Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] in for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Dejala , ’ they yelled as she rode in for the big swipe and missed it . |
| 2 | Despite the arrival of Pow and Currey ( who filled in for the absent Kolar ) , 'Mere continued to be driven back in the scrums . |
| 3 | When she came in for the second time her throat was like looking at a plate full of strawberries and cream — red enlarged tonsils with a coating of puss . |
| 4 | If you look at the people who went in for the Olympic Games , right up to the Second World War , erm you would call them amateurs . |
| 5 | The problems do n't end there ; Kingsley Black had one of his best games for Northern Ireland in Tirana , when he came in for the injured Michael Hughes . |
| 6 | While Baldwin 's succession to Bonar Law in 1923 has been almost overdiscussed , practically no attention has been given to the way in which he slipped in for the third time in 1935 . |