Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] in for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A party from Wick High School were booked in for the weekend . |
| 2 | To accommodate a passenger , a second seat was installed in an open cockpit ( later glazed ) forward of the pilot ( as was done on NASM 's XP–59A ) and the VIPs or observers were strapped in for their first ride . |
| 3 | ‘ People were very friendly and we were invited in for a number of cups of tea during our stay , ’ PC Mardon said . |
| 4 | Those worth £5 — £19 were roped in for the second loan , in 1523 , so paying a total of 15 per cent , not so very much less than what was expected of the £20 men , and of course a proportionately heavier burden . |
| 5 | The children were called in for tests after being treated by a paediatrician at the Countess of Chester Hospital who was suffering from TB . |
| 6 | Northumbrian villages , though protected to some extent by castles and garrisons such as those at Carlisle , Naworth , Harbottle and Norham , tended to be built in a sort of miniature bailey around a large square green which could be gated when cattle were brought in for the night . |
| 7 | Occasionally other teachers who wanted to take " a cautious look " were brought in for specific purposes . |
| 8 | Two unqualified ancillary helpers were brought in for mornings only , even though all the children stayed all day from the new year on . |
| 9 | Both players were brought in for the last six weeks of the season as McHale began to look ahead to next season when the Seasiders hope to mount a serious promotion push . |
| 10 | You hurry slowly in the Atlas : at the highest village we were taken in for tea again , by a sister of Ali 's . |
| 11 | As many as 18 executives from the two British companies implicated in the supergun affair ( Sheffield Engineering and Walter Summers ) were taken in for questioning by UK customs officials . |
| 12 | Does the hon. Gentleman accept that , if he is as keen as I am to provide a level playing field for road and rail , he should recognise that , when motorways were built around Greater Manchester , of three footpaths that crossed the motorway , one was closed or diverted and bridges or underpasses were put in for the other two . |
| 13 | Erm in nineteen O two I think it was , I 've got the details at home , erm sidings were put in for 's . |
| 14 | ‘ If anything , containers were left in for too long to start with , though often it works well to leave the containers rinsing while you 're doing something else like working out field rates . ’ |
| 15 | However , the visitors caught Quakers cold at the restart when a right wing free kick was floated in for Ronnie Jepson to nip ahead of his marker and stab the ball past Prudhoe . |
| 16 | The cops worked shifts , but I was booked in for the run . |
| 17 | Not that she intended accepting any favours from him , but she knew he was booked in for two nights , which gave her time to return his hospitality if she could not manipulate tonight into a Dutch treat . |
| 18 | And then it was thanks for the drinks and time to get back as another gang of wallies was booked in for one o'clock . |
| 19 | After that , it too was turned in for a Qualcast with loppy handles and collapsible wheels . |
| 20 | The 46-year-old Exeter manager was drafted in for last month 's win over France at Wembley as the England manager cast around for a successor to the disgraced Steve Harrison . |
| 21 | Monaru was bought in for a course record of 11,500 gns after winning the Carlsberg Selling Hurdle but Pipe had no complaints and said : ‘ People do n't have to run in sellers if they do n't want to . |
| 22 | Evans said they should get Jack Nicholson for the role and he was invited in for a try-out . |
| 23 | I 'll wager the Young Pretender was invited in for a Grolsch on his way back from a cave . |
| 24 | And while revolution continued to feature in the magazine — the more parochial Diggers got an outing in the February issue — by that month the caravan had moved on , rather unsteadily to a ‘ Flying saucers issue ’ , where , with some difficulty , Lenin was dragged in for his views . |
| 25 | Dr. Prior was called in for consultation and his advice was followed . |
| 26 | Hissene Habre , President since 1982 , was sworn in for a further seven-year presidential term on Dec. 22 , 1989 , after endorsement by a referendum on Dec. 10 ( see p. 37114 ) . |
| 27 | Gagong Apang was re-elected leader of the Congress ( I ) legislative party on March 5 and was sworn in for his fourth term as Chief Minister on March 7 . |
| 28 | On March 5 Sharad Pawar was sworn in for a further term as Congress ( I ) Chief Minister . |
| 29 | Eventually , on Feb. 23 , a non-Congress ( I ) government was sworn in for the first time in 10 years . |
| 30 | Djohar , 72 , who was sworn in for a six-year term on March 20 , was a former President of the Supreme Court and had served as interim President since the assassination of President Ahmed Abdallah Abderrahman in November 1989 [ see p. 37033 ] . |