Example sentences of "[was/were] in for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if you watched Swindon 's game on Sunday … you were in for a treat . |
| 2 | A few months ago it seemed that oil markets were in for a chill spring . |
| 3 | I did n't know the forecast , but could see we were in for a storm . |
| 4 | SHOPPERS at Bordon 's new Somerfield store were in for a surprise on Saturday , when the supermarket staged a Disney fancy dress competition . |
| 5 | Even then we were in for a surprise you see , because at the end of the You know how most houses have a rectangular plot within which the house is put ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The English were in for a shock . |
| 8 | I also understand that Basildon has erm got the same fate , so you know , it looks as if were in for a campaign there . |
| 9 | He is one of the finest strikers so I suppose you ca n't totally blame the defence but by this time I thought we were in for a beating . |
| 10 | If you stayed into watch the FA cup final on Saturday … you were in for a disappointment . |
| 11 | We just had to sit there all day on our own , and I was in for a couple of weeks . |
| 12 | Bobo was in for a shock , however , for when he kicked open the door to Sam 's office , he discovered that the President had already taken the matter out of his hands , having blown his own brains out . |
| 13 | Any smoothy who saw her as a soft touch was in for a shock . |
| 14 | One thing was for sure : if she showed her face outside she was in for a shock . |
| 15 | He was in for a surprise . |
| 16 | But Mosley campaigned in Tuscany by phone and by the time he returned to London for the autumn , the plan was set , letters were going out and Balestre was in for a surprise . |
| 17 | I wondered if the Great God Turhan Bey was in for a cut , or if Otto was doing it all off his own bat . |