Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] in for " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I got back I found the office was n't open until the next day , so I had to get a driver to break in for me . |
| 2 | Where we used to see an organ with its automated conductor and maybe a waterfall thrown in for good measure , we now have canned music and disc jockeys aping their favourites from radio or TV and hoping against hope that one day they too may be discovered . |
| 3 | It usually ended up as a slow jog with a buck thrown in for good measure . |
| 4 | Hankin added : ‘ If a bid came in for Prudhoe , or any other player , we would consider it . |
| 5 | The latest is he 's improving the prisons , and ’ — her head went back now and she laughed — ‘ he 's wanting a law brought in for heavy sentences for incest . |
| 6 | Headlines like RAPIST OF 16 WAS LIKE A VULTURE GOING IN FOR THE KILL and TOMBSTONE RAPIST LIKE A VULTURE ? couple of popular dailies , but the first was from The Times and the second from the Sun . |
| 7 | The IBOA has a 7% claim in for Northern Ireland Salaries from 1st March , 1993 to 28th February , 1994 . |
| 8 | Furthermore , even if a woman paid in for a full pension she had to pass the ‘ half test ’ ; that is , she had to work for at least half of her married life before she could count in her contributions both before and after marriage ( Groves , 1983 , pp. 45–7 ) . |
| 9 | Eva said it had taken to wait a month to get in for a Saturday night . |
| 10 | A psychiatrist called in for the defence , Dr Nicholas Rice , told Exeter Crown Court he believed Mr Harris to be so abnormal his responsibility at the time of the stabbing was diminished . |
| 11 | If you are lucky you might get a codex thrown in for a good measure for telecomms application . |
| 12 | My Noble Friend is absolutely right er it is a er essential that the erm hospital does have a good discharge policy that there are community facilities to support people once they leave hospital er and My Lords we know that with some of the new procedures that are now being introduced er that is possible and that when a patient comes in for treatment , a discharge policy is worked out almost immediately so that the support services can be given when the time comes for that person to leave . |
| 13 | ‘ Court proceedings could be long and drawn out , and how do you prove when a player went in for a tackle he did it with intent to harm his opponent ? |
| 14 | A predator dashing in for the kill has no time to assess the minute details of the eyes to detect whether they are real or false . |
| 15 | Most fieldwork is simply episodic , made by an outsider moving in for a period to assess observed social behaviour . |