Example sentences of "[be] in for [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They 're in for punishment not nourishment .
2 I 'm in for promotion again .
3 Ooh , I 'll give you a ring if I 'm gon na be in for tea .
4 You 'll give me a ring if you 're gon na be in for tea ?
5 Remember I sha n't be in for supper . ’
6 Thought I might be in for beri-beri and co .
7 Now , at the sight of the river , Bigwig 's assurance was leaking again and unless he , Hazel , could restore it in some way , they were likely to be in for trouble .
8 And we 'd be pouting away and arriving about five minutes past one and then we 'd be in for trouble then .
9 After that the question of Julia 's lunch was settled and she went straight back to the Campo San Maurizio to warn Annunziata that neither she nor David would be in for dinner .
10 ‘ Stella wo n't be in for dinner , ’ he said in a low voice .
11 Well generally he comes up for dinner , but he ai n't today so he 'll be Rhys will come , be in for dinner , he 'll turn up about three , and they sometimes stay , we sometimes play game in the afternoon , board game or something , it depends
12 At the far end of the room , marooned on a dais in splendid isolation , sat those fellows of the college who were in for lunch that day .
13 With break for We 'd start we 'd do the cattle feed the cattle in the morning and then we were in for breakfast and then er be out then and er dinner then was usually about half past twelve and you started again on at two .
14 With a foreboding which Harriet had experienced more than once in her life , something told her that they were in for trouble .
15 And they believe that , if nothing else , Mr. Mates is in for shock .
16 Summer is all but gone , school 's in for winter and already there 's movement on the big name concert scene that 's been all but dormant of late .
17 I , I , I think this must be the hardest business to plan around in the market place Peter , because at the end of the day you 're chasing business , you , you 're looking for business and if I 've got an account , I 'll be honest with you , if I 've got an account tomorrow or , that rings in and it 's in for sort of Friday , yes , and that should be there , and I 'm out of the area Friday , I 'll go across and get that business , I 'd go out of my area and get that business ,
18 ‘ First thing tomorrow morning that young lady 's in for trouble . ’
19 Mrs Stubbins ' manner suggested that I was in for trouble .
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