Example sentences of "he was [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Not going to school , and having to pretend I did n't live on the island all the time , has meant that I did n't grow up with anybody of my own age ( except Eric , of course , but even he was away for a long time ) , and about the time I was thinking of venturing further afield and getting to know more people Eric went crazy , and things got a bit uncomfortable in the town for a while .
2 He was also for the first time vaguely troubled about the DIA 's priorities in the Middle East , particularly with respect to the Western hostages in Beirut .
3 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 .
4 He was out for a good time , which might well involve finishing the evening with a fight .
5 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 .
6 He was in for a big surprise if he thought he was still dealing with the impressionable , easygoing young girl he had married !
7 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 .
8 His parents welcomed him , assuming he was back for an indefinite stay and perhaps interpreting this as a change of heart .
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