Example sentences of "[noun sg] who be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Russian emigre who was for a while vice president of research and development at Prime/Computervision , has caught the start-up bug . |
| 2 | Mrs Robins comes over as a cold , strict woman who was for ever giving orders . |
| 3 | I missed very much the man who was for fifteen years our first trombone ; he trained the group to the very highest level . |
| 4 | The senator had frowned , then opined that it was not just the fat who were for ever barred from the Oval Office , but even the ugly . |
| 5 | Needless to say the proposed settlement — widely publicised — drew a good deal of criticism , almost entirely from the Left who were for a variety of reasons extremely hostile to white Rhodesians . |