was barred for life from the game and angrily hired his own team of detectives to collect evidence to prove that all the other major clubs were also evading the regulations . |
| 30 | He was transferred for further treatment to a medical ward , and the other 2 patients were discharged . |