Example sentences of "in for a [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tough win SUNDERLAND North voters could be in for a liberal dose of confusion : as well as Vic Halom ( Liberal Democrat ) candidates include Win Lundgren , representing the Liberal Party . ’ |
| 2 | Still , I should be coming in for a tidy sum of compensation . |
| 3 | ‘ I go in for a certain amount of golf , you know . |
| 4 | While it has come in for a certain amount of criticism , it has also attracted much praise , especially from industry . |
| 5 | We 're in for a serious bout of millennial malaise . |
| 6 | Understandably , this presumption has come in for a great deal of criticism . |
| 7 | Eliza settled in for a four-month stint of painting and drawing . |
| 8 | Mm , either way though , I mean the thing is if they do , you , you would be in for a little bit of something , if you hung it out till be , to being redundant |
| 9 | Specifically , in the case of Anthony Miers , the Royal Navy submariner who finally came in for a teeny bit of criticism over his methods of disposing of German seamen who rather inconveniently surrendered . |
| 10 | er and therefore for that very reason do not like to see the Government going in for a whole series of embarrassing defeats er and erm getting into very grave difficulties with an important Bill and I therefore arise only to ask my Noble Friend er at the last minute would like to consider very seriously erm a conciliatory reply of whether accepting er the amendments with er or er or some of them er with er er er view to their reconsideration or asking those who propose them to defer them from to from today 's sitting , there 's still further sittings ahead , but whether he was prepared to ask them to give him a chance to reflect without incurring serious Government defeats to reflect further on whether further amendments can not and should not be made . |
| 11 | Otherwise , they 're in for a grim time of it . |
| 12 | British Rail comes in for a fair bit of stick from travellers who would heartily support the loud speaker announcement heard by Philip White . |
| 13 | We used to come in for a fair amount of ribbing and good-natured chaff , and remarks like , Was it a red sky this morning ? |
| 14 | Here and elsewhere , the police also came in for a fair amount of criticism — Punch portrayed London 's genial giants Gog and Magog dressed as policeman , defending themselves from the wrath of the respectable populace — and there were perfectly sound reasons for such discontent . |
| 15 | Westminster is now in for a furious bout of behind-the-scenes arm twisting as Government whips try every trick in the book to persuade the waverers back into the fold . |
| 16 | This meant that the married women left at home came in for a large share of the work about the croft . |