Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | LONG ago , on dark nights when storms lashed the treacherous coastline , wreckers knew they were in for a busy time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Each night the teachers had to take turns checking that the students were in their dormitories , and the lights were out at an appropriate time . |
| 4 | ‘ No point , our lights were out for a long time , they 'd just use that as an excuse . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Most of the Labour front bench , including Neil Kinnock , were in their places and the predictions were that I was in for a stormy time . |
| 7 | that may mean that we meet a demoralized norwich team away on saturday — or — that they got boosted by their fine performance — ekoku was back after a long time injury for norwich . |
| 8 | He was out for a good time , which might well involve finishing the evening with a fight . |
| 9 | For our purposes what matters is that RNA , or something like it , was around for a long time before it became self-replicating . |