Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier marriages with fewer children means that couples are together for a long time after their children have left home . |
| 2 | ‘ We are in for a long afternoon , ’ he said cheerfully . |
| 3 | HAYDN-LOVERS are in for a good time this autumn : coming up are the Haydn at Esterhaza concerts at the Wigmore Hall ( part of the Magyarok Britain Salutes Hungary Festival ) ; already on display is the Haydn and England exhibition at the British Library ; and just started is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment 's QEH Haydn series concentrating on his late choral works . |
| 4 | Thus we are in for a prolonged battle to win over public opinion . |
| 5 | PARISHIONERS and visitors to the Church of St John the Evangelist on Belfast 's Malone Road are in for a real treat next month . |
| 6 | Habitues of the Institute 's old restaurant are in for a big surprise . |
| 7 | LIGHT opera buffs in Londonderry are in for a musical feast with the return this year of the Derry Festival of Light Opera . |
| 8 | We are in for a tough time . ’ |
| 9 | If he is back to his best , Haydock racegoers are in for a thrilling contest , but I prefer to wait until Playschool has shown his old sparkle before backing him . |
| 10 | If he is back to his best , Haydock racegoers are in for a thrilling contest , but I prefer to wait until Playschool has shown his old sparkle before backing him . |
| 11 | Anyone believing that the personal computer price wars have abated are in for a rude shock this week when Compaq Computer Corp brings out a plethora of new machines , including its first stab at a multimedia model , and cuts prices significantly on its existing products . |
| 12 | Where such contracts have been in force for 3 years or longer , but are not for a specific undertaking eg building a house , claims are admissible under the policy . |
| 13 | Votes are not for a particular person but for a list put up by a party . |
| 14 | ‘ Well then , ’ she said as she swept past him out the door , ‘ you 're in for a bumpy ride . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I get the feeling we 're in for a long night ’ , she said . |
| 16 | Most of the force have drawn shields and batons , and I 've no doubt we 're in for a long night . ’ |
| 17 | You know you 're in for a rough ride just by gawping at their photos for this package which show Knight hunched up against some slum wall and Blake glowering in true Exorcist 2 style from within a storm of locusts . |
| 18 | We 're in for a rough time , Marcus . |
| 19 | We 're in for a serious bout of millennial malaise . |
| 20 | From the moment you step in to the cool , colonial atmosphere of Sunwing 's reception with its cane and luxurious pastel furniture you know you 're in for a real treat . |
| 21 | So if you imagine that orders and irritation are going to intimidate me you 're in for a big surprise ! |
| 22 | ‘ It looks as if you 're in for a busy morning . |
| 23 | I can tell you we 're in for a smashin' night tonight at the Gronky Josstick pub here in lovely Ludlow . |
| 24 | ‘ It looks as though we 're in for a tough time ! ’ |
| 25 | That 's if you get that far — finish behind any of the computer-controlled racers and you 're in for a permanent pit-stop ! |
| 26 | ‘ It 's just a feeling I 've got , that we 're in for a hard winter . |
| 27 | Otherwise , they 're in for a grim time of it . |
| 28 | ‘ We 're here for a straight account of Princess 's voyage — all three sides of it ; Bristol to Africa to Jamaica and back — not a social gathering , though I 'm the last to turn up me nose at a good meal . ’ |
| 29 | Plans are underway for a revised edition , which should be published in the near future as a self-financing project . |
| 30 | ‘ That 's OK , I can deal with it ; I 'm all for a good fight , especially with you as my opponent — it keeps life from being dull . |