Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] in for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've already seen how carefully planned customer flow can encourage the shopper to leave with a loaded basket when she had only popped in for a loaf of bread or a pint of milk . |
| 2 | She said she could n't stay , that she had just dropped in for a minute . |
| 3 | The successful receptionist models could be used to devise special training to enable CAB receptionists to ascertain the depth of a problem ; they could serve the dual function of assessing which clients have just come in for a form or a local address and they could make appointments for others in person or by telephone and smooth the queue . |
| 4 | And as often as you tell yourself she 's not your type , that you do n't like blondes , your taste tends towards the browns , even redheads but not blondes , no ; and what 's more , her face is round , but you do n't like round faces ; and you 've always gone in for a bit of shape and she 's flat as a pancake . |
| 5 | Well you see and I 've also put in for a job for the the marina at Northampton which is another mental home . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm sure she was n't taken in for a moment about — about me . ’ |