Example sentences of "[vb past] in for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Dejala , ’ they yelled as she rode in for the big swipe and missed it . |
| 2 | Despite the arrival of Pow and Currey ( who filled in for the absent Kolar ) , 'Mere continued to be driven back in the scrums . |
| 3 | The problems do n't end there ; Kingsley Black had one of his best games for Northern Ireland in Tirana , when he came in for the injured Michael Hughes . |
| 4 | When she came in for the second time her throat was like looking at a plate full of strawberries and cream — red enlarged tonsils with a coating of puss . |
| 5 | ‘ Greed came in for the first time . |
| 6 | The next report came in for the 3rd goal , and again said ‘ Leeds are beginning to get back into the match , but Norwich have scored a 3rd ’ … all other reports/comments just mention the goals . |
| 7 | Shane Warne , whose solitary wicket of the series had cost him 228 runs , was rested , while Tom Moody came in for the out-of-form Mark Waugh . |
| 8 | When the programme 's ratings dipped immediately after the November revamp , Focus came in for the heaviest criticism . |
| 9 | Cy left the cast and Michael came in for the last two weeks of rehearsals . |
| 10 | The research by Yorkshire TV paid off last Sunday when 18 million tuned in for the first episode of A Touch of Frost . |
| 11 | Wroughton airfield near Swindon was the busiest in the world this weekend , as more than fifteen hundred aircraft flew in for the largest rally of its kind outside the United States . |
| 12 | The world fell in for the hard-working TV star and his family as he drove home alone after an engagement opening a carpet store in the Midlands . |
| 13 | Like Marx , William 's grandad went in for the broad dialectic of history and was n't too fussy about the fine print . |
| 14 | If you look at the people who went in for the Olympic Games , right up to the Second World War , erm you would call them amateurs . |
| 15 | While Baldwin 's succession to Bonar Law in 1923 has been almost overdiscussed , practically no attention has been given to the way in which he slipped in for the third time in 1935 . |