Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] in for [art] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 If I may broaden it away from erm the Cardinal Newman School and think probably of a lot of East Sussex Comprehensive Schools , I think we have all been , in the schools , in the last few years , working hard to establish this openness , and I think that the closed concept of the school , the school that locks children out at break or locks children out at dinner time , which only allows parents to come in for a phoney Open Day when there are a few children there , they are things largely , I think , of the past and they are the closed society .
3 Andy had n't meant any more than his pressing need to stay in for a few weeks till he had made more headway with his revision .
4 You need the permission of the owner to go in for a title search so you 'd have to know the owner first .
5 Send the form to your local social security office , and you 'll be sent claim form BW 1 to be completed in order to receive the book of orders to cash in for the widow 's allowance .
6 Even so , it was not unusual for friends and kinsmen to drop in for a few minutes , an hour , to see the news or a comedy .
7 Eva said it had taken to wait a month to get in for a Saturday night .
8 I wo n't wait for the card , for the bill to come in for the card .
9 If you participate in a mock interview programme you will be given an application form to fill in for the kind of job that might be available through the Compact .
10 The National Lottery will be the enemy of proper planning in all areas ; it will encourage short-term thinking , and it will be the perfect excuse for the Treasury to go in for the kind of sleight-of-hand just described .
11 It suggests to me a little remarked aspect of dress and fashion : the ability of well chosen , beautiful garments to stand in for the body .
12 She had asked Elizabeth and Dr Wyn to come in for a drink that evening .
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