Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [pers pn] [be] [adv] for " in BNC.
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1 | He told them they were in for a terrific all singing , all dancing , all laughing evening in the company of a galaxy of West End stars , and he informed them , after a bow to the front row where the CO and his wife sat among the senior officers of the Battalion : |
2 | Someone , someone told me it 's on for three and a half hours ! |
3 | ‘ Told you you were in for a nasty surprise , ’ Rex smirked awfully . |
4 | When I told him it was only for children who had something wrong with them , he said he was going to try to break his leg so he could come along ! ’ |
5 | She said she had always been interested in science , but had been put off because everyone told her it was n't for girls , only boys . |
6 | He told her it was only for three weeks , by which time the mortgage would be through . |
7 | I told myself it was only for a while . |
8 | ‘ I had worked in recruitment so I knew what I was in for : it can be a nightmare . ’ |
9 | But there was an introversion to that which meant that too few readers of too many newspapers knew what it was there for . |
10 | But there was an introversion to that which meant that too few readers of too many newspapers knew what it was there for . |
11 | You never knew what you were in for when you got up in the morning . |
12 | However , she recently asked what it was all for if she could not have a child . |