Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv prt] [prep] 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 | In the third quarter of this year , pay settlements were down from an average of 10 per cent . |
| 7 | In manufacturing industry , pay settlements were down from an average of 9 per cent . |
| 8 | Some were up to an inch wide and ten or eleven inches long . |
| 9 | As they walked to the hotel car park across the road , two young art student types , thin girls with long black hair and western eyes , stopped and asked him if he could help them work their camera , they were out on an assignment and it would n't go at all , and Rory fiddled something on the side and gave it back and said : ‘ That should be it now , the poor ould thing should be in a museum ’ , and as they went away looked back at him , and back again . |
| 10 | Look them two women up at Malden and , and , and the bloke came in and they were out on an extra |
| 11 | Each night the teachers had to take turns checking that the students were in their dormitories , and the lights were out at an appropriate time . |
| 12 | WE were out for an airing with Air Hanson this week . |
| 13 | The difference between us and those other publications , however , was that NSS was still on the newsstands almost a week after everyone knew that the Tories were back with an overall majority . |
| 14 | Watford though were a tough bunch … they were n't going to lie down and die and sure enough they were back with an equaliser from Ken Charlery … |
| 15 | Watford though were a tough bunch … they were n't going to lie down and die and sure enough they were back with an equaliser from Ken Charlery … |
| 16 | Within minutes of being released by the police , these youngsters were back in an amusement arcade . |
| 17 | they were , they were doing a play or something and it , it mentioned about er , erm , what did it mention ? , it was a bit rude any way this play and it oh it was on about an erection or something and Geoffrey said his trousers his new trousers were sticking out a bit peculiar |
| 18 | When I first went in , I was on like an assessment unit . |
| 19 | He was tired already yet he knew he was in for an even longer night once he was home . |
| 20 | Now she knew she was in for an unpleasant surprise . |
| 21 | The whole incident was over within an hour and the patrol was able to return to their base . |
| 22 | Cathery reflected all Wilson 's sentiments on the treatment of Germans when the war was over in an election address to the people of Bootle , where he was a parliamentary candidate . |
| 23 | It was over in an instant . |
| 24 | He smiled back at them , shifting his weight smoothly from foot to foot as he reversed , turned again and was off at an ever accelerating pace round the bend of the lake and swiftly out of sight . |
| 25 | It fell to Warrant Officer Dunston to ensure the service was up to an impeccable standard , not an easy task in the boiling heat of the summer of 1989 . |
| 26 | It had been a difficult afternoon , and she was not sure she was up to an evening of trying to extract information from Jamie Baird . |
| 27 | Only five weeks after having a baby , Sukey 's figure was back to an enviable slimness . |
| 28 | His parents welcomed him , assuming he was back for an indefinite stay and perhaps interpreting this as a change of heart . |
| 29 | An architect on holiday in the Scottish Highlands was out for an afternoon 's hill walking . |
| 30 | I leant back and looked at the seat of my trousers , checking that I had brushed off the mud ; I wanted to make the transition from somebody who had just slept rough to somebody who looked as though he was out for an early walk . |