Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] in for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant that the married women left at home came in for a large share of the work about the croft . |
| 2 | But fortunately at that moment her gynaecologist called in for a brief visit and Brian went off to the nursery . |
| 3 | Andy had n't meant any more than his pressing need to stay in for a few weeks till he had made more headway with his revision . |
| 4 | Furthermore , even if a woman paid in for a full pension she had to pass the ‘ half test ’ ; that is , she had to work for at least half of her married life before she could count in her contributions both before and after marriage ( Groves , 1983 , pp. 45–7 ) . |
| 5 | er and therefore for that very reason do not like to see the Government going in for a whole series of embarrassing defeats er and erm getting into very grave difficulties with an important Bill and I therefore arise only to ask my Noble Friend er at the last minute would like to consider very seriously erm a conciliatory reply of whether accepting er the amendments with er or er or some of them er with er er er view to their reconsideration or asking those who propose them to defer them from to from today 's sitting , there 's still further sittings ahead , but whether he was prepared to ask them to give him a chance to reflect without incurring serious Government defeats to reflect further on whether further amendments can not and should not be made . |
| 6 | If you are lucky you might get a codex thrown in for a good measure for telecomms application . |
| 7 | British Rail comes in for a fair bit of stick from travellers who would heartily support the loud speaker announcement heard by Philip White . |