Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] in for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , as the striker moved in for the kill , the defender retrieved the situation with a splendid recovery tackle . |
| 2 | At the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village eight cops moved in for another raid on a gay bar . |
| 3 | In 1952 it adopted the practice of permitting deputies to stand in for the ministers : the deputies soon became permanent features , attending to all business except that deemed to be symbolically important . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's probably only one of the local kids sneaking in for a look around , ’ Jessamy tried to reassure herself . |
| 5 | The heavy Roman-emperor head with thinnish iron-grey hair brushed forward , the nose , broad and fleshy , and the mouth fallen in for lack of teeth , was not a comely picture . |
| 6 | 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 ! |
| 7 | Rex moved in for a cuddle . |
| 8 | Antrim 's new president collected 220 votes in all as the finances of the Association came in for some healthy but heated discussion . |
| 9 | When agricultural improvers visited Sussex in the war years they had little favourable to say about the situation in general and the Weald came in for wholesale condemnation , although there was some disagreement about the details . |
| 10 | Greville Starkey 's riding of the horse came in for fierce criticism , but he made no mistake in Dancing Brave 's next race , drawing right away from Triptych to win the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park . |
| 11 | Hankin added : ‘ If a bid came in for Prudhoe , or any other player , we would consider it . |
| 12 | Ken came in for coffee . |
| 13 | ‘ He always said he would n't stand in my way if a bigger club came in for me . |
| 14 | — STRESSHOLME Golf Club came in for high praise yesterday after staging the Mizuno Tournament a major event for assistant professionals . |
| 15 | But John Devereux raced in for two tries to keep Widnes in the game before O'Neill scampered through score the winner . |
| 16 | Jahsaxa swept into the tasteful reception room she 'd been keeping Roirbak and Tammuz waiting in for over half an hour . |
| 17 | Hotelier checks in for award |
| 18 | In the 68th minute the huge Musselburgh contingent in the crowd went wild when McMillan broke up the blindside and sent winger Craig Ramsey racing in for a try to put his side 14-10 up . |
| 19 | That was the sort of thing I could imagine Denny and Kay going in for , at least in theory . |
| 20 | Most fieldwork is simply episodic , made by an outsider moving in for a period to assess observed social behaviour . |
| 21 | He flourished it as one of the dragons curved in for another low pass . |
| 22 | The Righteous Brothers popped in for a swifty , as did Twin Peaks star Sherilyn Fenn . |
| 23 | The Righteous Brothers popped in for a swifty , as did Twin Peaks star Sherilyn Fenn . |
| 24 | For instance , I have today recorded a radio interview in Welsh stressing the need to have an application for quarrying on the Carmel Woods SSSI called in for a public inquiry . |
| 25 | More than 40 antique and warbird aircraft flew in for the auction which coincided with the National Championship Air Races . |
| 26 | Around 40 antique and warbird aircraft flew in for the auction , which co-incided with the annual Reno Air Races . |
| 27 | Wroughton airfield near Swindon was the busiest in the world this weekend , as more than fifteen hundred aircraft flew in for the largest rally of its kind outside the United States . |
| 28 | Some branches go in for quite lavish posters , some make do with local draughtsmanship . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | In recent weeks his perky figure has turned up twice in the winners enclosure on Northern tracks and when Dance of Words went in for Mick O'Toole last Friday night at Downpatrick this was his seventh winner since his return to Ireland . |