Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.

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1 But I mean I think the feeling of the the miners were out for a year I mean time and time again I 've heard people say , Oh how d how do they do it and look at the money they 're sending us and look at what they 're doing for us and how ho .
2 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 .
3 Studies were over for a few months .
4 ‘ No point , our lights were out for a long time , they 'd just use that as an excuse .
5 By this time the families staying there for summer quarters were out for a forenoon walk : mothers , nurses , playful youngsters — some with towels for the bathing , others with picnic baskets , making for the cliffs or the shore .
6 A few months ago it seemed that oil markets were in for a chill spring .
7 The first outsiders were in for a real treat .
8 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 .
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