Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [adv prt] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bobo was in for a shock , however , for when he kicked open the door to Sam 's office , he discovered that the President had already taken the matter out of his hands , having blown his own brains out . |
| 2 | No it was our summer holiday , I went off for two weeks , when I came back Paula was off for a month . |
| 3 | But Mosley campaigned in Tuscany by phone and by the time he returned to London for the autumn , the plan was set , letters were going out and Balestre was in for a surprise . |
| 4 | Actors have not yet been announced , but the appealing rumour that Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder were up for the lead roles has been denied |
| 5 | I wondered if the Great God Turhan Bey was in for a cut , or if Otto was doing it all off his own bat . |
| 6 | Ms McCarthy was out for the evening with a friend , Stacey Gallacher , when they heard that acid house partygoers were meeting on Clapham Common . |
| 7 | An architect on holiday in the Scottish Highlands was out for an afternoon 's hill walking . |