Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I got a lot of response from the article and my request for someone to move into my home and look after the children while I was away for the eight months in Bristol , ’ she said . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I was there for a long time , but I ca n't remember anyone visiting me . |
| 4 | So a week later I moved in , and I was there for a year-and-a-half . |
| 5 | Bet you never even noticed I was there for the first three years . " |
| 6 | I was there for the full week , being lucky enough to have a brother living in Crosby , so was able to take in most of the events and sights of interest , as well as having the pleasure of meeting old comrades at the Cunard Building |
| 7 | ‘ Told you you were in for a nasty surprise , ’ Rex smirked awfully . |
| 8 | Inevitably , months later , some actor will hiss , ‘ Heard you were in for the first half the other night , ’ prompting instant fabrication of husband having a miscarriage and mad cow disease in row F ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ She was up for the entire morning , and this afternoon she must rest . |
| 11 | But she was here for a little while now , and would be coming back in mid-April to get Luxembourg on . |
| 12 | It was as if they realised that she was not for the rough and tumble of this world , like the aggressive women with shaggy hair styles who pushed their way through life thrusting their hard shopping baskets at defenceless men . |
| 13 | Jack seemed to realise she was there for the first time . |
| 14 | Clare was told she was in for a long stay in bed , and Mother moved in a divan to sleep next to her . |
| 15 | But he was a most willing worker , and although she knew she was in for a tough day without him she offered her sympathy , and advised , ‘ Take an Alka-Seltzer and go back to bed . |
| 16 | Now she knew she was in for an unpleasant surprise . |
| 17 | ‘ We were together for a long time but we grew apart and we have both been working hard . ’ |
| 18 | We went there morning and evening every day , and on Sundays we were there for the lengthy session of Sung Eucharist . |
| 19 | We were in for a long , rough passage , battling into the wind for seven hours or more . |
| 20 | We were in for the worst . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I knew we were in for an enjoyable day as soon as I heard Nick Faldo say , ‘ Have you heard this one , Nick ? ’ |
| 23 | One evening they were out for a long , long time . |
| 24 | You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He told them they were in for a terrific all singing , all dancing , all laughing evening in the company of a galaxy of West End stars , and he informed them , after a bow to the front row where the CO and his wife sat among the senior officers of the Battalion : |
| 27 | LONG ago , on dark nights when storms lashed the treacherous coastline , wreckers knew they were in for a busy time . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 … |
| 30 | If the Maltese expected the match to have the friendly atmosphere of a schoolboy international , however , then they were in for a rude awakening . |