Example sentences of "was [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 that may mean that we meet a demoralized norwich team away on saturday — or — that they got boosted by their fine performance — ekoku was back after a long time injury for norwich .
4 He was out for a good time , which might well involve finishing the evening with a fight .
5 For our purposes what matters is that RNA , or something like it , was around for a long time before it became self-replicating .
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