Example sentences of "he [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And never once has he been for Instruction . ’ |
| 2 | After all , how grateful could he be for her dancing weeks — no , months now — before ? |
| 3 | Two occasions in the book about his partisans quietly illustrate what he is for his readers in this respect . |
| 4 | ‘ There is a sick Jewish problem of voting for a black man no matter how unfit he is for the job , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Larry Parks is remembered for being one of the first to inform on his Communist friends before the committee , better remembered perhaps than he is for impersonating Al Jolson in two films which made him , at that time , a star . |
| 6 | He is for me the epitome of the Italian style at its best — he is Spanish , of course , but he has the true Italian style . |
| 7 | Their young winger/outside-half , Michael Corcoran , is as eligible for England as he is for Ireland . |
| 8 | He is for ever asking questions . |
| 9 | He is for ever issuing his four-line stanzas predicting the future for individuals or even entire families . |
| 10 | Although on-trial Norwegian striker Tore Andre Dahlum plays for the reserves on Wednesday , Ferguson admits he is for the future , and he must plunge now . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll find out how he is for you . |
| 12 | He remembered the ancient and persistent belief that once any living creature has walked in the Black Fields of Sorcery and dined at the tables of the Lords of the Dark Ireland , he is for ever lost to the true Ireland . |
| 13 | It 's all he 's for . ’ |
| 14 | He 's for sale for 1/2 a million , what a snip . |
| 15 | Oh I wonder what , I wonder what er , what party he 's for ? |
| 16 | did n't he years ago and the big kids sort of , well not torment him , but he 's for the fun you know |
| 17 | For him the synthesis was asymptote towards which he was for ever approaching without ever quite reaching it ; it was a reality , incapable of complete realization . |
| 18 | ODDLY enough , although he was for almost 50 years a pillar of the British dance band scene , by his own account Joe Crossman 's only popular acclaim was given to him in the United States for his beautiful alto saxophone solo on Stanley Black 's mid-Forties recording of Django Reinhardt 's ballad ‘ Nuages ’ . |
| 19 | He wrote a few letters on my behalf and I just did n't think he was for me because of what I saw at the time . |
| 20 | He was for ‘ a delicious diligent indolence ’ , for a passiveness allowing the intellectual powers to come very gradually to ripeness . |
| 21 | Hitler was never again to be at the centre of public attention as he was for a while following the plot of 20 July 1944 . |
| 22 | On his return to the Westminster he was for a time senior house officer in the department of clinical measurement before becoming anaesthetic research registrar . |
| 23 | He had a very high reputation as a spiritual guide ( he was for a time Abbot of Bec in Normandy ) and teacher . |
| 24 | He was for some time a broken man . |
| 25 | He was for 55 years Professor of Geology at Trinity College , Cambridge , a friend of Wordsworth and Darwin . |
| 26 | If the caddie got it wrong more than twice , he was for the chop ! |
| 27 | But now , after his near miss with Hoomey , Nails remembered that he was for the long drop next time — no more cautions . |
| 28 | The steward was not left to mourn that his bottles found no custom : there was treating and return treating , and one humble Highlander who could sing Gaelic songs was made the sink into which was poured the spirits bought by sundry odd pence ; and , to the satisfaction of those who deem it a noble accomplishment the filling a man drunk , this Celt was brought into that pitiable condition , and manifested the power of the spirits over his brain in rather a curious way , — he was for kissing all round . |
| 29 | He was a prolific writer of learned articles in the Veterinarian of which he was for a time co-editor , and his classical education is reflected in his thoughtful commentaries . |
| 30 | However , Joseph Hepworth was better known as the editor of the British Deaf Times , which he was for some years up to his death . |