Example sentences of "[vb -s] [not/n't] [verb] in for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | I 've trained her , but she has n't gone in for the exams . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Old Testament does not go in for saints . |
| 5 | Genesis does not go in for saints ( though Joseph will , perhaps , approach that status ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Besides , the KGB does n't go in for assassinations these days . ’ |
| 9 | You know he does n't go in for a lot of heavy discussion about things . ’ |