Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [was/were] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An architect on holiday in the Scottish Highlands was out for an afternoon 's hill walking . |
| 2 | Some Orcadian cat was in for a good supper . |
| 3 | But I 'm not I 'm not in the frame of mind to be saying this kid was off for a week with flu then and was off |
| 4 | The fact that the final article is likely to have been polished by Sir David English , the editor and long-standing friend of Margaret Thatcher , prompted speculation that the Number 10 knives were out for the Chancellor , and that his days might be numbered . |
| 5 | The Express , by contrast , detects unsheathed Conservative blades : ‘ Tory knives were out for the BBC … the Prime Minister is said to have told friends : ‘ my views on the BBC 's coverage are not printable . ’ |
| 6 | Any smoothy who saw her as a soft touch was in for a shock . |
| 7 | The first outsiders were in for a real treat . |
| 8 | From what she had read in the diary , it seemed any boy with a pleasing face and the latest clothes was in for a good time . |