Example sentences of "[v-ing] in for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A respectable attempt at comic characterization , its undiminished contrivance ultimately mars the simplicity of It Only Takes a Moment , already performed as a send-up of movie love balladry , with townspeople and extras wandering in for the chorus . ’ |
| 2 | Reveille for the remainder was at 0600 , as the transit camp we had been living in for the fortnight had to be handed over to the next inhabitants spick and span . |
| 3 | Advance orders are said to be pouring in for the LP Portrait and single Blue Days . |
| 4 | A predator dashing in for the kill has no time to assess the minute details of the eyes to detect whether they are real or false . |
| 5 | Langer racing in for the kill |
| 6 | ‘ Are n't you going in for the Swimming Gala ? ’ |
| 7 | Who were going in for the exam and I were n't allowed to help them . |
| 8 | He said he was going in for the Spot the Talent competition at the Easter Fete . |
| 9 | When Frank heard that Michael thought of going in for the prize on this set book he was indignant and sent a message to Michael , ‘ Who in his senses would read a book by a bishop ? ’ |
| 10 | Before turning in for the night I telephoned Fred Workman to say I would be back at my desk by mid-morning and would be covering the visit of Mr Gladstone Murray to our city , his meetings and his broadcast speech , for the next day 's evening edition . |
| 11 | Afraid she might doze off if she gave in to temptation and lay down on the bed , she sat down instead on the room 's only chair , and picked up a book , absorbing not a single word as she waited for the sounds that would mean he was turning in for the night . |
| 12 | Turning in for the night . |
| 13 | He was heading for the North Sea coast , which he would cross near Terschelling then follow for a while before turning in for the approach to Aalborg . |
| 14 | can we put can we put problem solving in for the moment ? |
| 15 | And er I do do n't know which day it was but she was sitting there fed up second day I 'm thinking she said well I , I 'm going home tomorrow , so I said no you 're staying in for the week ! |
| 16 | Now the old man 's moving in for the kill , thought Paul Lane , with an anticipatory flash of excitement . |
| 17 | The wolf had cornered his prey and was now moving in for the kill . |
| 18 | He probably worked on all his victims this way — softening them up , earning their trust and then moving in for the kill . |
| 19 | The idea was that the police would wait until they had incontrovertible evidence before moving in for the arrest , but Branson and Draper had barely sat down with the Clarkes before some forty policemen swarmed through the door , knocking over tables and chairs and arresting the two brothers . |
| 20 | When zooming in for the kill , or performing a lightning strike , they ignore the tail end of the body and aim straight for the eyes . |
| 21 | She was only joining in for the sake of the others because Murder in the Dark is more fun with five than with four . |
| 22 | Cos that Australian said er get many more ruddy red ants in here he said , we 'll need to start chipping in for the coffee ! |
| 23 | He was closing in for the kill . |
| 24 | A hunting shark closing in for the kill homes in on the body electricity given off by its victim . |
| 25 | This kick is especially useful when a fighter has been knocked to the ground and his opponent is closing in for the kill , although in training it is learned from a standing position . |
| 26 | She could just imagine him closing in for the kill . |
| 27 | What I find though , erm , becau my , because we got so much stuff coming in for the shop anyway , like the lettuce or the fruit and veg , my parents don , you know , like most people go , yo your mother probably goes , how many , how often does she make a shopping trip ? |
| 28 | The chief academic and administrative officer of a Scottish university , he or she is usually styled ‘ principal and vice chancellor ’ , the latter title used when standing in for the chancellor on ceremonial occasions . |
| 29 | The you so pointedly admonished is the addressee of the poem , Torquatus , a representative Roman , fictionally standing in for the reader at large . |
| 30 | Simon had of ten seen him here , at this time of night , standing in for the owner , who had nipped across to the pub for a pie and a pint . |