Example sentences of "[pers pn] be in for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Now I 'm two , I 'm in for two .
2 I 'm in for two .
3 Whatever the weather throws up though , I know I 'm in for some good walking .
4 I 'm , there we are I 'm in for I 'm in for another two .
5 I was in for two weeks , during which I had a wide variety of tests .
6 I thought I was in for another evening of getting slightly drunk on my own . ’
7 Woke up one morning and I was in for twenty thousand .
8 ‘ What 's more , Joe Wallace was so pissed that night 'e did n't 'ave an inklin' who 'e was talkin' to or what pub 'e was in for that matter , so there 's no come-back from 'im at least .
9 Have you been in for this Guess the Scores , have you won anything before ?
10 You are in for some surprises .
11 You 're in for four lectures are n't you ?
12 A happier period is ahead , rather than of late , and you 're in for some high times with plenty of hilarity .
13 I can tell you you 're in for some trouble if you start that because I I is you you 're all in trouble if you want to start these smaller committees , we have looked at the committees and as I say we make no apology for the number of committees or the number that 's on 'em .
14 Oh you 're in for some fun .
15 If you were in for 9 in the morning , you were out at 9.30 and the other fellow must not book in till 9.31 a.m .
16 So you were in for ten minutes and rushed them out and out again then
17 When eventually she left the sitting-room to go to bed , she pattered into the hall , knowing in advance that she was in for another wretched night of it .
18 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 .
19 Understandable had I been writing this in August , but as it is still March it looks as if we are in for another drought this summer .
20 He suggested that in the days before his election Yeltsin had had to clarify and adjust his policy on a number of key issues , but commented : " If he is playing political games , then perhaps we are in for difficult times . "
21 ‘ The radio says we 're in for heavy showers , ’ Aunt Becky glooms .
22 " We 're in for some mysterious trouble , " whispered Fiver , " and it 's not elil .
23 An Injun' yelled ‘ White men … we 're in for some fightin' … they 're not having our bison to eat . ’
24 We could hear them banging about , shifting things and wondered nervously if we were in for another move .
25 I should n't be surprised if we were in for some more snow . ’
26 I thought we were in for some stability .
27 People living next to the site of a New Age festival planned for the weekend say they 're in for two days of misery .
28 He is in for one hell of a battle and we will take him all the way to court if we have to . ’
29 Sadly this is the last Sharpe , but he is in for major exposure as he comes on to television .
30 ‘ Gone back to her mother in Sardinia with the children — he 's in for eight years . ’
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