Example sentences of "[vb infin] in for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All you have to do is hang in for a couple of days , ’ she told herself . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's on its way , but you could ‘ phone in for an ambulance . ’ |
| 4 | They would call in for a glass of beer on their way back from a shift . |
| 5 | She told me she did n't eat lunch any more as it had become a bourgeois meal , but I could call in for a cup of de-caff and con her into whatever it was I wanted . |
| 6 | Says yeah alright I says we 'll call in for an hour . |
| 7 | if I won bigger money , I should go in for a new house , which would be built to our own idea , so that we could get a bigger scullery … . |
| 8 | Even when I arrived back at Thornfield , I did not go in for a while . |
| 9 | Should she go in for a drink ? |
| 10 | I missed several classes because they put me up in , for instance I , when I came up from the infants to the big school I missed the first standard and they put me into standard two and I went from two , three , four , five , six , seven and seven and I was only eleven , you see , so I did pretty well and then the Headmaster came to my parents and said , why do n't you let her go in for a scholarship to Stowmarket Secondary and so I went in for that and er there was one other girl went as well , there were two of us and erm , and of course we only heard during the summer break and er we passed . |
| 11 | So he asked me if I 'd go in for a couple of weeks until he got something sorted out you know . |
| 12 | You know he does n't go in for a lot of heavy discussion about things . ’ |
| 13 | You can go in for a drink . |
| 14 | Aye , we were gon na go in for a Sunday dinner once and it was all shut , ca n't have my dinner . |
| 15 | Might as well go in for a bit because . |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't just wake up one morning and say ‘ Oh gee , I ca n't get in for a facial — I might as well have a baby ’ . ’ |
| 17 | I mean i i if you could get in for a penny a week that was alright because when things got better you could build on a penny a week , you see ? |
| 18 | I said they did and offered to leave the door on the latch so he could sneak in for a bit of a warm . |
| 19 | For example , a new housing estate would be built , the diocese would be informed of the development at the planning stage , and the diocesan office would put in for a school , or an extension for an existing school . |
| 20 | Oh I see they 'd put in for a new pair and sell the old pair ? |
| 21 | Well they 'll put in for a transfer . |
| 22 | Will you come in for a cup of tea ? |
| 23 | I pulled up outside Tremayne 's house and while I put on my socks again she said she would come in for a while for company , ‘ to cure the trembles ’ . |
| 24 | The upshot of it all was that they wanted me to ask Derek would he come in for a sperm count . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Wo n't you come in for a minute ? |
| 27 | Do you think I might come in for a few minutes and talk to you about Matilda ? ’ |
| 28 | He was a very nice man and said we could come in for a chat . |
| 29 | Neighbours would come in for a drink and boxes of chocolates and handkerchiefs would be exchanged . |
| 30 | May I come in for a moment ? |