Example sentences of "he be [verb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In course of time he finds that he is the pet antipathy of his superior officers , that he is made a butt for the amusement of other men on parade , and that if there is any unpleasant work or unpopular bear or point going vacant it falls to his lot to fill it . |
| 2 | Now with the bars removed he is proving a handful for his mum . |
| 3 | He is planning a relaunch for the list on 20th May , with books by Michael Billington and John Dexter and plays by Doug Lucie and Martin Crimp . |
| 4 | MR NORMAN Tebbit 's decision to raise the stakes in the Conservatives ' Hong Kong immigration row with a brutal attack on the Cabinet 's policy last night convinced some MPs that he is preparing a bid for the party leadership when Mrs Thatcher retires . |
| 5 | He 's getting a sod for biting . |
| 6 | But I wish he 'd stop nicking my bleeding torch , he 's getting a swine for that . |
| 7 | He 's doing a job for you , just like he has before ; but something 's different . |
| 8 | This is afterwards , when he has got up from the couch , when he 's making a date for the next appointment and putting on his overcoat in the hall , returning to his ordinary guarded self before he walks out on to the street . |
| 9 | He telephoned his secretary from Heathrow to say he was boarding a flight for New York . ’ |
| 10 | He was entering a clinic for errant priests in order to be counselled . |
| 11 | Felicity wondered whether attendance was compulsory , but Joshua explained that , as he was writing a column for next Sunday 's Observer , it would be as well to look in . |
| 12 | The Court of Appeal ( Civil Division ) in Singh v Rathour [ 1988 ] 1 WLR 422 distinguished Peart and Whittaker v Campbell on the grounds that the defendant knew that he was using a minibus for a purpose which exceeded the limitation under which he had borrowed it . |
| 13 | For instance , in 1666 he was granted a licence for the cultivation of senna in the plantations . |
| 14 | His patent application for ‘ Apparatus for Brewing and Distilling ’ ( no. 5,974 ) is dated 1830 , and he was granted a patent for Ireland for only fourteen years from 1831 . |
| 15 | Although he was proclaimed a traitor for his activities against the Wiltshire Royalists and refused access to the royal presence in November 1642 , Evelyn , with his uncle , contemplated making terms with the king in August 1643 . |
| 16 | He was wearing a tie for the first time in his life . |
| 17 | In 1884 he was made a JP for London , Westminster , and Middlesex , and in 1889 he became an alderman of Middlesex county council . |
| 18 | Following the strong showing of the UNP , Chung Ju Yung also hinted strongly that he was considering a bid for the presidency . |
| 19 | In 1964 he was created a baronet for his outstanding contribution to Scottish business and political life . |
| 20 | If he failed to pay one instalment , he was fined a halfpenny for every shilling , which became a penny after the second omission when the loan society secretary sent him a circular letter for which a fee of threepence was exacted . |
| 21 | Passing this on , he was making a plea for more funds . |
| 22 | He was awarded a medal for his process at the exhibition of 1862 . |
| 23 | In 1838 , he was offered a knighthood for his achievements in commerce but refused it , the second of old John Tennant 's sons to have done so . |
| 24 | Jim says that some man he was doing a job for |
| 25 | His eagerness to please ensured that he was put upon , and judging by the worn state of his clothes she guessed he was paid a pittance for it . |
| 26 | Tosh also revealed how once when he was selling a magazine for the homeless at Charing Cross station Diana drew up in her car and a man got out and gave him £5 . |
| 27 | Another week he was devising a scheme for selling obscene paper weights : well , not so much obscene , more humorous really . |