Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] in for a " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Then they 'd gone in for a look .
3 They 'd laid in for a siege with dozens of eggs , cans of luncheon meat , and tea .
4 and erm I used to do erm , keep a check on the flying times of the planes cos every forty hours they had to come in for a different check .
5 He had come in for a book of stamps , and when he had got it he joined Breeze , who was waiting on the Green .
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