Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [vb pp] in for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's just that there are some things the mind-set is not adjusted to and I was tuned in for bracing winds , long place names and snatches of Tom Jones . |
| 2 | The cops worked shifts , but I was booked in for the run . |
| 3 | ‘ People were very friendly and we were invited in for a number of cups of tea during our stay , ’ PC Mardon said . |
| 4 | You hurry slowly in the Atlas : at the highest village we were taken in for tea again , by a sister of Ali 's . |
| 5 | Erm , and it 's been quickly Christianized with just two little lectures at the beginning of two chapters to Christianize so it was popped in for new testament and it 's the nearest we can get to teaching . |
| 6 | Evans said they should get Jack Nicholson for the role and he was invited in for a try-out . |
| 7 | He expected to be there for only three or four days , but he was kept in for a fortnight . |
| 8 | He was taken in for a moment , and believed her . |
| 9 | Not that she intended accepting any favours from him , but she knew he was booked in for two nights , which gave her time to return his hospitality if she could not manipulate tonight into a Dutch treat . |