Example sentences of "[vb past] in for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is n't the phrase just meaningless , flung in for the rhythm , meaning no more than ‘ by pillar or by post ’ , ‘ by night or by day ’ , ‘ by hook or by crook ’ ? |
| 2 | He was hustled away by some of the extra police officers drafted in for the case . |
| 3 | Collecting her ticket , she came up behind him again as he checked in for the flight . |
| 4 | ‘ Dejala , ’ they yelled as she rode in for the big swipe and missed it . |
| 5 | A £1,000 computer , several orders of magnitude more powerful than machines which cost £3,000 even five years ago , has very little profit built in for the supplier . |
| 6 | Paulus could sense it too as she moved in for the kill to claim a 2-6 , 6-4 , 6-3 victory . |
| 7 | And when she moved in for the kill she was as hard , and as final , as any of her male colleagues . |
| 8 | An advance group of undergraduates moved in for the Michaelmas Term . |
| 9 | But , as the striker moved in for the kill , the defender retrieved the situation with a splendid recovery tackle . |
| 10 | Despite the arrival of Pow and Currey ( who filled in for the absent Kolar ) , 'Mere continued to be driven back in the scrums . |
| 11 | Thousands drove in for the celebrations . |
| 12 | When he came in for the night some hours later he was still agitated and fretting . |
| 13 | ‘ Greed came in for the first time . |
| 14 | Well , before mid-afternoon all the men — and extra help always came in for the threshing — were incapable of working . |
| 15 | This and other theatres elsewhere were at their peak when the gentry came in for the Quarter Sessions ; for wives and marriageable daughters , there were the balls and concerts of the Assembly Rooms specially built at the back of the George Hotel . |
| 16 | When the programme 's ratings dipped immediately after the November revamp , Focus came in for the heaviest criticism . |
| 17 | Shane Warne , whose solitary wicket of the series had cost him 228 runs , was rested , while Tom Moody came in for the out-of-form Mark Waugh . |
| 18 | That 's why Chris came in for the baby clothes . ’ |
| 19 | He failed to find a seat at the next general election , but came in for the family borough a few weeks later , and acted as teller against his patron 's impeachment . |
| 20 | The problems do n't end there ; Kingsley Black had one of his best games for Northern Ireland in Tirana , when he came in for the injured Michael Hughes . |
| 21 | When she came in for the second time her throat was like looking at a plate full of strawberries and cream — red enlarged tonsils with a coating of puss . |
| 22 | Cy left the cast and Michael came in for the last two weeks of rehearsals . |
| 23 | The next report came in for the 3rd goal , and again said ‘ Leeds are beginning to get back into the match , but Norwich have scored a 3rd ’ … all other reports/comments just mention the goals . |
| 24 | Despite competition from shops offering antiques and locally crafted furniture , Fox 's Lair came in for the bulk of the publicity . |
| 25 | OTHERS have preferred to select the right machine for the duty and ground conditions and hired in for the job . |
| 26 | The research by Yorkshire TV paid off last Sunday when 18 million tuned in for the first episode of A Touch of Frost . |
| 27 | It may be that the poll tax was used as a pretext for anarchists , militants and other left-wing Labour Party fellow travellers to encourage riots and civil disorder , but many joined in for the kicks and cared little about the issue . |
| 28 | Gifts poured in for the youngster . |
| 29 | Gary Lund raced in for the rebound but Marker turned the ball round the post . |
| 30 | And in the 72nd minute Distillery keeper Collins pawed the ball away on the goal-line as Gardiner raced in for the kill . |