Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] in for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , as the striker moved in for the kill , the defender retrieved the situation with a splendid recovery tackle . |
| 2 | In 1952 it adopted the practice of permitting deputies to stand in for the ministers : the deputies soon became permanent features , attending to all business except that deemed to be symbolically important . |
| 3 | More than 40 antique and warbird aircraft flew in for the auction which coincided with the National Championship Air Races . |
| 4 | Around 40 antique and warbird aircraft flew in for the auction , which co-incided with the annual Reno Air Races . |
| 5 | Wroughton airfield near Swindon was the busiest in the world this weekend , as more than fifteen hundred aircraft flew in for the largest rally of its kind outside the United States . |
| 6 | The court room at the Old Bailey was hushed dock went in for the jury to return for their verdict . |
| 7 | Back in the good old days , you could manage your practice with nothing more complicated or technologically advanced than a pen , paper and adding machine , with a manual typewriter thrown in for the real forward thinkers . |
| 8 | The route has now taken a bit of hammering with a Yugoslav bagging the third ascent and Sean Myles and Andy Pollitt steaming in for the fourth and fifth ascents soon afterwards . |
| 9 | Shane Warne , whose solitary wicket of the series had cost him 228 runs , was rested , while Tom Moody came in for the out-of-form Mark Waugh . |
| 10 | Secondly , the championship itself was especially rich in first-class drivers : Ferrari , his chief rivals , had Niki Lauda and Clay Regazzoni as its main drivers ( with Reutemann filling in for the grievously injured Lauda at Monza ) , and Lauda , far more than Hunt , was at the very peak of his form , the peak of Lauda 's form being , together with Alain Prost 's , the summit of racing artistry . |
| 11 | The Spartans offence then fumbled the ball and seconds later running back Eric Okatu went in for the Tornadoes ' second T.D . |
| 12 | A fox on the run , seconds before the leading hound moves in for the kill . |
| 13 | As the snake closes in for the kill , its mouth sensors guide it with deadly accuracy . |
| 14 | ‘ Greed came in for the first time . |
| 15 | When the programme 's ratings dipped immediately after the November revamp , Focus came in for the heaviest criticism . |
| 16 | Headlines like RAPIST OF 16 WAS LIKE A VULTURE GOING IN FOR THE KILL and TOMBSTONE RAPIST LIKE A VULTURE ? couple of popular dailies , but the first was from The Times and the second from the Sun . |
| 17 | And in the 72nd minute Distillery keeper Collins pawed the ball away on the goal-line as Gardiner raced in for the kill . |
| 18 | ‘ Three weeks sitting in for the regular breakfast show jock on a commercial station there , while he takes over your show here . |
| 19 | Darren Jackson comes in for the suspended Mike Ford … |
| 20 | He was hustled away by some of the extra police officers drafted in for the case . |
| 21 | Gary Lund raced in for the rebound but Marker turned the ball round the post . |
| 22 | What I find though , erm , becau my , because we got so much stuff coming in for the shop anyway , like the lettuce or the fruit and veg , my parents don , you know , like most people go , yo your mother probably goes , how many , how often does she make a shopping trip ? |
| 23 | Later on the warbirds wing in for the big show . |
| 24 | In Roman art or in an 18th century Temple of Worthies ( such as the one at Stowe ) the rules of rhetoric might be invoked to argue that the bust functions as synecdoche , the head standing in for the whole physical and active domain of the body . |
| 25 | Alistair , Wendy and Anna come in for the worst of it . |
| 26 | Stella and Geoffrey stood in for the ‘ lost boys ’ . |
| 27 | His art emerges as the product of the extreme poverty of his early years when sex was cheaper than food and where the circus stood in for the corrida . |
| 28 | An advance group of undergraduates moved in for the Michaelmas Term . |
| 29 | Gifts poured in for the youngster . |
| 30 | But they were unable to make it to the Lincolnshire course and leading northern jockey Peter Niven stepped in for the ride . |