Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were together for a long time but we grew apart and we have both been working hard . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Told you you were in for a nasty surprise , ’ Rex smirked awfully . |
| 3 | Whitton 's second , in the 38th minute , must have warned the crowd nearly 1,000 below the Recreation Ground 's 5,000 capacity that they were in for a dispiriting night . |
| 4 | He told them they were in for a terrific all singing , all dancing , all laughing evening in the company of a galaxy of West End stars , and he informed them , after a bow to the front row where the CO and his wife sat among the senior officers of the Battalion : |
| 5 | We were in for a long , rough passage , battling into the wind for seven hours or more . |
| 6 | Ken and Maggie were in for a long run . |
| 7 | The first outsiders were in for a real treat . |
| 8 | LONG ago , on dark nights when storms lashed the treacherous coastline , wreckers knew they were in for a busy time . |
| 9 | They continued riding through the afternoon , by which time the dull cloud above their heads had become unbroken , and it looked as though they were in for a wet night . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If the Maltese expected the match to have the friendly atmosphere of a schoolboy international , however , then they were in for a rude awakening . |
| 12 | Dean Hodgson was first to go … caught behind … for 9 and then in the next but one over Broad was leg before for 14 … at 26 for 2 the Gloucestershire folk must have thought they were in for a hard day but Mark Alleyne came to the rescue … he made 73 … |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | They were in for an interesting night . |
| 15 | I knew we were in for an enjoyable day as soon as I heard Nick Faldo say , ‘ Have you heard this one , Nick ? ’ |
| 16 | Studies were over for a few months . |
| 17 | Compaq Computer Corp 's first quarter earnings were better than the highest of Wall Street estimates and some analysts said that if it were not for a negative impact from currency translations , profits would have been a bit higher still . |
| 18 | ( 148 ) If it were not for an old professor who made me read the classics I would have been stymied . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | One evening they were out for a long , long time . |
| 21 | ‘ No point , our lights were out for a long time , they 'd just use that as an excuse . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ They were there for a good couple of hours and when I left at around 2.00pm they were still interviewing players in the spare dressing rooms . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Paul Simpson 's goal was enough for a one-one draw . |
| 28 | Quail Eggs Arnold Bennett — perhaps the name should put one off , and what arrived was enough for a full meal , with much haddock , but the sauce was rather thick , reminding one of our party of a school-sanatorium dinner . |
| 29 | If Greg had understood the lady in the garden aright , Gerald Seymour-Strachey was in for a new experience . |
| 30 | Clare was told she was in for a long stay in bed , and Mother moved in a divan to sleep next to her . |