Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] in [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless , manufacturers are still not pushing the business benefits of technology to any great extent — some 80% of those questioned said that bidding vendors had never formally evaluated what they should invest in from a strategic point of view . |
| 2 | All the same she did n't see why she should give in without a fight . |
| 3 | ‘ Of course , I never thought I 'd have a coach as good as Mr O'Dell , but he kindly suggested I should call in on a Saturday afternoon , while the pub was shut … . ’ |
| 4 | if I won bigger money , I should go in for a new house , which would be built to our own idea , so that we could get a bigger scullery … . |
| 5 | Says yeah alright I says we 'll call in for an hour . |
| 6 | Do you think I might come in for a few minutes and talk to you about Matilda ? ’ |
| 7 | Well they 'll put in for a transfer . |
| 8 | ‘ You 'll come in for a moment , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 9 | And then after oh , after a few weeks she said I 'll come in for a cup of tea . |
| 10 | Said oh that 's alright , we 've got some friends coming down this weekend , we 'll come in for a bar snack . |
| 11 | In a more complex case I might sit in on a discussion within a committee but begin to consider that it is not moving in a direction that suits me . |
| 12 | He had thought that he might slip in for a quick snack that would keep body and soul together before he went back to his room to brood about the situation that he had handled so badly . |
| 13 | She says yeah she says I 'll pop in for a quick cuppa . |
| 14 | But he could cash in with a lucrative return against the 24-year-old German early next year . |
| 15 | You could fit in in a number of ways . |
| 16 | A Midlands source said last night : ‘ Forest could move in with a £1m plus bid . ’ |
| 17 | She told me she did n't eat lunch any more as it had become a bourgeois meal , but I could call in for a cup of de-caff and con her into whatever it was I wanted . |
| 18 | If they were going along trying to open shop doors , they could go in as a suspected person loitering but it was n't looked upon very favourably by the courts . |
| 19 | So he asked me if I 'd go in for a couple of weeks until he got something sorted out you know . |
| 20 | I said they did and offered to leave the door on the latch so he could sneak in for a bit of a warm . |
| 21 | Oh I see they 'd put in for a new pair and sell the old pair ? |
| 22 | He was a very nice man and said we could come in for a chat . |
| 23 | Well , she 's still not really conscious , but he could come in for a minute , could n't he ? ’ |
| 24 | I do n't exclude myself from myself , but I I I 'd give him a nine and I I 'd come in at a seven I think . |
| 25 | Though before she could get in with a quick plea for an interview , Vendelin Gajdusek revealed that he had not for a moment forgotten the way in which the Dobermann had attached himself to her ankle , by decreeing , ‘ You 'd better come into the house and have some antiseptic put on that wound . ’ |
| 26 | I mean i i if you could get in for a penny a week that was alright because when things got better you could build on a penny a week , you see ? |
| 27 | In the middle of the window was a shiny red car you could sit in with a driver 's wheel you could turn and a horn you could peep . |
| 28 | You had certain of them that knew where you could slip in — you could slip in for a smoke and a cup of tea , so long as you were n't caught . |
| 29 | I 've got to go listen it 's been lovely t talk to talk talking to you if you could pop in with a bottle of I wanted to try the new Beaujo If anybody 's got it and they come over , just ring the ring the door bell . |
| 30 | We used to come in for a fair amount of ribbing and good-natured chaff , and remarks like , Was it a red sky this morning ? |