Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [verb] in for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Typically , Gedge has since gone in for his usual strict self-criticism . |
| 2 | If Gazza is back in the Lazio team then he has potentially two more fixtures before England 's game against Norway and that provides us with an opportunity to take a look at him in competitive football , something he has not played in for nearly two years . ’ |
| 3 | The arts community has always gone in for manic attention-seeking , of course — the oxygen of publicity ( to borrow a phrase ) being crucial to its survival . |
| 4 | Mr Gonzalez has also come in for criticism from within his own party . |
| 5 | Mr Gonzalez has also come in for criticism from within his own party . |
| 6 | I 've trained her , but she has n't gone in for the exams . |
| 7 | None of the European resorts has yet gone in for the wholesale investment in snow-making which we see in the United States , mainly because the capital outlay is enormous and the running costs extremely high . |
| 8 | ‘ Diana is an Uptown girl who has never gone in for downtown men , ’ observes Rory Scott . |
| 9 | Almost two thirds of the £6.75 billion worth of tax increases already pencilled in for 1994-95 will fall on personal incomes , only a third will be fall on spending . |
| 10 | The royal family does not go in for oratory , so the policy is evident mostly in endless American- and British-made videos on television , boasting of Saudi Arabia 's military and industrial prowess . |
| 11 | The Old Testament does not go in for saints . |
| 12 | Genesis does not go in for saints ( though Joseph will , perhaps , approach that status ) . |
| 13 | Given Hoving 's long-standing jealousy of John Walsh , a former curator in the European paintings department who is now the director of the J. Paul Getty Museum , it is surprising that Walsh does not come in for more snide brickbats than a conversation Hoving cites with Getty , where the eccentric billionaire asks him if he would become the director of his museum . |
| 14 | Again , the vice chancellor is nominally a deputy to the chancellor , but in reality is the chief academic and administrative officer of a university , in charge of its day-to-day running ( though he or she does also stand in for the chancellor on ceremonial occasions ) . |
| 15 | Enya does n't go in for intellectual analysis of her music much , but when I tell her these first reactions to her heart- breakingly beautiful new album , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ , she lights up with a certain delighted relief that two years of studio work seems to be hitting the right target . |
| 16 | Besides , the KGB does n't go in for assassinations these days . ’ |
| 17 | You know he does n't go in for a lot of heavy discussion about things . ’ |
| 18 | He 's , he 's already come in for one form put it , he 's obviously filled one form in , he came up and he said can I have an application form for that job in the window , so I gave him one and he went , oh well I 've just filled one in . |
| 19 | The wh he said in fact it 's just come in for the programme or something has n't it . |