Example sentences of "be [adv] for [art] good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | HAYDN-LOVERS are in for a good time this autumn : coming up are the Haydn at Esterhaza concerts at the Wigmore Hall ( part of the Magyarok Britain Salutes Hungary Festival ) ; already on display is the Haydn and England exhibition at the British Library ; and just started is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment 's QEH Haydn series concentrating on his late choral works . |
2 | ‘ That 's OK , I can deal with it ; I 'm all for a good fight , especially with you as my opponent — it keeps life from being dull . |
3 | Ed was just like a one off and I 'm not forward any more at all and , you know , everyone thinks I am you know and Pete thought right I 'm in for a good time here , you know , I can probably get her you know , and so Charlie would have to carry out his part . |
4 | As children , we all got up to tricks like pinching a few apples or knocking on someone 's door and running away — all rather harmless , but if our parents found out , we would be in for a good hiding , a cut on the backside . |
5 | Yeah , then you I know , but John I mean you 'd be up for a good couple of grand if you did stick it out . |
6 | Whatever the precise date , she knew she had been here for the best part of a month , confined in this tumbledown shepherd 's dwelling among the mountains . |
7 | ‘ … she 's been here for the best part of a week and you 're no further forward . ’ |
8 | ‘ We are here for a good time , it is n't a crusade , but we want to win , ’ said Masters champion Couples . |
9 | And Couples warned : ‘ We are here for a good time , but we want to win . |
10 | ‘ They were there for a good couple of hours and when I left at around 2.00pm they were still interviewing players in the spare dressing rooms . ’ |
11 | Now the search is on for the best container display in Britain . |
12 | The search is on for the best pancake tosser in the North . |
13 | If that can happen to one of the most prestigious shopping streets in the world , we can be sure that dispossessin' is in for a good run . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Some Orcadian cat was in for a good supper . |
16 | He was out for a good time , which might well involve finishing the evening with a fight . |