Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] in for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's just that there are some things the mind-set is not adjusted to and I was tuned in for bracing winds , long place names and snatches of Tom Jones . |
| 2 | The first of the two meetings then was of the regional chairman of BAIE ( and I was standing in for ours in Scotland ) followed by a meeting of the Council of BAIE . |
| 3 | And she was going in for eggs or something , said well I usually leave them a day or two in the winter cos it does n't hurt and she said she struggled and struggled with that door ! |
| 4 | The long and the short of it is , her father owns the two shops — I suppose they 're joined at the back — and she was standing in for her father . |
| 5 | ‘ People were very friendly and we were invited in for a number of cups of tea during our stay , ’ PC Mardon said . |
| 6 | Evans said they should get Jack Nicholson for the role and he was invited in for a try-out . |
| 7 | Actually , before he moved away , he , he gave up his designing job and he was working in for a bit . |