Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I , I mean I do n't know , I was n't there for half the things she was talking about last night , I mean I was upstairs for three quarters of an hour trying to go to sleep |
| 2 | And he went , I mean I was there for blooming ages . |
| 3 | People living next to the site of a New Age festival planned for the weekend say they 're in for two days of misery . |
| 4 | ‘ The radio says we 're in for heavy showers , ’ Aunt Becky glooms . |
| 5 | Corbett suddenly grasped that the Bishop , like others , really believed he was here for other reasons and hoped to trap him into an admission . |
| 6 | As I suspect it 's not for many of the people here . |
| 7 | Whatever the weather throws up though , I know I 'm in for some good walking . |
| 8 | I think that we have a very butch attitude , I think the government has a very butch attitude quite honestly , er to , you know , you 've got to er stand up there and help yourself , and I suppose I 'm all for that , but you 've got to have something to help yourself with , and I think that 's where we ought to be aiming and I 'm very glad that the world 's leaders are heading straight in that direction . . |
| 9 | At the symposium , ‘ Are You Prepared for IT ? ’ , hosted by Zenith Data Systems , Gates spoke out on object programming , saying he thought the concept was just another hype that extends far beyond the reality available today — having said that , he said to look out for Microsoft 's Object Linking and Embedding 2.0 ‘ during 1993 ’ , saying he was all for any technology that will enable the economical re-use of parts of programs . |
| 10 | She was sure it would get Edouard and his wife into trouble , and she kept saying it was only for another day or two . ’ |
| 11 | I thought I was in for another evening of getting slightly drunk on my own . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I thought you were dead for sure ! ’ |
| 13 | I thought you were over for that |
| 14 | I thought we were in for some stability . |
| 15 | It meant they were here for some time . |
| 16 | On this occasion he strode in and slapped his son on the back and shouted , ‘ Well my boy , your father feels he 's in for another great money-making day today at the garage ! |
| 17 | Heavens ! she thought , and was suddenly so impatient with herself that , seeing it was only for one night , for goodness ' sake , she grabbed hold of a favourite dress and folded that into her case along with some trousers and a spare lightweight sweater . |
| 18 | Actually , I could throw at the moment but I could n't afford the shoulder seizing up the next day and suddenly finding I 'm out for three months . |
| 19 | Even when he knew she was speaking the truth about Dana he would continue to think she was out for all she could get , and she had only herself to blame . |
| 20 | No , I know , well I mean what is there for young people to look forward to these days and I feel really sorry for them and I mean all I hope is that Jenny will get a job |
| 21 | No , you said you were there for half past five , because you had to get there before half past five in order to book it . |
| 22 | If the old man really is up there watching he 's in for some good laughs . ’ |
| 23 | But I was hoping it was off for good er but it did n't work out that way cos of the weather . |
| 24 | Because when all said and done if at the end of two days you do n't feel that you 're any better at making a presentation then when you started then why have you been here for two days . |
| 25 | Have you been in for this Guess the Scores , have you won anything before ? |
| 26 | Ho how in fact di di did you keep on go you said mentioned you were out for seven months . |