Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] for some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " We 're in for some mysterious trouble , " whispered Fiver , " and it 's not elil . |
| 2 | A happier period is ahead , rather than of late , and you 're in for some high times with plenty of hilarity . |
| 3 | Whatever the weather throws up though , I know I 'm in for some good walking . |
| 4 | ‘ Looks like we 're going to be in for some pretty flamboyant fielding from the West Indies ’ |
| 5 | We could be in for some dramatic sea level changes because of climatic change ; volcanic action could have quite a bearing on that . |
| 6 | Mammal-like animals have been around for some 200 million years but did n't become particularly numerous until about 70 million years ago , around the time the dinosaurs became extinct . |
| 7 | Despite the fact that our genus has been around for some four million years , it is only in the past century or so that we have discovered the knack of using radio signals . |
| 8 | I should n't be surprised if we were in for some more snow . ’ |
| 9 | JIMMY 'S , the real-life hospital drama , is in for some exciting episodes next year . |
| 10 | If the old man really is up there watching he 's in for some good laughs . ’ |
| 11 | You 'll do yourself an injury , I say , but she knows best no doubt for there is n't a day but she 's off for some long trip or other on the thing . |
| 12 | She saw his glance go over her , ending at the tips of her sensible shoes , and wondered if she was in for some punishing ten-mile hike . |