Example sentences of "in for the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 She booked herself in for the works as she put it — a facial and full-body massage .
2 There are no hotel bills , they chip in for the petrol and food and everybody 's happy . ’
3 Well I have to go now or I shall be roped in for the sacrifice and I do n't like getting my hands dirty .
4 It has the speed , the stamina and the ability to think as it moves in for the kill and needs to out-think a twisting and turning rabbit .
5 I think we said to you on Friday erm both me and Roger actually said that he he went into er he went in for the kill and he c he came out with slaughter
6 Mr Hallam said he slid in for the tackle and they ended up with their legs tangled .
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 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 .
9 All right then well thank you Simon that 's a broad thank you and and thank you very much for your money as well a hundred and fifty quid he gave that 's loads of dosh er to come in for the day as well and I 'm going to take you out for a a nice lunch in a bit when he can wonder around have a poke around everywhere this afternoon too so should be all right should n't it that ?
10 Just go in for the day till their parents go to work I think .
11 Gary Lund raced in for the rebound but Marker turned the ball round the post .
12 ‘ RCA were all into getting Mary Hopkin in for the video and everything .
13 And also to those innocent victims of this jape who might even have put their cars in for the test and discovered the garage is no longer the soft option it was once reputed to be !
14 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 .
15 The poor creep out of alleyways while the rich put the BMW in for the night and hit the rich over the head and steal the tyres .
16 The wh he said in fact it 's just come in for the programme or something has n't it .
17 Who were going in for the exam and I were n't allowed to help them .
18 His Nan always gets lollies in for the kids and they came in more than useful this time . ’
19 We were cooking for ourselves so we settled in for the evening and made ourselves comfortable .
20 It may be that the poll tax was used as a pretext for anarchists , militants and other left-wing Labour Party fellow travellers to encourage riots and civil disorder , but many joined in for the kicks and cared little about the issue .
21 I do n't know whether you 'll think I 'm boasting but that is n't the case , but I never ever regretted it and it a great deal of respect for me , you know and I could see that and did appreciate it and I know the people appreciated it just the same and erm it 's gone on from then till now but about , I retired in seventy-three , I was sixty-five and I said I 'd only do what anybody wanted for me , cos they had me in for the tax and I never ever heard twenty-one I think it was or thirty-one in come and I 'd go before I could satisfy them at Walsall but er I 'd got , not got enough money to be taxed in the bank , which was true .
22 The detachable top ring needs to be set at such a pressure as to stay in for the cast but detach on the strike or more accurately the wind-down .
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