Example sentences of "[vb past] in for a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The Defence Minister barely flinched as the camera zoomed in for a close-up of his face as they ran the famous film clip from mid-December , 1987 , in which he promised that it would all be over by Christmas . |
2 | The Defence Minister barely flinched as the camera zoomed in for a close-up of his face as they ran the famous film clip from mid-December , 1987 , in which he promised that it would all be over by Christmas . |
3 | He could remember what a flurry Martha Pritchett used to get into when Lady Debrace stopped in for a cup of tea , and how afterwards she would tell them proudly how her ladyship had sat down and chatted as if she were no grander than Nurse Wilks ! |
4 | PREMIER John Major dropped in for a chat with British troops in the Bosnian front line yesterday . |
5 | PREMIER John Major dropped in for a chat with British troops in the Bosnian front line yesterday . |
6 | Nobody visited them in the evenings or dropped in for a chat during the day , except in the way of business — to sell wood to Uncle Philip or to arrange a booking for Francie and his fiddle . |
7 | Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home . |
8 | Thus Jasper 's father might have been the man who was painting the flats and who came in for a cup of tea , or the old lover whom she happened to run into in Denmark Hill , or the neighbour who was moving out of Flat 16 and who came up to say goodbye while his girlfriend was packing their furniture into the rented van . |
9 | The immunity of Swiss companies to unfriendly or foreign takeovers came in for a pounding in 1988 after Nestlé took over Rowntree , a British confectioner , causing noisy British complaints about the lack of reciprocal opportunities . |
10 | SINEAD O'Connor came in for a lot of flack when she tore the picture of the Pope on American television but by selling her home for charity she has put her money where her mouth is . |
11 | ‘ I came in for a lot of criticism but I know in my heart that the good things I did there were very conveniently swept under the carpet at the time . ’ |
12 | The school timetable came in for a lot of criticism , especially in cases where arrangements resulted in classes split between two teachers . |
13 | ‘ I came in for a lot of adulation during my racing days — groupies . |
14 | By that time the pool was getting crowded as a shift ended and staff poured in for a swim before going home . |
15 | When Safeways was particularly busy ‘ one Friday lunchtime , Phyllis popped in for a packet of chops for her husband and herself . |
16 | The cloth for their suits was cord ( corduroy ) , as I 've told you ; but sometimes they went in for a suit of heavy tweed — staple tweed it was called ; and at that time they made it as hard as a board . |
17 | The wind caught it and it bounced awkwardly for the St Aloysius defence and Roy Montgomery went in for a try under the posts which was converted by Ross Houghton . |
18 | I went in for a tackle with Brian Mooney and I came off worse because I broke my right leg . |
19 | Schools went in for a lot of physical education , ‘ drill ’ , which involved jumping about in a drafty hall with your skirt tucked into your knickers if you were female . |
20 | Fibres also went in for a spot of acquisition , buying into the British texturizing industry to give downstream processing capability . |
21 | I mean , I ended up staying a month at some bloke 's house after I went in for a pack of strings ! |
22 | So I went in for a scholarship with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts . |
23 | Lindsey came on and sat in for a couple of numbers and really enjoyed being back on the boards with us lot . |