Example sentences of "he [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , maybe they were n't his exact words , but I expect he would have come up with something like that had he been asked for his thoughts on Carter 's ‘ Only Living Boy In New Cross ’ . |
| 2 | And now you can ask I can sort of ask you questions on it like if he 's been travelling for let's say If he 's if he 's covered sixty miles how long has he been riding for ? |
| 3 | Okay erm If he 's done two hundred miles , how long has he been riding for ? |
| 4 | Had he been hoping for Doreen to arrive and say she was no longer interested in the large Hastings home and that she 'd be willing to live anywhere with him — even to work beside him out in the wilderness ? |
| 5 | In 1984 opinion polls showed that Ronald Reagan would have been decisively defeated had he been running for re-election in Britain . |
| 6 | a police officer , what 's he been doing for the last |
| 7 | Has he been working for a long time ? |
| 8 | He was not black , nor could he be mistaken for white . |
| 9 | Would he be punished for not being sorry ? |
| 10 | He gave him no time to pay and ordered he be jailed for up to the alternative of 14 days . |
| 11 | Can he be blamed for believing that the only things which exist are himself and the table ? |
| 12 | Well I , I thi well if , if your boss checks it , what should he be checking for ? |
| 13 | Nor will he be standing for election as Institute vice president this year . |
| 14 | Was he being treated for any medical condition ? ’ |
| 15 | Soon as you said you ca n't do it he were gone for dust ! |
| 16 | as though he were digging for worms , and the dint |
| 17 | The bottom line is that whilst Wilko has made decisions which have upset , even annoyed us , if he were to leave for the England job there is no-one remotely capable of replacing him . |
| 18 | Manciple sounded as if he were apologizing for the other man 's rudeness . |
| 19 | Because the State er if he were covered for twenty six weeks full pay |
| 20 | His gaze wandered round the room as though he were looking for someone . |
| 21 | That 's right the tenth replacement depot in Lichfield and they used to come round to Walsall looking for absentees and deserters and they there was actually a shooting match in Street the MPs started firing the guns at these fellas who 'd gone absent without leave , and , but as I understand I remember at the time there was a lot of racism in America then and they , they picked these coloured fellas up and apparently the C O at Lichfield was very much a southern colonel and he was a racist and they used to chain these coloured guys up behind the trucks and make them walk all the way back to Lichfield behind the trucks driving the trucks at walking pace and I understand there was a , a salver , a commemorative salver in the Town Hall to be presented to him , and some an MP in the Council he were looking for this colonel , but as I understand he was court-martialled after the war for racism and so I do n't think he 'd be wanting , wanted to be connected with Walsall any more , so but this was |
| 22 | no well he knew what he were looking for , something worth when you think |
| 23 | His arm waggled , as if he were groping for something , and then his hand appeared as softly and suddenly as it had vanished : holding the fifth ball . |
| 24 | He were working for an erm Macro or something . |
| 25 | It was as if he were preparing for the day he would be a big man himself in this town and wanted everyone on his side , wanted them all to think of him as a customer . |
| 26 | I think he were going for a , a month , a month and a half summat like that , and he said it were out of this world . |
| 27 | Crossing the room as though he were heading for the wardrobe , Angel Four suddenly changed direction , took two swift paces to his right , seized the curtains with both hands and jerked them open . |
| 28 | Ahead and around him as he drifted forward , the melodic light was increasing gradually , growing stronger and brighter as though he were heading for the source . |
| 29 | She kept waiting for him to do something , but he hesitated , as if he were waiting for her . |
| 30 | As she had come round the corner of the house from putting her bicycle in the old stable block , Inspector Blakelock had been standing at the front door almost as if he were waiting for her . |