Example sentences of "[verb] in for a cup " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 'd care to come in for a cup of tea , now that you 've got out and everything , you 'd be most welcome . |
| 2 | He could remember what a flurry Martha Pritchett used to get into when Lady Debrace stopped in for a cup of tea , and how afterwards she would tell them proudly how her ladyship had sat down and chatted as if she were no grander than Nurse Wilks ! |
| 3 | Thus Jasper 's father might have been the man who was painting the flats and who came in for a cup of tea , or the old lover whom she happened to run into in Denmark Hill , or the neighbour who was moving out of Flat 16 and who came up to say goodbye while his girlfriend was packing their furniture into the rented van . |
| 4 | Just drop in for a cup of tea , |
| 5 | ‘ Is thoo coming in for a cup o' tea ? ’ his father invited , but George shook his head . |
| 6 | So my father went over on the Monday evening and after such a a young man paid such interest in the garden and paying so much compliments , Well you ca n't go home without coming in for a cup of tea . |
| 7 | Coming in for a cup of tea ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Will you come in for a cup of tea ? |
| 10 | And then after oh , after a few weeks she said I 'll come in for a cup of tea . |
| 11 | When someone has been found , if they are strangers , it is sensible to invite them first to drop in for a cup of tea , to make sure that they can establish a good rapport with your parent , and that the two will get along well together . |
| 12 | Come in for a cup of tea ? ’ |
| 13 | I suppose I see her once or twice a week — she comes in for a cup of tea , or I go to her . |