Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] in for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Want to come in for a minute ? " |
| 2 | It started when a man working in the sorting office was suspended for refusing to stand in for a colleague who 'd gone sick . |
| 3 | I have been doing some work for a national charity recently and the director and one of the key office-bearers can not stand sight or sound of SARAH , which was a trifle awkward when she rang up once or twice ‘ wanting to pop in for a chat at your new office ’ . |
| 4 | Firemen were called to the river Taff in Llandaff to rescue Eric , a 10-stone Irish Wolfhound who had got into deep water after deciding to go in for a swim . |
| 5 | I 'd like to go in for a bit , but there 's loads of people in there and I ai n't got no washing to do . |
| 6 | Hello er , I 'm phoning on behalf of Mrs Ada er she 's got to come in for a scan on the fourth of February , nine o'clock , now we 've only just got back from the hospital today , cos she oh , she had to go today for one , yeah , and we 've just |
| 7 | She 's not like thirty four weeks and the baby 's only twenty six and she 's got to stay in for a week at Southwood , then come home weekends and go back in . |
| 8 | It was Terry Rickards saying that he would like to drop in for a chat with Mr Dalgliesh if it would n't be too much bother and would nine be convenient ? |
| 9 | They were preparing to check in for a flight to Tokyo . |
| 10 | She had been accepted for the job at Ardis & Co , looking the way she normally looked , but if to keep her job — and she had no idea at that stage whether there was a Vasey junior , or similar , at G Vasey Ltd — she had to go in for a bit of de glamorisation , then so be it . |
| 11 | If you 'd care to come in for a cup of tea , now that you 've got out and everything , you 'd be most welcome . |
| 12 | Terrifically glad if you could bear to look in for a drink the next time you 're in town . |