Example sentences of "in for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't just wake up one morning and say ‘ Oh gee , I ca n't get in for a facial — I might as well have a baby ’ . ’ |
| 2 | Peter Tomlinson , inexperienced in television terms , had been brought in for a key " anchor " role and I could appreciate the excessive pressure on him . |
| 3 | Thus we are in for a prolonged battle to win over public opinion . |
| 4 | The end point can vary between the parent just giving in for a peaceful life , the whole event fizzling out with the child still not having done what was asked or the parent having smacked the child and walked away . |
| 5 | ‘ We had just played two games in three days , so I had the players in for a hot bath and a massage before taking them for a couple of pints of Guinness . |
| 6 | We had just played two games in three days , so I had the players in for a hot bath and a massage before taking them for a couple of pints of Guinness . |
| 7 | Went in for a hot chocolate and that was it we did n't |
| 8 | If you ask me said Mrs Bird as she invited every one in for a hot mince pies fresh from the oven that 's the nicest start to a Christmas day any one can possibly wish for but then she added and with general agreement with a bear like Paddington about the house life is always full of surprises . |
| 9 | You know you 're in for a rough ride just by gawping at their photos for this package which show Knight hunched up against some slum wall and Blake glowering in true Exorcist 2 style from within a storm of locusts . |
| 10 | We 're in for a rough time , Marcus . |
| 11 | His father , however , preferred that Farrar went in for a professional career , and Farrar was articled to a firm of architects and surveyors in Northampton , becoming a Fellow of the Geographical Society . |
| 12 | Tony Underwood raced in for a 70 metre try in Leicester 's 30-14 win at London Irish . |
| 13 | We went in for a closer look . |
| 14 | Boats from Bodrum quayside do the same thing , though it 's difficult to tell if you 're letting yourself in for a one way job , or a round trip including a meal at some distant restaurant ! |
| 15 | He told them they were in for a terrific all singing , all dancing , all laughing evening in the company of a galaxy of West End stars , and he informed them , after a bow to the front row where the CO and his wife sat among the senior officers of the Battalion : |
| 16 | There are fears that Wall Street , which this week hit a peak , is in for a torrid time in the next few weeks . |
| 17 | Robert Meaby , whose brother Brian and the Eastbourne captain had been on the wrong end of a five and four beating in the bottom match , had with Christopher Walker already enjoyed a fair share of excitement , halving the shorter length with a birdie putt after Shrewsbury had chipped in for a two . |
| 18 | Tough win SUNDERLAND North voters could be in for a liberal dose of confusion : as well as Vic Halom ( Liberal Democrat ) candidates include Win Lundgren , representing the Liberal Party . ’ |
| 19 | Still , I should be coming in for a tidy sum of compensation . |
| 20 | ‘ Right from the credits sequence , with a double becoming a triple screen we know we 're in for a goody . |
| 21 | Whitton 's second , in the 38th minute , must have warned the crowd nearly 1,000 below the Recreation Ground 's 5,000 capacity that they were in for a dispiriting night . |
| 22 | From the moment you step in to the cool , colonial atmosphere of Sunwing 's reception with its cane and luxurious pastel furniture you know you 're in for a real treat . |
| 23 | The first outsiders were in for a real treat . |
| 24 | PARISHIONERS and visitors to the Church of St John the Evangelist on Belfast 's Malone Road are in for a real treat next month . |
| 25 | Djohar , 72 , who was sworn in for a six-year term on March 20 , was a former President of the Supreme Court and had served as interim President since the assassination of President Ahmed Abdallah Abderrahman in November 1989 [ see p. 37033 ] . |
| 26 | Connie buzzed them in for a joyous greeting from Hurley , Colonel John Sasser , the Defense attaché , and one of Buck Revell 's FBI team , but there was n't much time for celebration because Hamadan was wanted elsewhere for debriefing . |
| 27 | Have the courage to show the world who you really are and you may be in for a pleasant surprise . |
| 28 | You 'll be in for a pleasant surprise . |
| 29 | But experts say the Worcester treasure hunter may still be in for a pleasant suprise . |
| 30 | And this is , I mean , what they 're asking , actually to be fair to them they 've put in for a thousand pound against three . |