Example sentences of "they [verb] in for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are no hotel bills , they chip in for the petrol and food and everybody 's happy . ’ |
| 2 | Male activists are out every night unless they stay in for the wife 's one night out . |
| 3 | Laura smiled that silly sort of champagne smile that all men ( all right , some men ) look for before they move in for the kill . |
| 4 | Suddenly , as they arrowed in for the kill , the man-thing did something they had never experienced before in any hunted victim . |
| 5 | His unexpected action momentarily surprised them , but their canine brains instantly readjusted speed and timing of strike , as they arrowed in for the kill . |