Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [adv prt] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Studies were over for a few months . |
| 3 | ‘ No point , our lights were out for a long time , they 'd just use that as an excuse . |
| 4 | The first outsiders were in for a real treat . |
| 5 | But in the country as a whole , the number of skiers was down for the third year running , and was no higher than 12 years ago ( see chart on next page ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |