Example sentences of "was [adv prt] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | We just had to sit there all day on our own , and I was in for a couple of weeks . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Any smoothy who saw her as a soft touch was in for a shock . |
| 5 | One thing was for sure : if she showed her face outside she was in for a shock . |
| 6 | He was in for a surprise . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I wondered if the Great God Turhan Bey was in for a cut , or if Otto was doing it all off his own bat . |
| 9 | No it was our summer holiday , I went off for two weeks , when I came back Paula was off for a month . |
| 10 | I was off for a week which is alright , but during that week I was heavily doped on downers . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | Then I was up for a second — and the next wave hit me . ’ |
| 13 | If he was up for a part in a Night Nurse commercial he 'd be sure to get it unless Mickey Rourke turned up for the same audition . |
| 14 | She was back for a moment on Bras d'Or , casting off coiling the painter up neatly , approved of by her father , and by Louise . |
| 15 | ‘ That big yellow beast did this while I was out for a swim . ’ |
| 16 | She fully expected him to ignore her sarcastic question , or , in his delightfully blunt fashion , tell her he was out for a walk , not an idle chinwag , when , to cause her to falter in her stride , ‘ How about — where you 'd been last Thursday while I waited outside your flat for you to come home ? ’ |