Example sentences of "in [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The area was sealed off , sniffer dogs were called in to search for more explosives and the bags taken to the Metropolitan Police forensic science laboratory for examination . |
| 2 | A police helicopter has been called in to search for an armed robber who 's raided five petrol stations in three weeks . |
| 3 | Paul and Nasey went in to work for you , so they got a wage from the start . ’ |
| 4 | And Mum and Dad are going off on holiday on Saturday , so they wo n't be popping in to visit for a couple of weeks . ’ |
| 5 | When western doctors went in to look for thyroid and other illnesses , they could not tell whether the apparent increase they discovered in these things was due to radiation or to the fact that no one had done such a thorough diagnosis before . |
| 6 | They all come in to look for it . |
| 7 | He had gone in to look for adventure , but had found love , he told Lord Henry . |
| 8 | ‘ I went in to look for adventure , but I found love , ’ Dorian told Lord Henry . |
| 9 | Went in to look for the seeds so I m I might have changed , just gone , I du n no . |
| 10 | Now I 'm not I 'm asking is whether its shareholders could write in to apply for a concessionary ticket to Alton Towers and get a reduced price if they so wish . |
| 11 | Someone was always dragged in to delegate for her if the outside world called . |
| 12 | MI6 , Scotland Yard and the FBI had been called in to hunt for the shadowy Surrey-born spy . |
| 13 | A bumpy ride : Major flies in to fight for a key marginal . |
| 14 | Stephen came in to change for dinner , thoughtful and brooding . |
| 15 | It does n't have enough money coming in to pay for it . |
| 16 | Plant breeders anywhere in the world can write in to ask for budwood from these clones , some of which are wild in origin while others have been selected from plantations in various countries . |
| 17 | When I am sitting up there working with the librarian , pupils will come trotting in with little notes from teachers saying " I have been sent in to ask for books on … " and off they will go for that lesson which is what she wanted , so they have achieved it . |
| 18 | If your candidate is going to research the level of pollution in a local river , he does n't stand on the bridge and look ; he either wades in to feel for junk or he goes in with a professional diver to find it . |