Example sentences of "[pers pn] in for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watford will have little time to bask in their glory — manager Steve Perryman has pulled them in for training at lunchtime today . |
| 2 | ‘ They probably think we 've come to call them in for milking . ’ |
| 3 | We came to recognize the furtive knocking of these late callers , and tried to alleviate their disappointment by inviting them in for tea and sympathy . |
| 4 | Yeah , yeah well that 's what Pauline does sometimes when I go up she has them in for friendship , a bit of company in n it ? |
| 5 | They say they 're keeping me in for observation . |
| 6 | At Barvas Lodge knickerbockered ladies with good stud pearl earrings invited me in for tea . |
| 7 | They asked me in for tea , and we all listened to the morning news on Radio Tonga , crackling over the miles from the aerials down in Tongatapu . |
| 8 | see through me with a voice of rival , rival calm when she called me in for tea , have a go |
| 9 | She 's as generous as Robin Hood and all his merry men , she 's as kind as Florence Nightingale and then as kind again , right super mum she has x-ray vision , she can see through me , with a voice or rival calm when she called me in for tea , |
| 10 | Are you in for lunch tomorrow ? |
| 11 | Cos they did n't smear Biff right away , and when he did n't fight back they took him in for terrorgation … |
| 12 | Another episode that gave him much reassurance was the time when Kate invited him in for tea at the Rectory . |
| 13 | And of course everyone knew all about it , just as they knew that the Mackays , poor souls , had done everything they could for the boy ever since they took him in for adoption . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ We 'll keep him in for observation just for tonight . |
| 15 | Mr Hutton often calls her in for dictation and then she gets behind with her work for Malcolm , but he gets annoyed with me rather than her . |
| 16 | He says all they did was just put it in for storage and then wait for the police to call but the first he heard was on Monday . |
| 17 | I know that my hon. Friend will understand that I can make no comments about the merits of the proposal which is the subject of our debate or about the case for calling it in for determination by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State . |
| 18 | Ow that 's sharp , put it in there now please , put it in for mummy |
| 19 | Others we chatted with when we met them around the grounds , and some became temporary friends who asked us in for coffee or drinks , invitations which we pleasurably returned . |