Example sentences of "in for [art] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friends came in for a drink and a snack and kept on coming and going for the rest of the day , which was useful as well as friendly because they brought their appetites with them , and most of the refreshments were disposed of . |
| 2 | Neighbours would come in for a drink and boxes of chocolates and handkerchiefs would be exchanged . |
| 3 | Almost every word has been put in for a purpose and needs to be commented upon . |
| 4 | So sometimes the sisters would , would really sort of get it in for a nurse and she 'd and they could make your life very unpleasant indeed . |
| 5 | ‘ Last Tuesday Nellie , my wife , had to go to hospital and they kept her in for a day and a night for eye tests . |
| 6 | We were , yes , cos that 's when I went on to the crane driving in for a crane and got it you see , that 's why I finished up as a crane driver until I went stevedoring . |
| 7 | ‘ Basic computer keyboard skills have to be there — we would n't want to go the lengths of having to train them on that — but training on our specialist software means bringing them in for a week and we 'll probably bring them in every three months to keep updating them . ’ |
| 8 | If Daddy was home , she 'd invite him in for a coffee and a clean-up . |
| 9 | Cos Rita swears she 's been , I mean I was out with her once and we went in for a coffee and we finished , right , and we 're ready to go and I nearly said to her I hate it after you 've finished and Jackie lights up and then I have to sit there while she has a fag |
| 10 | You had certain of them that knew where you could slip in — you could slip in for a smoke and a cup of tea , so long as you were n't caught . |
| 11 | Moments later , Town were in trouble again , when Viveash dived in for a challenge and gave away a penalty ; an expensive tackle , as Mark Pembridge slammed home the kick , which Fraser Digby almost saved . |
| 12 | and somebody said it was because since the stockmarket flopped people drew out and put the money in building societies , building societies were bursting at the seams , did n't want to , and banks as well , did n't know what to do with all this money , so , somebody went in for a loan and asked for fifty thousand and come out with a hundred thousand , they could n't get it out , give it to people , a lot , a lot of people that really er were n't safe gambles |
| 13 | Come in for a moment and meet Mr and Mrs Johnson . |
| 14 | I said that I would come in for every match and sit in the library and deal with questions and enquiries — there was no point in simply having it supervised by a steward who might know nothing about books or history . ’ |
| 15 | There are no hotel bills , they chip in for the petrol and food and everybody 's happy . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | Mr Hallam said he slid in for the tackle and they ended up with their legs tangled . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ RCA were all into getting Mary Hopkin in for the video and everything . |
| 23 | 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 ! |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Who were going in for the exam and I were n't allowed to help them . |
| 27 | His Nan always gets lollies in for the kids and they came in more than useful this time . ’ |
| 28 | We were cooking for ourselves so we settled in for the evening and made ourselves comfortable . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |