Example sentences of "was [adv prt] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If Greg had understood the lady in the garden aright , Gerald Seymour-Strachey was in for a new experience . |
| 4 | Clare was told she was in for a long stay in bed , and Mother moved in a divan to sleep next to her . |
| 5 | Some Orcadian cat was in for a good supper . |
| 6 | From what she had read in the diary , it seemed any boy with a pleasing face and the latest clothes was in for a good time . |
| 7 | Most of the Labour front bench , including Neil Kinnock , were in their places and the predictions were that I was in for a stormy time . |
| 8 | But he was a most willing worker , and although she knew she was in for a tough day without him she offered her sympathy , and advised , ‘ Take an Alka-Seltzer and go back to bed . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But , come the morning , Ronni was in for a rude awakening . |
| 11 | He was in for a big surprise if he thought he was still dealing with the impressionable , easygoing young girl he had married ! |
| 12 | Well , she felt in a fighting mood , and if he thought that he could make a fool of her in front of his girlfriend then he was in for a big surprise . |
| 13 | Now she knew she was in for an unpleasant surprise . |
| 14 | But in the country as a whole , the number of skiers was down for the third year running , and was no higher than 12 years ago ( see chart on next page ) . |
| 15 | He was up for a western , and he had the long hair , but after school he went to a barber and had his head shaved . |
| 16 | ‘ She was up for the entire morning , and this afternoon she must rest . |
| 17 | His parents welcomed him , assuming he was back for an indefinite stay and perhaps interpreting this as a change of heart . |
| 18 | He was out for a good time , which might well involve finishing the evening with a fight . |
| 19 | After lunch , Graham Lloyd reached 34 before falling to Parsona , but Wasim Akram hit only five and Mike Matkinson was out for a lively 16 . |
| 20 | But Eric came back from a working holiday and Peter was out for a little while , was n't he ? |
| 21 | I leant back and looked at the seat of my trousers , checking that I had brushed off the mud ; I wanted to make the transition from somebody who had just slept rough to somebody who looked as though he was out for an early walk . |
| 22 | For our purposes what matters is that RNA , or something like it , was around for a long time before it became self-replicating . |