Example sentences of "but he be [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | CAR co-ordinator Rod Jones said : ‘ I thought it would be a good idea for baby Bogdan to join us but he is booked for hospital tests next week . |
| 2 | His name may not be familiar , but he 's known for playing cruel , heartless men . |
| 3 | Young maintained contact with his previous management consultancy clients who were already half-way convinced of headhunting , but he was prepared for much knocking on familiar and unfamiliar doors and cold-calling to drum up more business in a practical way . |
| 4 | He began life as a commercial photographer and worked for Renault , but he was sacked for bad time keeping after late nights in the darkroom . |
| 5 | True , he went to rouse Sir Ralph but he was searched for any weapons , he had no key , and even if he had entered the room , favoured son or not , Sir Ralph would scarcely have offered his throat to be cut . ’ |
| 6 | He did not stand for re-election to the Parliament of 1780 ; but he was elected for Ripon in 1787 , and became a commissioner of the Board of Trade in 1788 . |
| 7 | " Your pal at the shipping office was n't hard to check on , because he 's been in our hands — no charge in the end , but he was detained for twenty-four hours while inquiries were made . |
| 8 | Aszal had all the documents required from a returning immigrant , but he was questioned for four hours and made to wait for four hours and then told he could go . |
| 9 | But he was banned for a year — because he was well over the alcohol limit at the time . |
| 10 | Elizabeth never married but used her spinsterhood as a diplomatic bate — Robert Dudley , the Earl of Leicester , was very close and , after his death , his stepson , the Earl of Essex , became close , but he was executed for treason when it was learned that he had entered into a conspiracy . |