Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no reply to the phone , but as we were going that way to spend the night at Sandspit , we called at the neighbours ’ and found that Pat was away for a few days . |
| 2 | Ken and Maggie were in for a long run . |
| 3 | But , come the morning , Ronni was in for a rude awakening . |
| 4 | After lunch , Graham Lloyd reached 34 before falling to Parsona , but Wasim Akram hit only five and Mike Matkinson was out for a lively 16 . |
| 5 | If Greg had understood the lady in the garden aright , Gerald Seymour-Strachey was in for a new experience . |
| 6 | But Eric came back from a working holiday and Peter was out for a little while , was n't he ? |