Example sentences of "that [pron] be [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Mrs Stubbins ' manner suggested that I was in for trouble .
2 But the problem was that standing , anchored there , it seemed that she was up for sale .
3 With a foreboding which Harriet had experienced more than once in her life , something told her that they were in for trouble .
4 The Irish state telephone monopoly Telecom Eireann has denied a report in the Irish Times that it is up for sale , but shares in Cable & Wireless Plc were up sevenpence at 721p yesterday morning on news it is in talks about possibly buying a 25% stake in the Irish phone company .
5 Then she remembered that her therapist had said something about that , had said that it was not for Camille that Scarlet grieved in expectation but for herself and her own pain , implying by her tone that it was really most foolish .
6 It is likely that it was originally for wool drying , although there is a local tradition that it was also used for the drying of teazles , imported from Somerset , hence its local name of the Teazel Tower .
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