Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] in for a " 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 | Why did n't he take that with him and put it in for a minute , for god 's sake . |
| 10 | " He asked you in for a drink without asking me ? " |
| 11 | they might keep you in for a longer rest |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I 'm breaking them in for a horse . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ The least you could do is invite me in for a coffee . ’ |
| 16 | And er Betty called me in for a cup of coffee but and I was there , I think , for over two hours . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd invite you in for a chat , ’ said Joe , ‘ but I 'm just about to go out . |
| 18 | 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 ? |
| 19 | " I think it would be safer to keep him in for a bit longer . " |
| 20 | ‘ I think , ’ the policeman was saying , ‘ I 'd better take her in for a little talk . ’ |
| 21 | " I 'll take her in — yes , why not — I 'll take her in for a small consideration . |
| 22 | If Daddy was home , she 'd invite him in for a coffee and a clean-up . |
| 23 | She looked alert and approachable , just the type of person we were looking for , so we asked her in for an interview . ’ |
| 24 | I asked him in for a break . |
| 25 | Connie buzzed them in for a joyous greeting from Hurley , Colonel John Sasser , the Defense attaché , and one of Buck Revell 's FBI team , but there was n't much time for celebration because Hamadan was wanted elsewhere for debriefing . |
| 26 | She measures out her guarded replies to him in neat , carefully checked words , as once she had suggested , from the top of the steps outside their front door , that Millie might like to invite me in for a few minutes . |
| 27 | Trade you in for a couple of camels , he 'd come home with a couple of camels |
| 28 | ‘ Last Tuesday Nellie , my wife , had to go to hospital and they kept her in for a day and a night for eye tests . |
| 29 | When I got home , I kept him in for a while , then , ashtray at the ready , let him loose for another try . |
| 30 | So they kept him in for a cat instead , but Jessie wanted a , then Jessie , she could 've just love a fluffy white , so . |