Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] was [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some Orcadian cat was in for a good supper . |
| 2 | But I 'm not I 'm not in the frame of mind to be saying this kid was off for a week with flu then and was off |
| 3 | Cold , claustrophobic rhythms stripped of humanity and humour and performed with a complete disregard for such niceties as , well , performance , LFO 's brief appearance was not for the faint-hearted . |
| 4 | Her whole body was sixteen again , and the wide-eyed world was there for the taking . |
| 5 | Any smoothy who saw her as a soft touch was in for a shock . |
| 6 | The knowledge that the larger margin was there for the taking , if you were bold enough to seize it , exercised him as much now as it had done back in 1973 . |
| 7 | And for thousands it represented a real land of opportunity where the sun shone and the good life was there for the taking . |
| 8 | So there was no reason for crew reliefs except in emergencies , especially as the working season was only for the summer months . |
| 9 | In Northamptonshire , Lee 's ostensible role was primarily for the development of Tutorial Classes and for co-operation with voluntary organisations . |
| 10 | Albert Pell , a fen landlord , wrote in the mid-nineteenth century : ‘ The vulgar idea of the general public having rights of any kind on the waste or commonable land was never for a moment admitted . ’ |
| 11 | That performance was enough for the bookmakers to make The Fellow favourite for this afternoon 's big one . |
| 12 | You knew for a fact that anyone in that world was there for a genuine reason , either because he could n't get a job doing anything else — which was probably the best reason — or for the love of it . |
| 13 | The ideological basis was there for the fundamental divides which the war , defeat , and revolution openly exposed , and which provided the Weimar Republic from its inception with an extremely weak base of legitimation , especially among the bourgeoisie and élites . |
| 14 | The haughty face was still for a second more and then he began to laugh softly , warm , dark laughter that took her completely by surprise . |
| 15 | She agreed to avoid alcohol , and because the next session was not for a week , to telephone the therapist in 3 days time to inform him of her progress . |