Example sentences of "he [verb] be [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Rev Leslie Gready was led from the Friday morning service to the grounds of St Cuthbert 's Church , Darlington , where he has been vicar for the last ten years . |
| 2 | He has been chairman for ten years of the Scottish Business School , which comprises the business studies departments of the Universities of Glasgow , Strathclyde , Edinburgh , Heriot Watt and Stirling . |
| 3 | He has been MP for Hull East since 1970 . |
| 4 | In Selfoss the assistant in the chemist 's tries to sell us surgical spirit when we ask for meths and there is a pantomime while Tony explains to her , in best sign language , that what he wants is spirit for a Trangia . |
| 5 | He had been Chairman for less then two years in succession to Dr. Greenwood , when he collapsed and died during a Welsh Regional Rally . |
| 6 | He had been king for two and a half years , and he was aged by ten . |
| 7 | Spencer 's conduct at the new Debtors ' Prison in Whitecross Street , where in 1828 he had been keeper for six years , was the subject of a Memorial from James Neild 's Thatched House Society to the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen of the City of London . |
| 8 | The death is reported of A. Shanks at Port Askaig where he had been agent for the steamer " Islay " for over 20 years . |