Example sentences of "[be] in [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're in it for the love of the game . |
| 2 | It was a longing that had been in her for always . |
| 3 | It is good work , this , Angus , it is bringing the thing home to plenty folk who have only been in it for the furore so far , for the chance to squeeze their girls in the crowd and all that kind of thing . |
| 4 | He 's been in it for five years ( only he and Jean Boht have been with the show from the beginning ) and he 's proud of that , he says . |
| 5 | Harry : ‘ I 'd have asked them , ‘ This opera , you 've been in it for long time — do you still like it then ? … |
| 6 | Nobody 's been in it for ten years . |
| 7 | Yes , aye there would be , just the same ladies that have s been in it for years . |
| 8 | That , no it 's not Colin he 's been in it for ages now . |
| 9 | He has n't been in it for a long time . |
| 10 | ‘ I think most of you are in it for what you can get . |
| 11 | And there 's another side to that which is that some people in the statutory provision are in it for the money , for their careers , for empire building and so on . |
| 12 | ‘ Good God , man , what profit would there be in it for us ? ’ |
| 13 | After I come back to take over the club again , you wo n't be in it for more than a week or two at a time . ’ |
| 14 | It was at the expense of last year 's Irish champion Mark Delaney that Kirk , from the Cairnlodge club rose to Ulster title status some months ago and if the Games team of '94 was picked tomorrow , this lanky shipyard apprentice would be in it for certain . |
| 15 | They were in 'er for a dinner Which was excellent , in Pinner , And another one , a cracker , In Majacca — that 's in Spain |
| 16 | But Mr Gummer knows that an unvarnished ‘ what 's in it for us ? ’ response is inadequate . |
| 17 | ‘ What 's in it for me ? ’ was the favourite phrase of another . |
| 18 | What 's in it for us ? ’ |
| 19 | When asking people to contribute money or time the question ‘ what 's in it for them ? ’ always needs to be raised . |
| 20 | PLEASE What 's in it for you ? ? ? ? |
| 21 | What 's in it for me ? |
| 22 | ‘ What 's in it for them ? ’ was a question thrown at Murray Cox by the actors . |
| 23 | Self reliance , individual enterprise , ‘ what 's in it for me ’ , as opposed to ‘ how can we help our neighbour ’ , was the message . |
| 24 | So what 's in it for Waterstones ? |
| 25 | What 's in it for the developer ? |
| 26 | What 's in it for them in doing this ? |
| 27 | It 's the ‘ What 's in it for all of us ? ’ factor . |
| 28 | It shows people what 's in it for them . |
| 29 | But lots of other agendas are being ignored , like the ‘ What 's in it for me ? ’ factor . |
| 30 | At this point it 's worth mentioning that one of the best approaches to persuasion in any situation can be to ask yourself : ‘ What 's in it for them ? ’ and to consider what needs ( as mentioned earlier in this chapter ) you can meet . |