Example sentences of "[vb pp] in for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | UB may be pencilled in for a show in the King 's Hall on January |
| 2 | However , the Green Paper has come in for a variety of criticisms and there is little evidence that its recommendations will be acted upon in the short- or medium-term . |
| 3 | Dates have just come in for a series of Ovation guitar clinics , with Ian Aitken : Wed Oct 14th , Picton Music , Swansea ; Thu 15th , Cranes Music , Cardiff ; Mon 26th , Oasis Music , Ringwood , Hants ; Tues 27th , Soundpad , Barnstaple ; Thu 29th , Avalon Music , Sevenoaks ; Wed 11th Nov , Music Inn , Nottingham ; Thu 12th , Musical Exchange , Birmingham ; Fri 13th , Foulds of Derby ; Wed 18th , Rose Morris Music Store , London . |
| 4 | If the literary establishment had thought to compare notes they would have realized that every male aura on and off Fleet Street had come in for a bashing . |
| 5 | He had come in for a book of stamps , and when he had got it he joined Breeze , who was waiting on the Green . |
| 6 | The successful receptionist models could be used to devise special training to enable CAB receptionists to ascertain the depth of a problem ; they could serve the dual function of assessing which clients have just come in for a form or a local address and they could make appointments for others in person or by telephone and smooth the queue . |
| 7 | JACQUES Delors has come in for a lot of flak for the collapse of the Gatt world trade talks . |
| 8 | The prince has come in for a lot of criticism from the UN and the West for spending most of the past few months in China . |
| 9 | I 'll have booked in for a course in Bristol starting in September — an art course , no one cares what art students look like — or drama maybe . |
| 10 | She said she could n't stay , that she had just dropped in for a minute . |
| 11 | Now the old-fashioned , strong hessian is wonderful for keeping you warm and dry and John always sported three sacks — one round his waist , another over his shoulders , and the third with the corner pushed in for a hood over his head . |
| 12 | After that , it too was turned in for a Qualcast with loppy handles and collapsible wheels . |
| 13 | His clothes clung to his tall , slender frame , though they were slightly mussed after being slept in for a week . |
| 14 | Monaru was bought in for a course record of 11,500 gns after winning the Carlsberg Selling Hurdle but Pipe had no complaints and said : ‘ People do n't have to run in sellers if they do n't want to . |
| 15 | Evans said they should get Jack Nicholson for the role and he was invited in for a try-out . |
| 16 | I 'll wager the Young Pretender was invited in for a Grolsch on his way back from a cave . |
| 17 | Do I get invited in for a coffee or what ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ People were very friendly and we were invited in for a number of cups of tea during our stay , ’ PC Mardon said . |
| 19 | Duncan was dug in at the bottom of the orchard and had called in for a chat on his way from Brigade H.Q He was very interested in bagpipe music , having served with the Gordon Highlanders before joining the Commandos . |
| 20 | A twenty year old man has been called in for a chat with an inspector . |
| 21 | They 'd laid in for a siege with dozens of eggs , cans of luncheon meat , and tea . |
| 22 | We 've already seen how carefully planned customer flow can encourage the shopper to leave with a loaded basket when she had only popped in for a loaf of bread or a pint of milk . |
| 23 | And as often as you tell yourself she 's not your type , that you do n't like blondes , your taste tends towards the browns , even redheads but not blondes , no ; and what 's more , her face is round , but you do n't like round faces ; and you 've always gone in for a bit of shape and she 's flat as a pancake . |
| 24 | Then they 'd gone in for a look . |
| 25 | As you may already realise , once again the Almeida has gone in for a lot of posh posturing got up as a drama of social consciousness . |
| 26 | Well , we 've done that , as we said we would and of course , in a business such as Pearson , which is a people business er , although we regularly monitor employment statistics , such as total employ total number of employees er , revenue per employee , cost per employee , profit per employee , there are times when we have to take er , difficult decisions and er , so we 've gone in for a lot of redundancy , which we 'll see in , in er during the next slide or two . |
| 27 | He was taken in for a moment , and believed her . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm sure she was n't taken in for a moment about — about me . ’ |
| 29 | Almost every word has been put in for a purpose and needs to be commented upon . |
| 30 | well drove out and turned , her bumper caught Mick 's wing and right up against the wheel so imagine to pull it out to drive it and the driver said oh wo n't claim on the insurance she said , erm , I 'll pay it , get three estimates and let me have them and Mick said it 's gon na be about three hundred quid , well if it had gone through the insurance he could then have put in for a hire car |