Example sentences of "[vb infin] in for the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 You gon na go in for the rounders ?
2 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 ) .
3 However , as the Office seem to have decided otherwise , let's get in for the report . ’
4 ‘ If the murder rate speeds up , ’ said Milton , ‘ perhaps you might put in for the job yourself . ’
5 Oh Kelly 's coming is n't she to see about I think Tracy 's got ta put in for the exam has n't she ?
6 Well Miss rang me up about twenty to nine and said could I come in for the day and I said you 've had it for the day though consider the afternoon .
7 And the other one , seeing as it was like September October , getting cold , my mum said well the bed 's empty , you might as well come in for the winter and stay here .
8 Cosmas 's body is laid out and his poor brother will come in for the death vigil .
9 Although tankers did not come in for the attention they received in the 1980s , on 25 January Platt 's carried an account of an attack on an Iraqi tanker by US aircraft .
10 Demographic circumstances around that time tend to have substantial effects on the type and quality of housing which many people will live in for the rest of their lifetimes .
11 and after you 've gorged yourself on all the fun and nightlife that Benitses has to offer , you can turn in for the night and leave it all behind .
12 ‘ I thought I 'd turn in for the night . ’
13 Orrell 's basic requirement is to go on winning for three more games because if they do not , either Northampton or Bath , each with a match to play after today , will nip in for the prize , just as Wasps did on the final day of the 1990 league season .
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