Example sentences of "[pron] were [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A very considerable number of sub-licences which were normally for a period of six to 12 months were granted during the relevant years of assessment and the aggregate profit therefrom during these years amounted to some HK$57m . |
| 2 | We had a bachelor party on board , who were out for a little merrymaking : an island marriage ball had wooed them from the desk of the counting-house , and having had a taste of the free air of these parts , and being good fellows well met , a few more days of healthful roving have a gleeful appendix to the gaieties of the wedding . |
| 3 | Mrs Hardy , of Tower Hill , Chipperfield , was found crawling through undergrowth in the woods yesterday morning by two women who were out for a walk . |
| 4 | " Take these ; an annotated Gray 's Anatomy , some Freud — at least it 'll prove you were here for a reason if nothing else . " |
| 5 | You were as cool as if you were out for a stroll , ’ Moran said . |
| 6 | If the last time you were out for a duck was eating a salade tiéde magret de canard in an austere brasserie , or your most recent celebrated run was rushing to the embrace of the Cricketer 's Arms as last orders was called , pausing briefly to adjust your googlie , all is not lost . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Told you you were in for a nasty surprise , ’ Rex smirked awfully . |
| 9 | If you stayed into watch the FA cup final on Saturday … you were in for a disappointment . |
| 10 | But if you watched Swindon 's game on Sunday … you were in for a treat . |
| 11 | Er what sort of relationship did you have with with the men , did you er particularly thinking that you you were still for a long time after that , the the branch secretary of the union as well you know . |
| 12 | So it went on day after day , night after night ; we were out for a month . |
| 13 | Well everybody thought we 'd be out for a week or so , but we were out for a month or er more when these scabs started going back . |
| 14 | WE were out for an airing with Air Hanson this week . |
| 15 | ‘ We were together for a long time but we grew apart and we have both been working hard . ’ |
| 16 | ( Some years later , when we were abroad for a year , taking just Shanti with us , when things got difficult she would say , ‘ I want my Sara . ’ ) |
| 17 | We were in for a long , rough passage , battling into the wind for seven hours or more . |
| 18 | I did n't know the forecast , but could see we were in for a storm . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 ? |
| 21 | The omens were bad , and when the Hammersmith show eventually got going it seemed we were in for an all-time rock ‘ n ’ roll disaster . |
| 22 | I knew we were in for an enjoyable day as soon as I heard Nick Faldo say , ‘ Have you heard this one , Nick ? ’ |
| 23 | A feeling that we were in for an epic grew as we waited on the gendarme to begin a traverse across a snow ledge to the top of the fixed ropes , where the Germans , their clothes white with snow and ice , had set up another abseil . |
| 24 | AT FIRST , it seemed that we were in for an evening at the Theatre of Cruelty . |
| 25 | They were out for a walk . ’ |
| 26 | It was a Sunday afternoon and they were out for a stroll in the park . |
| 27 | When they were out , they were out for a drink . |
| 28 | One evening they were out for a long , long time . |
| 29 | You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints . |
| 30 | Helvin moved in , and they were together for a decade . |