Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [verb] in for [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The only problem is , my car is going in for a service , so maybe you could do me a favour and give me a lift there ?
2 I 'll wager the Young Pretender was invited in for a Grolsch on his way back from a cave .
3 This kick is especially useful when a fighter has been knocked to the ground and his opponent is closing in for the kill , although in training it is learned from a standing position .
4 Let's get inside , the rain 's set in for the day . ’
5 As I left the next shift was settling in for the day , writing up diaries , reading novels and brewing up endless cups of tea .
6 Her poor academic record was traded in for the sharpest of wits , her gaucherie for poise .
7 Raimondo , the designer , was frantic ; an oil-rich sheikh was coming in for a private showing with his wives .
8 Now the old man 's moving in for the kill , thought Paul Lane , with an anticipatory flash of excitement .
9 This is a hybrid case in Banbury erm the opting out legislation was brought in for a specific purpose .
10 Eventually , on Feb. 23 , a non-Congress ( I ) government was sworn in for the first time in 10 years .
11 We have high and growing unemployment , and under those policies that high unemployment is built in for the whole of the 1990s , along with recession and slow growth .
12 Changing machines means a new contract , so the company are locked in for a fresh term , again of up to nine years .
13 A party from Wick High School were booked in for the weekend .
14 Monaru was bought in for a course record of 11,500 gns after winning the Carlsberg Selling Hurdle but Pipe had no complaints and said : ‘ People do n't have to run in sellers if they do n't want to .
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