Example sentences of "was in for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was in for a surprise . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Some Orcadian cat was in for a good supper . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 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 | We just had to sit there all day on our own , and I was in for a couple of weeks . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Dorrainge was in for a very big shock . |
| 10 | I wondered if the Great God Turhan Bey was in for a cut , or if Otto was doing it all off his own bat . |
| 11 | Any smoothy who saw her as a soft touch was in for a shock . |
| 12 | Either that , or he was in for a very sticky evening indeed . |
| 13 | He was in for a big surprise if he thought he was still dealing with the impressionable , easygoing young girl he had married ! |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | If Greg had understood the lady in the garden aright , Gerald Seymour-Strachey was in for a new experience . |
| 16 | One thing was for sure : if she showed her face outside she was in for a shock . |
| 17 | But , come the morning , Ronni was in for a rude awakening . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He was tired already yet he knew he was in for an even longer night once he was home . |
| 21 | Now she knew she was in for an unpleasant surprise . |