Example sentences of "he [be] [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 To him be glory for ever and ever .
2 Not knowing exactly WHEN Brian died , HOW much he suffered and WHO killed him is torture for her .
3 I really thought that I would have asked Chris if he is pay for his erm Society here in .
4 A regular exhibitor at the event he is president for the 22nd annual show and will also be showing his pedigree Wiltshire Horn Sheep as a preliminary run before they go on to next month 's Royal Show , at Stoneleigh .
5 However , if the broker fills an order left with him by his client or deals on a discretionary basis , he is as a matter of law dealing on both sides of the " client " contract ; he is agent for the client , in that he binds the client to the contract , and at the same time he is technically the client 's counterparty .
6 But the time must be at hand to see if he can do for Scotland what he is doing for Celtic , and not simply because of injury to others .
7 He 's askin' for a chair , ’ the carrier motioned his partner , the back half of the sedan chair pair , to help him corner the hapless Ingram 's custom .
8 He 's waitng for him to come back on his bike .
9 Hill gradually moves up the grid … he 's second for the last of the starts but his engine is n't quite powerful enough and comes home in fourth spot …
10 Gobshite ‘ tinks he 's a rock star cause he 's roadie for Paul 's band .
11 They hope he gets the chance to prove on Saturday , that he 's value for money .
12 Oh she knew the bloke , she 'd be she 'd been out with him a few times before right , he 's , he 's not a bad bloke but like I said like I said erm but he 's respect for her I said to her
13 He was Minister for Education in the late Government , ’ I continue .
14 We have a good accident record in this country and that is due in no small way to the special interest given to the subject by my hon. Friend the Member for Eltham ( Mr. Bottomley ) when he was Minister for Roads and Traffic and to the actions of the present Minister .
15 In 1984-86 he was Minister for the Economy , Finance and Budget , a post he resumed when the PS returned to government in 1988 .
16 Although he was only one of the four Sergeants in charge of us , he was Duty-Sergeant for the first week , so that all the complexities of dealing with a group of recruits at the start of their training fell to him .
17 He was the founder in 1864 of the Liverpool Adult Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society and , with the aid of public subscriptions , responsible for the building of the Liverpool Institute for the Adult Deaf and Dumb , of which he was Secretary for sixty years .
18 Incidentally , he was n't known as Chief Education Officer , he was Secretary for Education , he only became Chief Education Officer after the war but erm he was the Controller of Shift E and most of the education staff were on Shift E.
19 A long-serving member of the Cabinet , he had been appointed to President Robert Mugabe 's first independence government as Minister of Transport and Power in March 1980 , and was also a member of the ruling party 's political bureau , where he was Secretary for Youth .
20 If Scott had been selected because he was second for both the War Office and the Foreign Office , now that the War Office is no longer required , then surely his claim is now reduced .
21 This he did by hard work , love for cricket and an exceptional organizing ability , which in 1953 resulted in the founding of the Danish Cricket Association of which he was chairman for 18 years .
22 In 1454 he was alnager for Northamptonshire and Rutland , charged with examining the measurement and quality of woollen goods in those counties .
23 He was MP for Leicester South in 1983 , majority seven , lost his seat in 1987 and was returned as MP for Brighton Pavilion last Thursday .
24 For 1865 only , he was MP for Stoke on Trent , which was near another Beresford estate , and in 1868 fulfilled his ambition to be University Member for Cambridge .
25 He was MP for Oldham from 1865 until his death , a radical and a staunch advocate of free trade .
26 He was MP for that town in eleven Parliaments from 1679 to 1708 , and once for Ashburton in 1689 .
27 From 1906 to 1910 he was MP for Sutherland .
28 From 1673 to 1677 he was MP for Newark , but he did not sit .
29 He was MP for Downton from 1831 to 1832 , but the borough was destined for abolition in the Reform Act of 1832 .
30 In religion a Quaker , in politics a Liberal , he was MP for Penryn ( later Falmouth ) from 1857 to 1865 and gave general but independent support to the third Viscount Palmerston , while favouring the extension of free trade and acquiring a reputation as a respecter of the rights of all religious denominations .
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