Example sentences of "[vb past] in for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1926 would be the General Strike when Welsh miners marched the two hundred miles to London , their trail easy to follow by the black-blood spat along the road , while back at home the troops moved in for fear of revolution . |
| 2 | We 've had four reported in for penalty hits already . |
| 3 | Fifty miles south-west of the railway line bomb , 13 Platoon of 6 UDR reported in for duty at 0600 ; they had been hoping for a quiet day , in order to catch up on some training . |
| 4 | It was raining and there was this walkie-talkie twisting around my head , there was police hats rolling in the road , and they radioed in for assistance . |
| 5 | And they 'd all been in the run , so they all came in for lunch , and they , you know , it 's like twenty bar meals , and then they were coming up to drink , to order drinks , they were doing like ten drinks at a time . |
| 6 | The IDA came in for attack the following day from residents ' associations in both Currabinny and Ringaskiddy . |
| 7 | The Ministry of Defence 's own research establishments also came in for criticism for playing too great a role in specifying , designing and managing defence projects . |
| 8 | Germany 's captain Nikki Pilic , who had barely put the debacle surrounding Germany 's Olympic nominations behind him , came in for criticism for not resting Becker from the second day 's doubles , especially after he had been forced to play himself into the ground to beat Luis Mattar over five sets in exhausting heat on the first day . |
| 9 | The Belfry came in for criticism with some newspapers saying it was no place to stage a match of this importance . |
| 10 | In spite of the fall , the Government still came in for criticism from opposition parties and trade union leaders , who pointed out that the total was still higher than this time last year . |
| 11 | There is nothing very new about it all Alf Ramsey was hounded out despite winning the World Cup , while Don Revie , Ron Greenwood and Bobby Robson came in for vilification but things do seem to be getting worse . |
| 12 | When Marcus came in for supper , two hours later , Daniel 's Mum was still talking , to Stephanie , who was in and out of the kitchen dishing up vegetables and making gravy , to her son , who moved his weight cautiously from time to time on a dining-room chair and frowned and frowned . |
| 13 | Ken came in for coffee . |
| 14 | The mill pond also came in for attention and was thoroughly dredged , and the dam , tunnels , gates and wheel repaired . |
| 15 | Also the ghost stories of certain houses came in for comment and there is a long note on the haunting of Calgarth Hall . |
| 16 | My subsequent business activities were to involve my old colleague Barry Kirby in , commencing January 1981 and ending in the mid-eighties when the premises came in for redevelopment . |
| 17 | Of course the proposals of the Beveridge report also now came in for mention . |
| 18 | This is a real duff cash-in on the Megamix of yore , with THAT drumbeat added to ‘ Grease Is The Word ’ and the soppy ‘ Hopelessly Devoted ’ segued in for variety . |
| 19 | Josie found her when she turned in for work at the club that evening . |
| 20 | There are people who have been brought in unconscious for no apparent reason , who have had car accidents and been cut free by the fire brigade and rushed in for emergency treatment following accidents . |
| 21 | ‘ Perhaps she 's run away ? ’ suggested Enid to Maud as the girls trooped in for dinner . |
| 22 | He could not abide those who went in for exhibitionism , considering such to be irreligious . |
| 23 | We went in for agitprop caricature and grotesque exaggeration . |
| 24 | ‘ After they gave up twelve-furrow work — when the machines came in — they went in for flat-work , wide stetches , even on the heaviest land , of anything up to eighteen yards . |
| 25 | but that was sold out until the day when I went in for milk |
| 26 | They went in for warmth . |
| 27 | he went in for law . |
| 28 | They remembered with joy when Alberta Monterecchio went in for culotte suits in satin , velvet and even leather , just when the mini skirt was appearing . |
| 29 | Most houses had their windows barred as standard ; wealthier householders went in for burglar alarms . |
| 30 | Obviously , at the moment we 're not publicly pointing the finger at your five chums , so we went in for blanket forensic tests on everyone and examination of everyone 's quarters . ’ |