Example sentences of "he be [noun] for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gobshite ‘ tinks he 's a rock star cause he 's roadie for Paul 's band . |
| 2 | In 1454 he was alnager for Northamptonshire and Rutland , charged with examining the measurement and quality of woollen goods in those counties . |
| 3 | From 1673 to 1677 he was MP for Newark , but he did not sit . |
| 4 | As Jo Grimond he was MP for Orkney and Shetland for thirty-three years and was seen as the last traditional Liberal . |
| 5 | He was MP for Truro ( 1741–7 ) and receiver-general in Minorca ( 1743–57 ) . |
| 6 | In religion a Quaker , in politics a Liberal , he was MP for Penryn ( later Falmouth ) from 1857 to 1865 and gave general but independent support to the third Viscount Palmerston , while favouring the extension of free trade and acquiring a reputation as a respecter of the rights of all religious denominations . |
| 7 | For 1865 only , he was MP for Stoke on Trent , which was near another Beresford estate , and in 1868 fulfilled his ambition to be University Member for Cambridge . |
| 8 | He was MP for Downton from 1831 to 1832 , but the borough was destined for abolition in the Reform Act of 1832 . |
| 9 | He was MP for Oldham from 1865 until his death , a radical and a staunch advocate of free trade . |
| 10 | He was MP for Leicester South in 1983 , majority seven , lost his seat in 1987 and was returned as MP for Brighton Pavilion last Thursday . |
| 11 | He was MP for Cirencester and Tewkesbury for 33 years , holding posts in the Foreign Office , Treasury and Department of Trade , Transport and Environment . |
| 12 | Despite his earlier links with the parliamentary cause ( he was MP for Maidstone 1654–9 ) he pursued a moderate royalist line at the Restoration and in 1662 was made a baronet . |
| 13 | From 1906 to 1910 he was MP for Sutherland . |
| 14 | He was MP for Glasgow Central for nine years . |
| 15 | He was JP for West Sussex from 1640 until his death , and was elected MP for Midhurst in a by-election to the Long Parliament in 1645 , his fellow-MP being William Cawley the regicide [ q.v . ] . |
| 16 | Field , who has doctorate in micropalaeontology , arrived in Angola from Milan where he was manager for BP Italy . |
| 17 | Disenchanted with the way society had changed and their own place in it , again like many of their kind , they looked to Hitler as a role model , admired what he was doing for Germany . |
| 18 | She was too old for a doll 's house now so it did n't matter , but she hoped he would finish what he was doing for Oliver . |
| 19 | He spent all his spare time at the Hampstead house now , not only from a liking for the work he was doing for Paul , and Paul himself , but for the sight , the nearness , of Dinah . |
| 20 | After a few drinks Shildon had mentioned the work he was doing for Eliot . |
| 21 | In 1947 , in addition to the work he was doing for Lehmann , Minton illustrated two books for Paul Elek — Treasure Island and The Wanderer , an English translation of Alain-Fournier 's Le Grand Meaulnes . |