Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [verb] in for " in BNC.

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1 Some universities now have deputy or pro vice chancellors , who chair major committees and stand in for the vice chancellor .
2 But when Julian had some money left to him , they decided to pool their resources and go in for something far bigger .
3 OTHERS have preferred to select the right machine for the duty and ground conditions and hired in for the job .
4 At this time he developed a feeling for courses and put in for every course in sight .
5 Like those boys that come in for a single rose as if nobody 's ever done that before .
6 Do you think it would be a good idea if there were more women that went in for these areas ?
7 Nobody visited them in the evenings or dropped in for a chat during the day , except in the way of business — to sell wood to Uncle Philip or to arrange a booking for Francie and his fiddle .
8 Thereafter it monitors the quality of the incoming electrical supply , smoothing out peaks and troughs and cutting in for real if the power cuts out completely .
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