Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] in for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the troops will only go in for humanitarian reasons including the protection of supplies . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't normally go in for public displays of affection , ’ he murmured , ‘ but you 're irresistible . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't normally go in for public displays of affection either , ’ she murmured impulsively , forgetting her uneasiness , ‘ but even with sand on your face you 're … ’ |
| 4 | The royal family does not go in for oratory , so the policy is evident mostly in endless American- and British-made videos on television , boasting of Saudi Arabia 's military and industrial prowess . |
| 5 | The Old Testament does not go in for saints . |
| 6 | Genesis does not go in for saints ( though Joseph will , perhaps , approach that status ) . |
| 7 | ‘ We are not a national daily ; we do not go in for moral crusades . ’ |
| 8 | Parker did not go in for German beer . |
| 9 | The French do not go in for diphthongs but have at least one vowel sound that almost defeats the Anglo-Saxon . |
| 10 | And when , to show what a good little wife I had become — Nonni thought that my aunts did not ‘ appreciate ’ me , meaning that they did not go in for endearments or tell me how pretty I looked — she pointed out , one Sunday lunchtime , how well I had starched the table napkins , Aunt Lilian said , ‘ But why ? |
| 11 | We were not at a party , he did not go in for brunettes , and I was very much his junior . |
| 12 | Kenya has been so dependent on official aid and structural adjustment loans that its government dared not go in for countertrading — despite the fact that , like Brazil , it was surrounded by poor , debt-ridden neighbours . |
| 13 | Even when I arrived back at Thornfield , I did not go in for a while . |
| 14 | Different objectives of different finns controlled and limited the techniques of production they could use ( eg. a firm developing prototypes of electronic equipment can not go in for mass-production ) . |
| 15 | At the present pace of progress in Brussels , similar changes throughout the EC may not come in for a dozen years or more , and British farmers fear that they will lose business while waiting for European competitors to catch up . |
| 16 | Given Hoving 's long-standing jealousy of John Walsh , a former curator in the European paintings department who is now the director of the J. Paul Getty Museum , it is surprising that Walsh does not come in for more snide brickbats than a conversation Hoving cites with Getty , where the eccentric billionaire asks him if he would become the director of his museum . |
| 17 | Although tankers did not come in for the attention they received in the 1980s , on 25 January Platt 's carried an account of an attack on an Iraqi tanker by US aircraft . |
| 18 | Why not pop in for lunch ? |
| 19 | are you do you ever go in for karaoke and stuff stuff like that ? |
| 20 | Every Thursday is given over to a drop-in day , which is open to the previous year 's group to come back or to any girl on home-teaching , and sometimes girls from three or four years back may also drop in for a chat or advice . |
| 21 | Again , the vice chancellor is nominally a deputy to the chancellor , but in reality is the chief academic and administrative officer of a university , in charge of its day-to-day running ( though he or she does also stand in for the chancellor on ceremonial occasions ) . |
| 22 | I did n't want the other boys to view us as being mates because then I would probably come in for abuse too . |
| 23 | It can also come in for gastric complaints following intensely hot weather . |
| 24 | The patient 's colour , face and body features as well as pulse and tongue will also come in for scrutiny . |
| 25 | Do n't forget you can now ring in for offers , or to enter competitions in BBC Good Food . |
| 26 | Having learned to hold the camcorder still for these static scenes , and having resisted all temptations to pan the camcorder to and fro to ‘ get it all in ’ you can now move in for some closer shots . |
| 27 | I was right on both counts , but it did not really sink in for some time that I had joined a charity . |
| 28 | " We ca n't stay in for ever , Stephen . |
| 29 | but little , people could n't break in for erm |
| 30 | And we 'll sort out last week 's postal competition so do n't ring in for this one and the question was , What 's this got to do with a company ? |