Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] in for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Basic computer keyboard skills have to be there — we would n't want to go the lengths of having to train them on that — but training on our specialist software means bringing them in for a week and we 'll probably bring them in every three months to keep updating them . ’ |
| 2 | I had this idea they had booked me in for a Caesarean because I 'm small , but had n't told me . |
| 3 | She thanked him and waited while David invited him in for a cup of tea . |
| 4 | You invited him in for a glass of sherry to ask him if you could borrow his bicycle , and I came too . ’ |
| 5 | Wistaria Cottage was n't worth much and in any case he had talked at one point of trading it in for an annuity . |
| 6 | put me in for a lovely red for me . |
| 7 | Of course , this may lead them to run onto the rotted wood , which will give way and let them in for a long fall … |
| 8 | I 'm sorry , Ellie ; I let you in for a hard time , did n't I ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ That person is here again , Miss Grenfell , she says she has slippers for you , shall I show her in for the fitting ? ’ |
| 10 | I 've put the belt in for when he 's bad and I 've sewn him in for the winter . |
| 11 | Why did n't he take that with him and put it in for a minute , for god 's sake . |
| 12 | " He asked you in for a drink without asking me ? " |
| 13 | they might keep you in for a longer rest |
| 14 | That 's why we 'll keep her in for a week or so , for tests , but our consultant is very pleased with her — and very optimistic . |
| 15 | But if we do n't get a good response to this I might stick it in for the day in The Post . |
| 16 | ‘ You have rather got it in for the doctor , have n't you ? ’ said Henry easily . |
| 17 | There was er she said , Blue Peter , and they should have put it in because they 've got it in for the kids . |
| 18 | I 'm breaking them in for a horse . |
| 19 | Nero sends his luv and wants to put you in for the chariot racing next time . |
| 20 | A week or two before the Board Meeting at which the Pub Catering proposals are due to be considered , John Watson calls you in for a talk . |
| 21 | If they 're afraid , get 'em in for the minimum . |
| 22 | Once we had sat together in that ‘ condemned ’ gallery until evening , and the sacristan , not knowing we were there , had nearly locked us in for the night . |
| 23 | ‘ The least you could do is invite me in for a coffee . ’ |
| 24 | And er Betty called me in for a cup of coffee but and I was there , I think , for over two hours . |
| 25 | Er , you would n't call them in for the petty things . |
| 26 | The Graduate Enterprise Programme can change that by helping you jump each hurdle , rather than letting you in for the high jump . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd invite you in for a chat , ’ said Joe , ‘ but I 'm just about to go out . |
| 28 | Well she she used to drink tea when she if I ever well I did n't invite her in for a coffee do , well I did n't to begin with did I ? |
| 29 | " I think it would be safer to keep him in for a bit longer . " |
| 30 | ‘ I think , ’ the policeman was saying , ‘ I 'd better take her in for a little talk . ’ |