Example sentences of "[pron] in for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We may produce guidance to local authorities or call them in for private chats ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've 27 turned out at home and I could bring any of them in for all weather racing at any time . |
| 3 | You either let them in for two reasons . |
| 4 | We have been starved of second-hand cars because nobody was trading them in for new ones , but this should change that . ’ |
| 5 | To relax the feet totally , start by soaking them in for 20 minutes in some herbal bath salts . |
| 6 | While I sympathize with the caller from West Calder , I feel we pay poll tax as well to cover all these things but when I bought my house , my solicitor had me in for two hours and went through all my obligations under the title deeds part of was , that I had to pay one three hundredths of keeping the open areas clean and tidy plus grass cutting . |
| 7 | Noticing I was buying a new battery for my headtorch he grinned knowing and said : ‘ Oh-oh ’ Somebody in for another Hebbert epic ? ’ |
| 8 | DOWN 1 Do one in for equal wages ( 6 ) 2 Sprint up with lace undone in typical family ( 7 ) 3 Request he received from the British Empire ? ( 5 ) 4 Concentrating so in form for plans ( 10 ) 5 Queen that is raised for the country ( 4 ) 6 Peg holds this original drier ( 4–5 ) 7 Solvent with less substance ? ( 7 ) 8 Relative amount needed to be filthy , he said ( 6 ) 13 High fashion involving exercise with English lords ( 3,7 ) 15 Common sense about riot disorder and love of ill fame ( 9 ) 17 He went up to the city which went with the flow ( 7 ) 18 Fail to keep appointment with his comedy ? ( 5–2 ) 19 Prevents injection of energy for champion of prevention ( 6 ) 20 Keep alien in bad weather ( 6 ) 23 Make ten to five when you do it ( 5 ) 24 Strike one for chastity which he went Up the second time |
| 9 | This time the hospital kept him in for several weeks and his condition deteriorated until the Sunday morning the phone rang at 6.30 am and the words ‘ We think you should come to the hospital as soon as you can . ’ |
| 10 | so he said I 've had to , they 'd have to keep him in for ten days or more you know |
| 11 | And I rung for an ambulance and it came and we took her up and sat with her , and they kept her in for four days . |
| 12 | Her daughter , Gemma , had been left money for her school dinners and an elderly neighbour took her in for several days before social workers took her into care last week . |
| 13 | To have it in er Daily Post , The Post is the morning one The Echo 's the evening to have it in for one day in The Post and The Echo , how much ? |
| 14 | The controller mistakenly put it in for one hour ( we had n't crossed our seven as they do in French ) , which caused the authorities to send out a search-and-rescue helicopter for us . |
| 15 | Claudia stared at him blankly , unable to take it in for several minutes , and when she did she cried out and launched herself at him , her hands raised . |
| 16 | The public is being asked to believe that an ill-conceived government has it in for these companies . |
| 17 | I take it in for further research . |
| 18 | More than 36,000 Chinese people have turned themselves in for economic crimes during a 10-week grace period that ended last week . |
| 19 | It did n't take long for him to bounce back , however , and during the latter part of the 1970s and early 1980s he and Trevino put themselves in for further chances of Open glory . |
| 20 | After a brief lapse , Fate booked us in for more hardship . |