Example sentences of "in [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since your fund is initially penniless , if you cash it in during this period ( if you decide not to have an endowment mortgage any more ) you will get little or no return for your investment . |
| 2 | Projects pencilled in for this year which have not yet started will also be postponed . |
| 3 | I 'm an old-fashioned textual critic , not a biographer — I do n't go in for this sort of — it was n't profit — I 'll put them back next week — I wanted them to be a secret . |
| 4 | Write in for this free service to : |
| 5 | The whole world would tune in for this one . |
| 6 | Occasionally linen , holland or cerecloth would have been specially bought in for this purpose rather than sacrificing a useful item of domestic furnishing in an age when linen of any appreciable width was a luxury and worthy of bequest ( 'There are 4 very fine smocks in your father 's little linen trunk and one of my four breadth Holland sheets for your own girl Peg … and I desire your father that he will not let any of my household linen be sold , but that it may go to you and your eldest son and I hope to his son too , only some of my broderies of my own making give to your sister . ' ) . |
| 7 | Christ , why had AD let him in for this ? |
| 8 | and the boy would next morning would pass on the outside of the gate offering a reward of five pounds to anyone who would in other words five pounds for Oliver Twist I never in for this in my life said the in the white , white coat as he locked the gate and he went to the next morning . |
| 9 | Well I mo moved because promotion was in the line for me , I was in the Royal Marine Police in island depot in Plymouth and er I 'd been put on plain clothes work and I 'd been doing acting sergeant you know when the sergeant was off sick and all that business and er I 'd put , been put in for this to move because we had a two bedroom bungalow but the twins were getting big and I realized that we 'd have to have another bedroom you know , very soon and er , this seemed an opportunity to get a house and also in Plymouth , that Plymouth was a naval town , you see , there was still those days there was still kind of a , a lower deck of sons , what they call lower deckers , in other words you know people in the lower deck of the navy , their sons did n't really have much , ever have much chance of getting into places like Dartmouth College or Cramwell to do as cadets , well the headmaster at Regent Street School had said to me that Keith was very keen on flying , he was aeroplane mad you see , and , he wanted to go in the Royal Air Force , well he said to me he said oh no put him in the Navy and as a chief art as an artificer , so I said oh no , I said if he goes in the Navy or the service I want him to go in the front door not like me the back door , I had ambition for him |
| 10 | " I reckon you 're very wise not going in for this lark , " Joanne said , shifting the mound of her body uncomfortably under the bedclothes . |
| 11 | Well it 'd probably be the June or July before I went in for this exam , which they did n't hold very frequently and er then I had to pass this exam and that I could leave school in the August , Bank Holiday . |
| 12 | Well I was very reluctant to put in for this job , I did n't want to really , but I was you know people said , Put in for it , you wo n't get it if you put in . |
| 13 | So anyway I put in for this job and and there were people who who ought to have got it before me , er for instance er there was a councillor at er at , Tom , did you know Tom ? |
| 14 | ‘ Let's get out of here before MacLane shows and tries to pull me in for this . ’ |
| 15 | Erm the third one is we 've got a small amount of money out of , think again it 's out of TEED and , but it 's N Y T E C have got hold of it and it 's to do with further development of the Careers Service Tech Partnership , but it 's only a few thousand , it 's a very small n amount compared , I mean the bid that we 've put in for this Standards and Indicators is more like sort of thirty thousand . |
| 16 | ‘ Unless your estimable uncle had expensive amusements , Master Hussey , you must surely have come in for this very money along with the rest . ’ |
| 17 | How was she to explain that she did n't go in for this high-profile look ? |
| 18 | They do n't go in for this sort of thing . |
| 19 | They did used to take away rights , which mainly why he 's put his application in for this relative |
| 20 | I and my colleague thank you on behalf of the people in for this opportunity of presenting our case for acceptance of this petition . |
| 21 | ‘ There — must be some other way , ’ she voiced her thoughts out loud , and , as the thought occurred , ‘ I can tell Travis that I do n't want to see him again without going in for this — this charade . ’ |
| 22 | NEW faces are certain to be brought in for this summer 's Ashes series after England 's winter humiliation was completed by defeat against Sri Lanka in Colombo yesterday . |
| 23 | Well that , that 's why I think I went down so hard when I did n't get that job cos she said , I , I took , I took the erm , I went , I was the first , to go , first of all I did n't put in for this job it 's one that 's been laying around since last September , I wrote to , kept to St. Mary 's for this mental health thing and I got in touch with this Mrs and she said I 've got nothing I can offer you at the moment but I , I will be in touch and I went down the job centre one day and erm , there was this thing to say that they wanted mental nurses |
| 24 | Normally , I say , I do n't see the point of staying in for this . |
| 25 | right the royal personage stands to one side and smiles so you know we could could come in for this . |
| 26 | And we 'll sort out last week 's postal competition so do n't ring in for this one and the question was , What 's this got to do with a company ? |
| 27 | Yes , Americans , erm I have the impression , they 're being rather slow to go in for this sort of Federal legislation . |
| 28 | er There is obviously a certain party atmosphere at Conferences , it 's the one big chance of the year for many many hard-working activists to get together and share ideas , it does engender er a certain amount of frivolity er around the edges , so we 'll see some of that , but we do n't go in for this cult of leadership which the other parties do , you wo n't see any manufactured longstanding ovations for er leaders . |
| 29 | We do n't go in for this , this cult er type of politics . |
| 30 | Have you been in for this Guess the Scores , have you won anything before ? |