Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adv prt] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Told you you were in for a nasty surprise , ’ Rex smirked awfully . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ She was up for the entire morning , and this afternoon she must rest . |
| 5 | Clare was told she was in for a long stay in bed , and Mother moved in a divan to sleep next to her . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Now she knew she was in for an unpleasant surprise . |
| 8 | We were in for a long , rough passage , battling into the wind for seven hours or more . |
| 9 | We were in for the worst . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I knew we were in for an enjoyable day as soon as I heard Nick Faldo say , ‘ Have you heard this one , Nick ? ’ |
| 12 | One evening they were out for a long , long time . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 : |
| 16 | LONG ago , on dark nights when storms lashed the treacherous coastline , wreckers knew they were in for a busy time . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 … |
| 19 | If the Maltese expected the match to have the friendly atmosphere of a schoolboy international , however , then they were in for a rude awakening . |
| 20 | They were in for an interesting night . |
| 21 | He was up for a western , and he had the long hair , but after school he went to a barber and had his head shaved . |
| 22 | He was out for a good time , which might well involve finishing the evening with a fight . |
| 23 | I leant back and looked at the seat of my trousers , checking that I had brushed off the mud ; I wanted to make the transition from somebody who had just slept rough to somebody who looked as though he was out for an early walk . |
| 24 | He was in for a big surprise if he thought he was still dealing with the impressionable , easygoing young girl he had married ! |
| 25 | Well , she felt in a fighting mood , and if he thought that he could make a fool of her in front of his girlfriend then he was in for a big surprise . |
| 26 | His parents welcomed him , assuming he was back for an indefinite stay and perhaps interpreting this as a change of heart . |