Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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1 | The court had heard that Rhys had now been accepted for a transplant operation at a Bristol hospital and the search was on for a suitable bone marrow donor . |
2 | Some Orcadian cat was in for a good supper . |
3 | Dorrainge was in for a very big shock . |
4 | The clown and the Man with the Big Bow Tie were out for a walk . |
5 | Beside the ocean , then climbing a narrow road towards woods — the clown and the Man with the Big Bow Tie were out for a drive . |
6 | SHOPPERS at Bordon 's new Somerfield store were in for a surprise on Saturday , when the supermarket staged a Disney fancy dress competition . |
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 | The former Northern Ireland champion won the first frame 71-45 but McCluskey took the second 57-37 and it seemed as though the Ulsterman was in for a tough fight . |
9 | But I 'm not I 'm not in the frame of mind to be saying this kid was off for a week with flu then and was off |
10 | It was thanks to them that he learned that the hunt was on for a leak on the Washington embassy wartime staff which could only have been Maclean . |
11 | Matthew Evans was to split his role and that the hunt was on for a new m.d. , rumours that Mr Evans was ‘ bailing out ’ and the company was on the block were fanned by the trade 's more supportive friends at Private Eye and pounced on by publishers overexcited at the prospect of getting their hands on , if not the company , then at least some of its authors . |
12 | Any smoothy who saw her as a soft touch was in for a shock . |