Example sentences of "we were in [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then when Warnaeera and Muralidaran got New Zealand out for 102 , we knew we were in with a great chance of beating them . ’ |
| 2 | We were in with a medal chance . |
| 3 | We were in for a long , rough passage , battling into the wind for seven hours or more . |
| 4 | I did n't know the forecast , but could see we were in for a storm . |
| 5 | He is one of the finest strikers so I suppose you ca n't totally blame the defence but by this time I thought we were in for a beating . |
| 6 | Even then we were in for a surprise you see , because at the end of the You know how most houses have a rectangular plot within which the house is put ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I knew we were in for an enjoyable day as soon as I heard Nick Faldo say , ‘ Have you heard this one , Nick ? ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | AT FIRST , it seemed that we were in for an evening at the Theatre of Cruelty . |