Example sentences of "were [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you were in for 9 in the morning , you were out at 9.30 and the other fellow must not book in till 9.31 a.m . |
| 2 | We could hear them banging about , shifting things and wondered nervously if we were in for another move . |
| 3 | I should n't be surprised if we were in for some more snow . ’ |
| 4 | I thought we were in for some stability . |
| 5 | Oh yeah , it 's getting quite cold , I reckon were in for some snow . |
| 6 | So you were in for ten minutes and rushed them out and out again then |
| 7 | Four were down for 112 before Best and Richards took the score to 192 . |
| 8 | Once again , the Saturday 's play was washed out , but on Monday morning five wickets were down for 100 and , with Lloyd having badly pulled a hamstring while fielding , the follow-on definitely loomed . |
| 9 | Gooch won an important toss , put West Indies in , and before long five wickets were down for 29 . |
| 10 | I thought you were over for that |
| 11 | In fact they were off for most trials . |
| 12 | After the opposition were out for 171 , the CCG team reached the required total with two overs to spare , largely thanks to an opening stand of 95 by Jeremy Hook and Philip McKenna . |
| 13 | Fish and chips , council housing , State pensions and holidays at home were out for all the young . |
| 14 | Certain people were out for other and more sinister designs . |
| 15 | They were out for two or three minutes , during which no one in the hall spoke . |
| 16 | I was not thinking of the fact that two New Zealanders were out for 99 , which is stupid and by no means a Test match first , nor to the fact that seven of England 's XI were born outside Britain . |
| 17 | Ho how in fact di di did you keep on go you said mentioned you were out for seven months . |
| 18 | Harrow had grounds for confidence at tea when they were more than half way there but Martin , taking six for 43 with his slow left-armers continued to attack and Harrow were out for 194 with a few minutes left , despite a valiant 97 from Charles Danby . |