Example sentences of "[vb -s] in for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edwina , the worldly mother-in-law who goes in for interior decoration . |
| 2 | Corinthian Geometric goes in for small vessels of very high technical quality , simply and elegantly decorated . |
| 3 | In the afternoon , one or both of us goes in for extra teaching , discussions , etc. in the afternoon , and then we eat dinner at 6 . |
| 4 | But if the Section Sergeant goes in for any necessary purpose , the Inspector comes in , he is reported and gets a severe reprimand from his superiors for idling his time in the Station . |
| 5 | He also goes in for creative self-plundering by way of rhetorical and dialectical self-parody . |
| 6 | An' she drops in for another little drop , |
| 7 | Midfielder Ferguson , indeed , has outshone most of his more experienced rivals as he fills in for injured Bryan Robson , as the expense of England 's Neil Webb . |
| 8 | Another new face in the pack is lock Jeremy Cruiks who has come up through the ranks , while back in action are back-row duo Mark Hampton and David Croft , who fills in for injured number 8 Roger Wilson . |
| 9 | ‘ One paper , by Paige ( 1967 ) , for example , quotes Lenin 's ‘ who does what to whom ’ , and Mao 's ‘ war without bloodshed ’ , reminds us of the more familiar formulations of Lasswell ( 1936 ) — ‘ who gets what , when , how ’ — , Easton ( 1953 ) — ‘ the authoritative allocation of values ’ — , Levy ( 1952 ) — ‘ the allocation of power and responsibility ’ , and Snyder ( 1958 ) — ‘ the making of authoritative social decisions ’ , and throws in for good measure a definition by a Japanese political scientist , Masao Maruyama — ‘ the organization of control by man over man ’ . |
| 10 | Dr Mikehe qualified at Liverpool University steps in for regular hooker Paul Hackett who was dismissed in somewhat debatable circumstances against Richmond last Saturday and is still awaiting the date of his hearing . |
| 11 | I have a person who comes in for two hours every morning , but … but she does just the very rough work . |
| 12 | I see arts students ' timetables , an English student comes in for two hours a week , and he 's home for the rest of the time . |
| 13 | Farming comes in for much criticism , largely it appears because farmers have responded to the need to make a livelihood from the land by producing more primary commodities using industrial techniques . |
| 14 | The legacy of Descartes comes in for further scrutiny in Joanna Hodge 's paper , which examines the concept of ‘ the subject ’ which philosophy has inherited from Descartes . |
| 15 | Your gear comes in for some heavy duty usage . |
| 16 | Margaret 's Anita is a trained patisserie chef , who comes in for three days a week to delight people with her delicious home-baked brown bread and scrumptious deserts . |
| 17 | Fulk , however , comes in for stern criticism . |
| 18 | Once more poor old Skerne Park comes in for more grief . |
| 19 | Though this comes in for constant robust internal criticism and revision , it is more thorough than that of many professional advice and counselling organizations and is increasingly used as a model by other organizations . |