Example sentences of "he [was/were] [adj] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and she said something about , oh we 've been to that new pub , she said , mind , she said , we had to come home at half past nine , she said , he 'd had enough , she said , he were ready for bed , God , she said he 's turning into a right old man , and you know what I mean , she did n't , she would n't , |
| 2 | He said he was desperate for work . |
| 3 | He was avid for news of how it was all going , and regretting that he could n't be part of it . |
| 4 | The job search took him seven years , and by that time he was ripe for retirement . |
| 5 | Next year he was due for promotion at the insurance office . |
| 6 | He was due for release next year but ran off on May the 4th from a prisoners ' training camp at Simonds Yat on the Gloucestershire / Herefordshire Border . |
| 7 | He was due for release on 1 July , 1993 . |
| 8 | Ankrah , commanding the Ghana army , was retired he was due for retirement anyway ( he had come up through the ranks and served in Burma ) . |
| 9 | David Lyell had been returning to Britain from Carolina as a member of the crew of a merchant vessel when his ship was intercepted by a cruiser and he was impressed for service in an undermanned warship . |
| 10 | Unfortunately no-one bothered to wake him up and he was late for Maths . |
| 11 | On one occasion when he was late for work I questioned him and he said he had missed the bus . |
| 12 | He was unavailable for comment . |
| 13 | He was unavailable for comment . |
| 14 | He was unavailable for comment at his home yesterday . |
| 15 | He was keen for success and learning on his own terms , and to that he now set his face . |
| 16 | So my father did n't know what to do , because he 'd only just started on his own , so he was tight for money as well was n't he . |
| 17 | Unify Corp has appointed Reza Mikailli as senior vice president of product development : he joins from Informix , where he was responsible for development of Informix On-Line . |
| 18 | Among his public works ( mentioned in Elucidario Madeirense by Silva and Meneses ) , he was responsible for building houses of refuge near the exposed mountain passes , and public fountains for thirsty travellers all over Funchal , at his own expense . |
| 19 | A zealot in many senses of the word , he was responsible for ferreting-out Sopwith Pups G-APUP ( now at Hendon ) , G-ABOX ( now at Middle Wallop ) and Camel G-ASOP ( now at Old Warden ) . |
| 20 | He was underweight for age at birth and had been placed in an incubator for ten days after a difficult delivery . |
| 21 | But he was impatient for Pipeline . |
| 22 | He was notable for commissioning works of art for buildings and displays from ( A. ) Eric Gill , Eric Ravilious [ qq.v . ] , |
| 23 | He says a few years ago I asked my father 's test pilot Geoffrey Quill about this business of the seagulls and he told me your father was a hard-headed engineer and if he was stuck for inspiration he would never have wasted time watching bloody seagulls ! |
| 24 | Geoff Hurst 's maitre d ’ demeanour advertised that he was open for business — he 's the one who has been able to make his World Cup exploits play for him in recent years ; he 's semi-permanently on the road with an old-ones-are-the-best-ones floorshow and anecdotal package . |