Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [verb] in for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Orders are already pouring in for the American-made scarves and bandanas that heat up when a liquid-filled pad is microwaved is placed into a pouch . |
| 2 | I am bound to say My Lords that my own view is still that the size within the limits laid down by statute with a minimum of sixteen or eighteen and maximum of twenty-four would best be determined locally and if we 're not going in for a national police force , I still ca n't see what it has to do with the Secretary of State and why the Home Office should be settling the size of forty-three or so police authorities . |
| 3 | Occasionally linen , holland or cerecloth would have been specially bought in for this purpose rather than sacrificing a useful item of domestic furnishing in an age when linen of any appreciable width was a luxury and worthy of bequest ( 'There are 4 very fine smocks in your father 's little linen trunk and one of my four breadth Holland sheets for your own girl Peg … and I desire your father that he will not let any of my household linen be sold , but that it may go to you and your eldest son and I hope to his son too , only some of my broderies of my own making give to your sister . ' ) . |
| 4 | The needles are usually left in for about 15 minutes and are vibrated at intervals to achieve the required effect . |
| 5 | I also , er , we are also putting in for your community computing scheme , erm , realising that it will not only , if we get it , increase our own expertise and make us more efficient , which heaven knows , all organisations need to be , but will also be ab enable us to give advice to all the organisations we represent , and thus have an enormous ripple effect . |
| 6 | And er I thought well I wo n't really , and I probably did n't like losing anyway you know I I I was never a good loser I do n't think , and I thought no I sha n't get many votes and I 'll look silly I 'm not putting in for it . |
| 7 | And by the way , I have an appointment in the city around eleven , so I may not be back to stand in for the dinner breaks . |
| 8 | Instead of the dominant males moving in and taking over the females during the breeding period , they are simply allowed in for mating only and then driven out again . |
| 9 | There was always a long wait for an appointment , sometimes up to a month , and women were only kept in for 24 hours if it was a normal birth . |
| 10 | After dinner we continued to fiddle around with tackle and were joined by Mr. Ferguson and his son , Paul , who were also booked in for the same week . |
| 11 | We had been conducting the German youths on tours of our favourite places in the city — to the bullring , the restaurants , the bars , the River Tormes , the Casa de Santa Teresa , the Antiguo Colegio Mayor de Iriandeses , San Martin ( where we were nearly locked in for the night ) and to the conventual church of San Esteban . |
| 12 | The parents of one family were n't taken in for questioning at all that day , but Mrs W was . |
| 13 | Police marksmen were then drafted in for a 12 hour siege after he barricaded himself in . |
| 14 | Yeah , he 's not pulling in for me , he 's pulling in for himself I think actually . |
| 15 | He 's not going in for any pretending over a baby unless he comes in for a share of the cash , bloody ridiculous it is . |
| 16 | ‘ Good old Acapulco — someone 's always dropping in for lunch ’ |
| 17 | I mean that 's actually going in for Keagan ! |
| 18 | She was only joining in for the sake of the others because Murder in the Dark is more fun with five than with four . |
| 19 | ‘ Sorry , no , ’ Ellie said dismissively , and if Phena thought she was also coming in for a chat she was mistaken . |
| 20 | The wolf had cornered his prey and was now moving in for the kill . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm sure she was n't taken in for a moment about — about me . ’ |
| 22 | He was n't going in for the Eddie . |
| 23 | Ramesh K was then brought in for a few minutes . |