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Example sentences of "[vb infin] in [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Do n't give in to tears and special pleadings .
2	Pub owner vows he will not give in to threats
3	It would be good for the Hong Kong citizens , and it would be inconsistent for Thatcher not to do this , since she has said , for the Falklands , that a people should be able to choose their own government , and we should n't give in to dictatorships .
4	Must n't give in to vandals , must we ?
5	Why should girls give in to boys all the time ?
6	Do n't give in to comments such as ‘ You are very choosy ’ , or are ‘ always turning down work ’ , or even ‘ Do you really want to work ? ’ .
7	Do n't forget you can now ring in for offers , or to enter competitions in BBC Good Food .
8	Er my next point is that it has t this panel has to consider the implications of the Selby go for growth approach which I would call it , and I do n't think Selby differ from that , I think Selby are embarked on a a a a policy of growth , that the implications of that policy have to be con taken into consideration in relation to housing in particular , erm and it is apparent that if the allocation is doubled then there is unquestionably going to be a housing implication arising from that , and whether that would fit in with policies H one and H two .
9	But this was the real world , and young women like Shelley just did n't fit in with men like Miguelito .
10	What you 've done wo n't sink in for ages , but you wo n't want to get off that horse . ’
11	She got , and hated , a job in a fruit pulpers in Covent Garden , and would drop in at lunchtimes , and one day , in the absence of anyone else competent to run the switchboard , she took it over for an hour .
12	‘ While it is understandable that the media will home in on failures , it is important that the public should be reassured that such cases are very much the exception , rather than the rule , and that their continuing confidence in the profession is justified . ’
13	It had been suggested ( by Jack ? ) that he might move in with Ludens , an idea which ( although he was genuinely fond of Pat ) Ludens did not fancy .
14	Worse , he did n't call in on schools .
15	We were not at a party , he did not go in for brunettes , and I was very much his junior .
16	Besides , the KGB does n't go in for assassinations these days . ’
17	I exaggerate , of course : they do n't go in for tears , they just ignore me .
18	The French do not go in for diphthongs but have at least one vowel sound that almost defeats the Anglo-Saxon .
19	And when , to show what a good little wife I had become — Nonni thought that my aunts did not ‘ appreciate ’ me , meaning that they did not go in for endearments or tell me how pretty I looked — she pointed out , one Sunday lunchtime , how well I had starched the table napkins , Aunt Lilian said , ‘ But why ?
20	We do n't go in for spirits though do we ?
21	" We do n't go in for flowers , " said Clelia , displaying with a sweep of her arm the lower level , curiously cluttered with urns , a bench , a dislocated piece of mosaic resting on its end , and a functionless fountain .
22	Mushroom is respectable too , I should add — but we do n't go in for tans , we 're too worried about skin cancer .
23	We do n't go in for presents .
24	The Old Testament does not go in for saints .
25	Genesis does not go in for saints ( though Joseph will , perhaps , approach that status ) .
26	I do n't go in for numbers as names .
27	‘ Well , y'know , Else always was one for washing , she gets it from me , but Sidney , 'e do n't go in for baths much , well men do n't , do they ?
28	In many cases deputy heads of schools will stand in for heads who are absent or where there is a vacancy .
29	Where would you put in on councils .
30	‘ I represent about 12 players at Tottenham Hotspur , and they 've all told me in the last couple of days that they certainly will put in for transfers and leave Tottenham Hotspur . ’