Example sentences of "[vb past] in for the [adj] [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | Shane Warne , whose solitary wicket of the series had cost him 228 runs , was rested , while Tom Moody came in for the out-of-form Mark Waugh . |
| 5 | The world fell in for the hard-working TV star and his family as he drove home alone after an engagement opening a carpet store in the Midlands . |
| 6 | Like Marx , William 's grandad went in for the broad dialectic of history and was n't too fussy about the fine print . |
| 7 | 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 . |