Example sentences of "in for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the singers knew their place in that production — almost miraculously , Gergiev had coaxed Sergei Leiferkus away from a couple of London Fiery Angels to sing Tomsky for old times ' sake — but one of Gergiev 's protégés , Gegam Gregorian , was tackling Hermann for the first time , and Maria Guleghina had flown in for Lisa . |
| 2 | In the afternoons he sometimes helped with games , or stood in for Bill Muggeridge in the gym , if Bill wanted to go home and check up on his wife ( which he quite often did ) . |
| 3 | I 'm sitting in for Bill Heine , who 's off for today . |
| 4 | But despite the bright start he is still keen to increase his firepower — he has a £400,000 bid in for Charlton striker Robert Lee . |
| 5 | Well , I was there , behind the bar , standing in for Marcus , for a few minutes he said , more like two hours , so I saw it all develop . |
| 6 | Andrew Lamerton replaces Fox at hooker , Phil Davies is in for May at lock and Huw Williams is at full-back for Jones , who , like Fox , was injured playing for Wales B against the Wallabies . |
| 7 | rain jacket for Annaleigh get the jacket done , get that in for Ian and something in for Claire and then when you go down town you can do it for me |
| 8 | But Crosby 's move for Wilson has been put on ice while Southampton dither over whether to come back in for Armstrong after having a £750,000 bid rejected . |
| 9 | Now there 's a letter in there that wants filling in for Alex for Alison . |
| 10 | The Bishop of Tewkesbury , who 's been standing in for Bishop Peter , spoke of his sadness over the resignation . |
| 11 | Newcastle , meanwhile , could be ready to step in for Liverpool keeper Bruce Grobbelaar following David James ' move from Watford to Anfield . |
| 12 | Of the other leading contenders for honours , Instonians have boosted their squad with the return of Davy Wilson from the French League , where he figured for Amiens , while Irish U-18 Andrew McBride is back at Annadale slotting in for Vincent Devenney ( working in the US ) . |
| 13 | Of the other leading contenders for honours , Instonians have boosted their squad with the return of Davy Wilson from the French League , where he figured for Amiens , while Irish U-18 Andrew McBride is back at Annadale slotting in for Vincent Devenney ( working in the US ) . |
| 14 | Then a scholarship to university came in for Sheila . |
| 15 | ‘ Let me in for Chris ' sake and I 'll tell you . ’ |
| 16 | Has Mr bought anything see we ai n't got Mr in for Sunday . |
| 17 | Yes Jane it has , as luck would have it I was late arriving , had to run through the rain , ran into the main stand and by pure accident ran into the Oxford United dressing room and there was Brian Horton , he said ‘ Hallo Mick , hows the poster Mickey ’ as he always does , and in fact he gave me the team news and that is — Ian Walker makes his senior debut tonight with both Alan injured , also two other changes ; Jackson comes in for Gary Smart and one surprising one , Steve McLaren for Mark Steen . |
| 18 | I mean that 's actually going in for Keagan ! |
| 19 | Certainly it was watched by a fair few housewives , posh farkers or not , with growing numbers of women around the country now tuning in for Paul Merton 's steadily increasing TV appearances . |
| 20 | Vinny Jones has been sold to Wimbledon and David Lee is set to come in for Paul Elliott , who will be out for the season with injury . |
| 21 | ( They disport themselves to accommodate the next piece of mime , which consists of the PLAYER himself exhibiting an excitable anguish ( choreographed , stylized ) leading to an impassioned scene with the QUEEN ( cf. " The Closet Scene " , Shakespeare Act III , scene iv ) and a very stylized reconstruction of a POLONIUS figure being stabbed behind the arras ( the murdered KING to stand in for POLONIUS ) while the PLAYER himself continues his breathless commentary for the benefit of ROS and GUIL . ) |
| 22 | Wetherall was in for Fairclough . |
| 23 | I guess one option would be to bring Strach in for Fairclough , but presumably that would mean Speed ( or somebody ) playing a more withdrawn role . |
| 24 | Terry Storry is standing in for Hugh Mantle at Liverpool Polytechnic while Hugh takes a year out to coach the British men 's kayak slalom team ( Aug , p19 ) . |
| 25 | So , if some italian club comes in for Macca at say 4M ( a definate possibility ) , and/or someone come in for Speed at say 3.5M , well have no fucking team left . |
| 26 | So , if some italian club comes in for Macca at say 4M ( a definate possibility ) , and/or someone come in for Speed at say 3.5M , well have no fucking team left . |
| 27 | Hyde will inevitably prevail , with South-Central standing in for Willie Horton in the autumn campaign , and a continuing sideline in denouncing LBJ as the prime cause of urban collapse . |
| 28 | You 've put Beverly in for October . ’ |
| 29 | and to cut a long story short , we went to see three possible funders , er funder one was T S B Foundation , where to cut a long story short I 'm pretty sure that T S B er we , we have to put an application in for October I think we 'll , we 'll buy us another system |
| 30 | When Jamaican-born Derrick filled in for GMTV 's pint-sized fitness guru Tonya Czerniawskyi , so many female fans jammed the switchboard that Tonya was sacked and Derrick given the £50,000-a-year job . |