Example sentences of "were [adv prt] for 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 | WE were out for an airing with Air Hanson this week . |