Example sentences of "be [adv prt] for a big [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Habitues of the Institute 's old restaurant are in for a big surprise .
2 So if you imagine that orders and irritation are going to intimidate me you 're in for a big surprise !
3 When the victim switches the switch he will be in for a big surprise .
4 Summers was quoted in national newspapers as saying : ‘ If Sugar thinks we are a run of the mill first division club , he is in for a big shock .
5 He was in for a big surprise if he thought he was still dealing with the impressionable , easygoing young girl he had married !
6 Well , she felt in a fighting mood , and if he thought that he could make a fool of her in front of his girlfriend then he was in for a big surprise .
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