Example sentences of "were [adv prt] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | The omens were bad , and when the Hammersmith show eventually got going it seemed we were in for an all-time rock ‘ n ’ roll disaster . |
| 2 | I knew we were in for an enjoyable day as soon as I heard Nick Faldo say , ‘ Have you heard this one , Nick ? ’ |
| 3 | A feeling that we were in for an epic grew as we waited on the gendarme to begin a traverse across a snow ledge to the top of the fixed ropes , where the Germans , their clothes white with snow and ice , had set up another abseil . |
| 4 | They were in for an interesting night . |
| 5 | AT FIRST , it seemed that we were in for an evening at the Theatre of Cruelty . |
| 6 | In the third quarter of this year , pay settlements were down from an average of 10 per cent . |
| 7 | In manufacturing industry , pay settlements were down from an average of 9 per cent . |
| 8 | Some were up to an inch wide and ten or eleven inches long . |
| 9 | As they walked to the hotel car park across the road , two young art student types , thin girls with long black hair and western eyes , stopped and asked him if he could help them work their camera , they were out on an assignment and it would n't go at all , and Rory fiddled something on the side and gave it back and said : ‘ That should be it now , the poor ould thing should be in a museum ’ , and as they went away looked back at him , and back again . |
| 10 | Look them two women up at Malden and , and , and the bloke came in and they were out on an extra |
| 11 | Each night the teachers had to take turns checking that the students were in their dormitories , and the lights were out at an appropriate time . |
| 12 | WE were out for an airing with Air Hanson this week . |
| 13 | The difference between us and those other publications , however , was that NSS was still on the newsstands almost a week after everyone knew that the Tories were back with an overall majority . |
| 14 | Watford though were a tough bunch … they were n't going to lie down and die and sure enough they were back with an equaliser from Ken Charlery … |
| 15 | Watford though were a tough bunch … they were n't going to lie down and die and sure enough they were back with an equaliser from Ken Charlery … |
| 16 | Within minutes of being released by the police , these youngsters were back in an amusement arcade . |