Example sentences of "be [adv] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is quite often the cause of the ‘ 1701 — hard disk error ’ reported during Power On Self Test when the drive is cold which miraculously seems to cure itself when the system has been on for a while and the drive has warmed up ’ . |
| 2 | You 've not been on for a while have you ? |
| 3 | Good you 've not been on for a while either have you ? |
| 4 | Two to three tablespoons of tinned tomatoes are enough for a sauce made from 2 lb. of the fresh fruit or for 3 pints of stock . |
| 5 | you see , if you put a line it costs you about a hundred a thirty quid now I think , but according to what they tell me , once a line has been in for a year if you put a line in , you 've got to pay the first year , its got ta be in for a year , if you have it taken out before the year , you 'll still be due for the rental on it |
| 6 | But the they give it you at the end of the quarter , even if you have n't been in for a quarter . |
| 7 | After all , they had been together for a couple of years and she did idolise him . |
| 8 | Operating as Shadowfax Restaurants , the partnership has been together for a number of years , and currently has two Pizza Express outlets in Barnet and Finchley , and part ownership of a pizza restaurant in the West End of London . |
| 9 | She had been inside for a day . |
| 10 | If the match at the County Ground is anywhere near as fast and lose as the game at London Road , then the Swindon fans are in for a thriller . |
| 11 | Developers that have yet to see Intel Corp 's P5 microprocessor are in for a shock , because judging by intelligence gleaned by Computer Reseller News in Asia , the new part bears little resemblance to the commodity microprocessors that power tens of millions of personal computers . |
| 12 | HOT-BLOODED men beating a path to the Liverpool Playhouse for the return of the Raving Beauties are in for a shock if they expect Paula Wilcox to reveal all in the adults only show . |
| 13 | WEDDING CAKES AND CULTURAL HISTORY by Simon R. Charsley Routledge , £30 ; £9.99 THOSE of you who could not put down Rites of Marrying : the Wedding Industry in Scotland are in for a treat : now you can have your cake . |
| 14 | Sun lovers are in for a treat , too . |
| 15 | Now Amiga owners are in for a treat with Mindscape 's home computer version of the Nintendo toads . |
| 16 | WHILE SNES players are in for a treat with Super Mario Kart , sadly the same can not be said for NES owners , with their Christmas Mario offering , Mario and Yoshi — a game which takes the form of a puzzle startlingly similar to the classic Tetris . |
| 17 | Maurice Sendak fans are in for a treat . |
| 18 | With Joey , Phillip McCallen , Mike Edwards , Alan Irwin , Ian Simpson , Brian Reid , Ian King and Jim Moodie all on Hondas , the fans are in for a treat . |
| 19 | But fans of his macho Dylan in Beverly Hills , are in for a surprise . |
| 20 | In Britain , archaeology has thrown a great deal of light on the Dark Ages : but British students , when they turn to the ninth-century Continent , are in for a disappointment , for relatively little has been done . |
| 21 | And many people think the Chinese are in for a disappointment . |
| 22 | Some songs were adopted by other clubs — ‘ Aye , aye , Aye , McFaul is better than Yashin , Suddick is better than Eusebio and ( opposing team ) are in for a thrashing ’ springs to mind . |
| 23 | And er if it 's more convenient , if you 've got er a lengthy inquiry , call into any tax office , the nearest one , I 've even called into tax offices when we 've been away for a weekend , just to pick up brochures and things like that . |
| 24 | ‘ Only that you could n't help the police very much because you 'd been away for a couple of days , ’ said Melissa . |
| 25 | The city has changed so much that anyone who has been away for a couple of years could be forgiven for thinking that he arrived in a time machine , not an airliner . |
| 26 | No , cos I 've been away for a couple of days . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've been away for a day or two ; I lost me father . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Well , my husband 's been away for a while . |
| 29 | If anything , it has even more justified my decision to leave Coventry where I was manager and join Chelsea — I certainly could not have been away for a month if I 'd stayed at Highfield Road . |
| 30 | I 've been away for a week and I had about 70 messgaes to read . |