Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] in [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if I won bigger money , I should go in for a new house , which would be built to our own idea , so that we could get a bigger scullery … . |
| 2 | ‘ Of course , I never thought I 'd have a coach as good as Mr O'Dell , but he kindly suggested I should call in on a Saturday afternoon , while the pub was shut … . ’ |
| 3 | In a more complex case I might sit in on a discussion within a committee but begin to consider that it is not moving in a direction that suits me . |
| 4 | Do you think I might come in for a few minutes and talk to you about Matilda ? ’ |
| 5 | So then I decided I would like to be that I knew there was a job going on the electricians , so I thought well I 'll I 'll go in for the electrical side . |
| 6 | I 'll drop in on the Colonel , and tell him his pretty young secretary is just dying to be bummed ! ’ |
| 7 | And I 'll focus in on the eighteen thirty and forty eight revolutions . |
| 8 | She says yeah she says I 'll pop in for a quick cuppa . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll pop in at the doctor 's when I go down for my shopping , ’ Mrs Hellyer said . |
| 10 | I say , I 'll pop in on the old . |
| 11 | Just turn everything up , ’ and I said to the drummer , ‘ Get out there and start drumming the intro to Hot For Teacher and I 'll come in at the appropriate moment . ’ |
| 12 | And then after oh , after a few weeks she said I 'll come in for a cup of tea . |
| 13 | On the way , I 'll call in at the Wheel Room , to feed my poor invalid , then … |
| 14 | ‘ Anyway , I 'll call in at The Randolph , so I 'll see you soon . ’ |
| 15 | She told me she did n't eat lunch any more as it had become a bourgeois meal , but I could call in for a cup of de-caff and con her into whatever it was I wanted . |
| 16 | Cawthorne was leaning over the machine , blocking my view of anything else inside the bunker , and I slid around to check whether I could see in through the slits . |
| 17 | So he asked me if I 'd go in for a couple of weeks until he got something sorted out you know . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought I 'd turn in for the night . ’ |
| 19 | I do n't exclude myself from myself , but I I I 'd give him a nine and I I 'd come in at a seven I think . |
| 20 | And then , you see , then the erm er the bus fare , you got as reduced rate , to go in early , so I used to go in at the usu about from the last bus I could go in cheap , and then walk to Trent Bridge , and back , it was very nice . |
| 21 | The suitcases I would check in at the left-luggage office at Paddington station , the bag could come with me to Rome , and Jane could inherit all my bits and bobs . |
| 22 | I said that I would come in for every match and sit in the library and deal with questions and enquiries — there was no point in simply having it supervised by a steward who might know nothing about books or history . ’ |
| 23 | Alan set up the legal part of it and the political side and I would come in with the more spiritual side of it : the demand for separation from the Irish Presbyterian Church that was operating in cahoots with O'Neill at that time . |
| 24 | " I 'm afraid I 'm in something of a hurry but I was just passing and thought I would call in on the off-chance . |
| 25 | She seemed flabbergasted , but rallied and asked me if I would look in at the Gray Mare in Kilburn and say ‘ hello ’ to her son Joe Kelly who worked there . |
| 26 | I shall home in on the social action programme and the declaration on racism and xenophobia , which was separate from the main treaty , but was signed at Maastricht . |
| 27 | I 've got an appointment with Shrimpton , the lawyer , at four and I shall look in at the shop afterwards . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I can go in on the morning bus with Flora , ’ Anna said , ‘ and home on the early-afternoon one to Quindale . |
| 29 | Cos I can call in at the bank and get it |
| 30 | Well yeah , I 've had a come for one day , pay for a day and hope I can sneak in on the two day . |