Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sanatoria , popular by the end of the century , were only for the better-off , apart from some charitable foundations , and in any case had little effect . |
| 2 | And we nearly come under it er were only for the Yanks . |
| 3 | The trio were together for a Christmas in Vienna concert in the city hall . |
| 4 | But the family were together for a tour of Harry 's dormitory , where the new boy — known at Ludgrove as a ‘ squit ’ — will sleep with three pals . |
| 5 | Helvin moved in , and they were together for a decade . |
| 6 | ‘ We were together for a long time but we grew apart and we have both been working hard . ’ |
| 7 | There was sweet nothing in the way of nectar and what duped flowers had burst out of the ground were in for a shock when the frosts came . |
| 8 | Whitton 's second , in the 38th minute , must have warned the crowd nearly 1,000 below the Recreation Ground 's 5,000 capacity that they were in for a dispiriting night . |
| 9 | Yet he got off to a good start against New Zealand , and no one in England could have been in any doubt that even without Lloyd around their heroes were in for a tough time . |
| 10 | He told them they were in for a terrific all singing , all dancing , all laughing evening in the company of a galaxy of West End stars , and he informed them , after a bow to the front row where the CO and his wife sat among the senior officers of the Battalion : |
| 11 | SHOPPERS at Bordon 's new Somerfield store were in for a surprise on Saturday , when the supermarket staged a Disney fancy dress competition . |
| 12 | LONG ago , on dark nights when storms lashed the treacherous coastline , wreckers knew they were in for a busy time . |
| 13 | We were in for a long , rough passage , battling into the wind for seven hours or more . |
| 14 | The English were in for a shock . |
| 15 | I also understand that Basildon has erm got the same fate , so you know , it looks as if were in for a campaign there . |
| 16 | But if you went over the hill , after school time , then you were in for a fairly rough time the other end , you were challenged and all sorts of things . |
| 17 | I did n't know the forecast , but could see we were in for a storm . |
| 18 | They continued riding through the afternoon , by which time the dull cloud above their heads had become unbroken , and it looked as though they were in for a wet night . |
| 19 | A few months ago it seemed that oil markets were in for a chill spring . |
| 20 | ‘ Told you you were in for a nasty surprise , ’ Rex smirked awfully . |
| 21 | Ken and Maggie were in for a long run . |
| 22 | He is one of the finest strikers so I suppose you ca n't totally blame the defence but by this time I thought we were in for a beating . |
| 23 | If you stayed into watch the FA cup final on Saturday … you were in for a disappointment . |
| 24 | But if you watched Swindon 's game on Sunday … you were in for a treat . |
| 25 | Dean Hodgson was first to go … caught behind … for 9 and then in the next but one over Broad was leg before for 14 … at 26 for 2 the Gloucestershire folk must have thought they were in for a hard day but Mark Alleyne came to the rescue … he made 73 … |
| 26 | The first outsiders were in for a real treat . |
| 27 | If the Maltese expected the match to have the friendly atmosphere of a schoolboy international , however , then they were in for a rude awakening . |
| 28 | Even then we were in for a surprise you see , because at the end of the You know how most houses have a rectangular plot within which the house is put ? |
| 29 | We were in for the worst . |
| 30 | They yesterday found out which rating band their homes were in for the tax which starts next April . |