Example sentences of "was in for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was in for two weeks , during which I had a wide variety of tests . |
| 2 | ‘ What 's more , Joe Wallace was so pissed that night 'e did n't 'ave an inklin' who 'e was talkin' to or what pub 'e was in for that matter , so there 's no come-back from 'im at least . |
| 3 | Stephen , a softly spoken Mike Tyson lookalike , had kicked someone into a coma , Michelle was serving an indefinite life sentence for torching her victim , Tony tried to blow up his father and Lizzie was in for armed robbery . |
| 4 | His mother , he knew , was in for another of her bouts , and he would have to bear the brunt of it . |
| 5 | I thought I was in for another evening of getting slightly drunk on my own . ’ |
| 6 | When eventually she left the sitting-room to go to bed , she pattered into the hall , knowing in advance that she was in for another wretched night of it . |
| 7 | Robinson was in for ten years for armed robbery , while his companion was half-way through a twelve-year stretch for a similar crime . |
| 8 | Woke up one morning and I was in for twenty thousand . |
| 9 | He was in for three hours 40 minutes all told , an hour longer than any other West Indian managed , and gave only one chance , a difficult caught and bowled to Meyrick Pringle when 59 . |
| 10 | She saw his glance go over her , ending at the tips of her sensible shoes , and wondered if she was in for some punishing ten-mile hike . |