Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] in for [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Ken came in for coffee .
2 When Marcus came in for supper , two hours later , Daniel 's Mum was still talking , to Stephanie , who was in and out of the kitchen dishing up vegetables and making gravy , to her son , who moved his weight cautiously from time to time on a dining-room chair and frowned and frowned .
3 The IDA came in for attack the following day from residents ' associations in both Currabinny and Ringaskiddy .
4 They remembered with joy when Alberta Monterecchio went in for culotte suits in satin , velvet and even leather , just when the mini skirt was appearing .
5 And this Mr he was , he used to c he well he was collec calling f with Mr and he kept calling with me the same so I used to order my bulk in October to come in for Christmas goods .
6 There is nothing very new about it all Alf Ramsey was hounded out despite winning the World Cup , while Don Revie , Ron Greenwood and Bobby Robson came in for vilification but things do seem to be getting worse .
7 Yeltsin checks in for luxury
8 Golf : Calcavecchia digs in for consolation prize
9 The Belfry came in for criticism with some newspapers saying it was no place to stage a match of this importance .
10 Election ‘ 92 : Thatcher flies in for count
11 Fifty miles south-west of the railway line bomb , 13 Platoon of 6 UDR reported in for duty at 0600 ; they had been hoping for a quiet day , in order to catch up on some training .
12 An interesting sidelight on battlefront conditions came from his remarks that the Peshmerga brought in for attention mainly tended to be suffering from wounds to their limbs from weapons such as Kalashnikovs , since those who sustained head or body injuries generally failed to get as far as a field hospital .
13 Underwoods winging in for Test double
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