Example sentences of "[pers pn] in for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most varieties supplied by garden centres grow a little too large to make ideal houseplants if you just take them in for the winter , but many dwarf and miniature types are ideal for deep sunny windowsills . |
| 2 | Sat them in for the whole of the break and one group of her , hers I think . |
| 3 | I do n't know whether you 'll think I 'm boasting but that is n't the case , but I never ever regretted it and it a great deal of respect for me , you know and I could see that and did appreciate it and I know the people appreciated it just the same and erm it 's gone on from then till now but about , I retired in seventy-three , I was sixty-five and I said I 'd only do what anybody wanted for me , cos they had me in for the tax and I never ever heard twenty-one I think it was or thirty-one in come and I 'd go before I could satisfy them at Walsall but er I 'd got , not got enough money to be taxed in the bank , which was true . |
| 4 | By Sunday evening , though , I was getting back to myself and expected to be let out in a day or two but they kept me in for the week , giving me tests , including an electrocardiogram . ’ |
| 5 | Now then , I like the new look — ’ Sarella had had her hair cropped ‘ — and was thinking of putting you in for the ingénue , but I 'm having second thoughts . ’ |
| 6 | Nero sends his luv and wants to put you in for the chariot racing next time . |
| 7 | I 've put the belt in for when he 's bad and I 've sewn him in for the winter . |
| 8 | Probably because it was a way of roping him in for the future , Malcolm invited him down to a few rehearsals . |
| 9 | ‘ That person is here again , Miss Grenfell , she says she has slippers for you , shall I show her in for the fitting ? ’ |
| 10 | But if we do n't get a good response to this I might stick it in for the day in The Post . |
| 11 | The weather God had it in for the night patrol . |
| 12 | ‘ You have rather got it in for the doctor , have n't you ? ’ said Henry easily . |
| 13 | If they 're afraid , get 'em in for the minimum . |
| 14 | Once we had sat together in that ‘ condemned ’ gallery until evening , and the sacristan , not knowing we were there , had nearly locked us in for the night . |