Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] in for " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village eight cops moved in for another raid on a gay bar . |
| 2 | The Righteous Brothers popped in for a swifty , as did Twin Peaks star Sherilyn Fenn . |
| 3 | The Righteous Brothers popped in for a swifty , as did Twin Peaks star Sherilyn Fenn . |
| 4 | British Rail comes in for a fair bit of stick from travellers who would heartily support the loud speaker announcement heard by Philip White . |
| 5 | Some branches go in for quite lavish posters , some make do with local draughtsmanship . |
| 6 | The game itself is an interesting mix of platform hopping and hand-to-hand combat , with a few subgames thrown in for good measure . |
| 7 | That would be a qualitative prejudicial judgment , the kind of judgment that social Darwinists went in for . |
| 8 | There was a ‘ Refuge Rota ’ pinned by the house telephone , with six different names filled in for different times in the week . |
| 9 | I see arts students ' timetables , an English student comes in for two hours a week , and he 's home for the rest of the time . |
| 10 | The immunity of Swiss companies to unfriendly or foreign takeovers came in for a pounding in 1988 after Nestlé took over Rowntree , a British confectioner , causing noisy British complaints about the lack of reciprocal opportunities . |
| 11 | She gave me another form to fill in for housing benefit . |
| 12 | More than 50 adults arrested and 140 children taken in for questioning after raids across France on outlawed Children of God sect which preaches free love for all ages . |
| 13 | Mrs Putt might want a stall cleared out and fresh straw put in for some company she 's expecting , or she 'll want me to hitch up a carriage so she can go visiting . |
| 14 | Most houses had their windows barred as standard ; wealthier householders went in for burglar alarms . |
| 15 | If the Ketterings had wanted another family to stand in for them , it could only be for recognition by someone they wished to avoid or who might be a danger to them . |
| 16 | ‘ He always said he would n't stand in my way if a bigger club came in for me . |
| 17 | ( They disport themselves to accommodate the next piece of mime , which consists of the PLAYER himself exhibiting an excitable anguish ( choreographed , stylized ) leading to an impassioned scene with the QUEEN ( cf. " The Closet Scene " , Shakespeare Act III , scene iv ) and a very stylized reconstruction of a POLONIUS figure being stabbed behind the arras ( the murdered KING to stand in for POLONIUS ) while the PLAYER himself continues his breathless commentary for the benefit of ROS and GUIL . ) |
| 18 | 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 ? |
| 19 | It is likely to be introduced next Tuesday with a second reading pencilled in for 22 March . |
| 20 | But the 28-year-old Heinzer hung in for second place and another Austrian veteran , Peter Wirnsberger , for third . |
| 21 | A fox on the run , seconds before the leading hound moves in for the kill . |
| 22 | ‘ Three weeks sitting in for the regular breakfast show jock on a commercial station there , while he takes over your show here . |
| 23 | Blue Cross staff say they do still want to see sick or injured animals brought in for treatment . |
| 24 | Anderton struck twice in three minutes in the first half to stun 20,000 fans allowed in for nothing for a game marking Sunderland 's new status as a city . |
| 25 | She moved to Tonight , The Nine O'Clock News and The Six O'Clock News before leaving current affairs to stand in for Wogan . |
| 26 | Well I mean all men go in for these model things . |
| 27 | The Prime Minister came in for strong criticism from opposition leaders but insisted only single party government by Fianna Fail could work for Ireland . |
| 28 | Surprise Wirral date for Duchess TIRED FERGIE FLIES IN FOR HOMES VISIT |
| 29 | The decision was held to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Soviet Presidium on 20 November and the Baltic republics came in for severe criticism from other delegates at the Supreme Soviet session on 1 December which passed the constitutional amendments into law . |
| 30 | And , imagine all that loose change brought in for the gambling machines bouncing high like metal sparks . |