Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ We were together for a long time but we grew apart and we have both been working hard . ’ |
2 | ‘ Told you you were in for a nasty surprise , ’ Rex smirked awfully . |
3 | Whitton 's second , in the 38th minute , must have warned the crowd nearly 1,000 below the Recreation Ground 's 5,000 capacity that they were in for a dispiriting night . |
4 | Ken and Maggie were in for a long run . |
5 | The first outsiders were in for a real treat . |
6 | LONG ago , on dark nights when storms lashed the treacherous coastline , wreckers knew they were in for a busy time . |
7 | They continued riding through the afternoon , by which time the dull cloud above their heads had become unbroken , and it looked as though they were in for a wet night . |
8 | Yet he got off to a good start against New Zealand , and no one in England could have been in any doubt that even without Lloyd around their heroes were in for a tough time . |
9 | If the Maltese expected the match to have the friendly atmosphere of a schoolboy international , however , then they were in for a rude awakening . |
10 | Dean Hodgson was first to go … caught behind … for 9 and then in the next but one over Broad was leg before for 14 … at 26 for 2 the Gloucestershire folk must have thought they were in for a hard day but Mark Alleyne came to the rescue … he made 73 … |
11 | The omens were bad , and when the Hammersmith show eventually got going it seemed we were in for an all-time rock ‘ n ’ roll disaster . |
12 | They were in for an interesting night . |
13 | I knew we were in for an enjoyable day as soon as I heard Nick Faldo say , ‘ Have you heard this one , Nick ? ’ |
14 | Compaq Computer Corp 's first quarter earnings were better than the highest of Wall Street estimates and some analysts said that if it were not for a negative impact from currency translations , profits would have been a bit higher still . |
15 | ( 148 ) If it were not for an old professor who made me read the classics I would have been stymied . |
16 | And in this case it seems likely that even if it were not for the depressed state of aggregate demand in the British market , the commodities produced by Talbot at Linwood would not have generated ‘ sufficient ’ profit for Peugeot . |
17 | If it were not for the debilitating character question , Clinton would surely have a fair chance of beating Bush . |
18 | The tears which coursed down his cheeks were not for the head groom . |
19 | Er what sort of relationship did you have with with the men , did you er particularly thinking that you you were still for a long time after that , the the branch secretary of the union as well you know . |
20 | ‘ No point , our lights were out for a long time , they 'd just use that as an excuse . |
21 | We had a bachelor party on board , who were out for a little merrymaking : an island marriage ball had wooed them from the desk of the counting-house , and having had a taste of the free air of these parts , and being good fellows well met , a few more days of healthful roving have a gleeful appendix to the gaieties of the wedding . |
22 | He might even be passably attractive , Virginia told herself furiously , if it were n't for the villainous growth of stubble on his jaw . |
23 | ‘ They were there for a good couple of hours and when I left at around 2.00pm they were still interviewing players in the spare dressing rooms . ’ |
24 | In 1985 in Washington DC I was responsible for the security co-ordination of eleven prime ministers and twenty other Conservative party leaders from around the world who were there for the International Democrat Union Party Leaders ' meeting . |
25 | We went there morning and evening every day , and on Sundays we were there for the lengthy session of Sung Eucharist . |
26 | The court had heard that Rhys had now been accepted for a transplant operation at a Bristol hospital and the search was on for a suitable bone marrow donor . |
27 | Quail Eggs Arnold Bennett — perhaps the name should put one off , and what arrived was enough for a full meal , with much haddock , but the sauce was rather thick , reminding one of our party of a school-sanatorium dinner . |
28 | If Greg had understood the lady in the garden aright , Gerald Seymour-Strachey was in for a new experience . |
29 | Clare was told she was in for a long stay in bed , and Mother moved in a divan to sleep next to her . |
30 | 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 . |