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

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31 This kick is especially useful when a fighter has been knocked to the ground and his opponent is closing in for the kill , although in training it is learned from a standing position .
32 Now the old man 's moving in for the kill , thought Paul Lane , with an anticipatory flash of excitement .
33 When I ran my spear in for the kill . ’
34 Her scream whirled across the waves like debris in a tornado ; she pelted over the sand and through the trees like a creature when hunters close in for the kill .
35 Sympathetic murmurs greet this delicate reference to her own spinsterhood , and the hunters then move in for the kill .
36 The wolf had cornered his prey and was now moving in for the kill .
37 Suddenly , as they arrowed in for the kill , the man-thing did something they had never experienced before in any hunted victim .
38 His unexpected action momentarily surprised them , but their canine brains instantly readjusted speed and timing of strike , as they arrowed in for the kill .
39 Laura smiled that silly sort of champagne smile that all men ( all right , some men ) look for before they move in for the kill .
40 Police refused to intervene as protesters attempted to drive their cars to the point on the Atlantic coast where conservationists yearly attempt to count the birds before the hunters move in for the kill .
41 He probably worked on all his victims this way — softening them up , earning their trust and then moving in for the kill .
42 She could just imagine him closing in for the kill .
43 They nearly blew it at the start of the second half too as Brighton closed in for the kill .
44 A fox on the run , seconds before the leading hound moves in for the kill .
45 And in the 72nd minute Distillery keeper Collins pawed the ball away on the goal-line as Gardiner raced in for the kill .
46 Langer racing in for the kill
47 But , as the striker moved in for the kill , the defender retrieved the situation with a splendid recovery tackle .
48 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
49 One of the things that I used to do was train and I know the feeling , I know the excitement , I know the adrenalin that pumps round the body , when you go in for the kill .
50 The Spartans offence then fumbled the ball and seconds later running back Eric Okatu went in for the Tornadoes ' second T.D .
51 We have high and growing unemployment , and under those policies that high unemployment is built in for the whole of the 1990s , along with recession and slow growth .
52 Sat them in for the whole of the break and one group of her , hers I think .
53 They are not necessarily the cheapest but can sometimes offer a package deal supplying all requirements from a single source with own stock and products bought in for the purpose .
54 brought in for the purpose .
55 In for the carnival ? ’
56 ‘ I 'll get some wood in for the stove , then .
57 In 1952 it adopted the practice of permitting deputies to stand in for the ministers : the deputies soon became permanent features , attending to all business except that deemed to be symbolically important .
58 Her mother goes in for the bingo .
59 An animal capable of symbolization can carry away from a situation an inner trace that stands in for the response it may make when it next encounters the situation .
60 Reveille for the remainder was at 0600 , as the transit camp we had been living in for the fortnight had to be handed over to the next inhabitants spick and span .
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