Example sentences of "[verb] in for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the band is removed from the machine there will be two ends of yarn to sew in for each buttonhole . |
| 2 | I voted for this government because they said they were n't going to go in for that sort of rubbish . |
| 3 | So I , I mean , I 've got to go in for that . |
| 4 | It was typical of Benjamin James , as it happens , to go in for such a touch of harmless sycophancy to please his friend the vicar ; he had very soon become , as we might have guessed , a respectable pillar of the Curry Rivel establishment . |
| 5 | Yes , Americans , erm I have the impression , they 're being rather slow to go in for this sort of Federal legislation . |
| 6 | In that way , we would increase national expenditure on training and the Secretary of State would not have to go in for these dictatorial measures . |
| 7 | ‘ The bright child who might possibly get nine GCSEs is going to be pushed to go in for more and more . |
| 8 | Was there ever a time when you had to go in for more drastic measures ? |
| 9 | There was a mini-rebellion about that just after the Police Strike and then they allowed policemen to go in for half an hour 's and eat breakfast . |
| 10 | But if the Section Sergeant goes in for any necessary purpose , the Inspector comes in , he is reported and gets a severe reprimand from his superiors for idling his time in the Station . |
| 11 | It 's not actually automatic because you can stay in for those extra up up to five years if you so choose . |
| 12 | Only one copy of Section 1 needs to be filled in , but ideally separate copies of Sections 2 , 3 and 4 should be filled in for each course taught in the appropriate field . |
| 13 | An' she drops in for another little drop , |
| 14 | Inspection has come in for much discussion today as a major part of the Bill . |
| 15 | ‘ Unless your estimable uncle had expensive amusements , Master Hussey , you must surely have come in for this very money along with the rest . ’ |
| 16 | Bernstein 's work has come in for some strong criticism recently . |
| 17 | The various caveats expressed in 6.8.4 on the use of statistical techniques by sociolinguists are not as negative as they might seem , since recently the overuse of significance testing in social science research generally has come in for some criticism . |
| 18 | However , the NRA has come in for some criticism for not taking action . |
| 19 | Twenty first , so if we got you booked in for that . |
| 20 | The instructions therein were religiously followed and within a few weeks a recognisable fuselage could be sat in for some ‘ hangar flying ’ . |
| 21 | Many schools have team members in reserve so that a quota can always be mustered to stand in for any bona fide team member whose parents can not afford the trip . |
| 22 | It would be reasonable to suppose that at this latitude the islands would be frozen in for most — if not all — of the year , and so they would , were it not for the Gulf Stream . |
| 23 | You have to produce a return transatlantic ticket and your passport both when buying the airpass and when checking in for each flight . |
| 24 | At the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village eight cops moved in for another raid on a gay bar . |
| 25 | By chance , one of the world 's top fashion talent-spotters happened to be booking in for that same flight . |
| 26 | While councillors came in for much criticism for being representative , health professionals had similar difficulties . |
| 27 | Hateley baffled and upset by the affair says : ‘ I came in for that one game , and I thought I did reasonably well . |
| 28 | They always came in for more than a little if they had offended him in the past . |
| 29 | The so-called Main Force bombers from 5 and 6 Groups further north were usually later on the scene and were very heavily loaded with high explosives and incendiaries , and they came in for some real pastings . |
| 30 | Not surprisingly the concept of dominant ideology came in for some discussion . |