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Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] in [prep] a " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ I put in for a supplementary allocation only last week , ’ he said .
2	‘ All right if I drop in for a drink this evening ? ’ he said .
3	I get in from a dull lunch and find your urgent communication on my desk .
4	I drive in through a side entrance of the Royal Academy and queue , surrounded by other artists .
5	As the sea is calm I turn in to a narrow cleft on the headland , cutting the engine and gliding in between the faces of grey rock to let my passengers get the flavour of the sights and sounds of a Shetland geo .
6	‘ I go in for a certain amount of golf , you know .
7	It 's nothing , this is the way I deal with it , if I treat this job , if I go in to a shop or ask for any service I expect , you know , the same that I give , and basically speaking then I 'm pleased .
8	I do have to pay into circuses unfortunately erm because I go in as a member of the public to watch the act , and when I can , I pay the money to go
9	I move in on a twenty-kilogram monster , all bark and paws .
10	So you get in , and you walk in to a row .
11	See previous to that it was maybe every five years you put in for a wage increase a wage application .
12	I mean do you do better if you put in on a large stake as opposed to a small stake ?
13	Your attire must tell other walkers and climbers how serious you are , indicate the status you enjoy in the world of mountaineering , and not make locals in the mountain 's nearest bar fall dangerously silent when you pop in for a pint on the way back home .
14	Parents who give in to a toddler 's temper will increase the likelihood of tantrums recurring and find themselves becoming more angry .
15	‘ You go in with a whole lot of money and you come out with a whole lot of junk .
16	But when you go in on a subject like philosophy , to jump in at that level how adjusted you are it 's difficult if you 've not got any academic background to suddenly come in and have to start doing it .
17	Accent is on comfort when you step in for a relaxing drink .
18	Oh Richard I love having you round here , when you come in like a light in the dark how I enjoy your painting , your polite conversations , the way that you move it 's all so
19	Day Seven : Time at leisure until you check in for a scheduled flight home to London Heathrow .
20	‘ I am not afraid of calling myself a trader despite the fact it is now rather fashionable to describe the field you work in as a profession , ’ he says .
21	When we 're talking to the people on the phone we home in on a thousand pound .
22	We put in at a very tiny stream that would lead to the main waterway .
23	We look in at a window .
24	Further , this chapter also sets out to exemplify some of the problems we confront in considering an undisputed literary text ( The Faerie Queene ) in the context of a piece of writing which does not purport to be a fiction ( A View of the Present State of Ireland ) , yet which uses the generic and rhetorical conventions of literary writing .
25	This is the moment when we decide whether we go in for a federal Europe or whether we go in for a Europe of member states trading together , competing together , co-operating together .
26	This is the moment when we decide whether we go in for a federal Europe or whether we go in for a Europe of member states trading together , competing together , co-operating together .
27	‘ We go in by a roundabout route .
28	Now here we move in to a bit of Plato always be aware of those who argue by analogy by general law life and limb must be protected yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life can you guess what 's coming next ? but a life is never wisely given to save a limb .
29	We 're early , so we call in at a pub .
30	But the Signpost Hotel Guide survey of 300 hotel owners showed that fewer people are bothering use a false name when they book in for an illicit weekend .