Example sentences of "in [art] mood for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I am not , Lieutenant-Commander Van Gelder , in the mood for flattery . ’
2 IF you want to get your partner in the mood for love … try stuffing them full of salmon .
3 A SEX-SHY elephant was in the mood for love at last yesterday … thanks to a top orchestra .
4 Whistling ‘ I 'm in the Mood for Love ’ , and rejecting the buzz of his telephone , he had prepared himself for the chase .
5 Williams , his scarf drooping symbolically to his feet , began his act with delightful irony ‘ I 'm in the mood for love . ’
6 Should get tennis fans in the mood for love of a different kind .
7 ‘ You 're not really in the mood for work , are you ?
8 I 'm not in the mood for co-stars : this is meant to be a solo .
9 Even if Robbie had been in the mood for laughter , it would have been a cynical mirth .
10 But Pam was n't in the mood for levity .
11 He was in the mood for confidences .
12 But he was n't in the mood for jokes .
13 Now come on , Liz , I 'm not in the mood for games . ’
14 ‘ I 'm not in the mood for games , Leo , ’ she said shortly .
15 Improve your mood and counteract stress : Ask anyone who exercises regularly and they will tell you that they always feel exhilarated at the end of a session — even if they had begun by feeling that they were not in the mood for exercise and had almost forced themselves to continue .
16 We had had a good dinner , and we were all in the mood for fun and games — all , that is , except Jackson .
17 ‘ I have n't gone mad and I 'm not in the mood for explanations .
18 It was genuine amusement , and rather a pleasant sound if you were in the mood for humour .
19 Finally , get in the mood for family fun with the Pre-Christmas Cracker Break between Friday , December 18 , and Monday , December 21 .
20 Not knowing what I was letting myself in for , but feeling in the mood for experiment , I said I would have one too .
21 She is not in the mood for gossip , unwilling to pass on her views of current films ( let people buy Outsider if they want to know the Rosenbloom line ) , and uncharacteristically indifferent to news of cheap Thai restaurants in Crouch End .
22 Even after the outline of a farm agreement had been sketched in Washington last November , the Community equivocated with the outgoing administration , which was in a mood for compromise .
23 I entered the Tourist Police at the head of the four of us in a mood for answers .
24 Pepper was in no mood for mercy , however , and in the 58th minute he broke free from a maul , went inside Graves and , with Moon hanging on , crashed over near the post for Gregory to convert .
25 I was in no mood for jokes either .
26 She was in no mood for jokes .
27 But she was in no mood for sightseeing , and neither was Nicolo , judging by the look on his face .
28 She was in no mood for visitors .
29 But Branson was in no mood for reconciliation .
30 However , Mr Yeltsin , rejuvenated by victory , is in no mood for compromise .
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