Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] in for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Young Mrs M. looked shocked at the thought , so she waited outside , while I sprinted in for a quick glimpse at Bishop Stock 's former domain . |
| 2 | ‘ I came in for a lot of criticism but I know in my heart that the good things I did there were very conveniently swept under the carpet at the time . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I came in for a lot of adulation during my racing days — groupies . |
| 4 | We sailed into a murky , airless dawn veiled by the thin drizzle of a Scotch Mist , and I turned in for a few hours . |
| 5 | I popped in for a short while to the Scottish Gallery in Cork Street , to see the most recent sculptures by Gerald Laing . |
| 6 | I settled in for a relaxed , warm overview on the world high up in the comfy cab . |
| 7 | I mean , I ended up staying a month at some bloke 's house after I went in for a pack of strings ! |
| 8 | So I went in for a scholarship with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts . |
| 9 | ‘ I had a cartilage operation three and a half years ago , and I went in for a tackle just before Christmas and damaged it again . |
| 10 | I went in for a tackle with Brian Mooney and I came off worse because I broke my right leg . |
| 11 | While I 'm digging that garden she used to go out roll in the trench what I 'd dug and soon as I went in for a drink she was in there before me ! |
| 12 | ‘ I nipped in for a look . |
| 13 | She went in for a drink one time , she liked a few drinks around midday , she used to say it helped the long hot afternoons slide by , ’ and Nathan smiled to himself , because he could hear her saying it . |
| 14 | We went in for a closer look . |
| 15 | Cos Rita swears she 's been , I mean I was out with her once and we went in for a coffee and we finished , right , and we 're ready to go and I nearly said to her I hate it after you 've finished and Jackie lights up and then I have to sit there while she has a fag |
| 16 | We stayed in for a week |
| 17 | The cloth for their suits was cord ( corduroy ) , as I 've told you ; but sometimes they went in for a suit of heavy tweed — staple tweed it was called ; and at that time they made it as hard as a board . |
| 18 | He came in for a chat the other day and said , oh how you getting on ? |
| 19 | PUPILS at a Middlesbrough school welcomed the Bishop of Whitby into their classrooms when he called in for a day 's visit . |