Example sentences of "was [verb] in for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cops worked shifts , but I was booked in for the run . |
| 2 | After that , it too was turned in for a Qualcast with loppy handles and collapsible wheels . |
| 3 | Monaru was bought in for a course record of 11,500 gns after winning the Carlsberg Selling Hurdle but Pipe had no complaints and said : ‘ People do n't have to run in sellers if they do n't want to . |
| 4 | He said he was going in for the Spot the Talent competition at the Easter Fete . |
| 5 | Afraid she might doze off if she gave in to temptation and lay down on the bed , she sat down instead on the room 's only chair , and picked up a book , absorbing not a single word as she waited for the sounds that would mean he was turning in for the night . |
| 6 | Evans said they should get Jack Nicholson for the role and he was invited in for a try-out . |
| 7 | I 'll wager the Young Pretender was invited in for a Grolsch on his way back from a cave . |
| 8 | And he was moving in my direction , although I did n't know he was coming in for a photograph . |
| 9 | Raimondo , the designer , was frantic ; an oil-rich sheikh was coming in for a private showing with his wives . |
| 10 | Hissene Habre , President since 1982 , was sworn in for a further seven-year presidential term on Dec. 22 , 1989 , after endorsement by a referendum on Dec. 10 ( see p. 37114 ) . |
| 11 | On March 5 Sharad Pawar was sworn in for a further term as Congress ( I ) Chief Minister . |
| 12 | 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 ] . |
| 13 | The Congress ( I ) Chief Minister , Pratap Singh Rane , who had been acting in a caretaker capacity after the legislative elections , was sworn in for a third term as Chief Minister . |
| 14 | Following the narrow victory of the Dominica Freedom Party ( DFP ) in the general election of May 28 [ see pp. 37448-49 ] , Eugenia Charles was sworn in for a third consecutive five-year term as Prime Minister and in early June announced sweeping changes to her Cabinet . |
| 15 | Habré arranged elections and was sworn in for a further seven-year presidential term on Dec. 22 , 1989 , but was overthrown on Dec , 1 , 1990 , by rebel forces from the east under the leadership of his one-time military commander Idriss Déby , leader of the Patriotic Salvation Movement ( MPS ) [ see p. 37907 ] . |
| 16 | Jyoti Basu was sworn in for a fourth term as Chief Minister on June 29 at the head of a CPI(M)-led government . |
| 17 | Congress ( I ) retained control of the State Assembly in Arunachal Pradesh in elections held in February 1990 , and Agong Apang was sworn in for a fourth term as Chief Minister in March [ see pp. 37245 ] . |
| 18 | The CPI(M) was returned to power in State Assembly elections held in May 1991 ; Jyoti Basu was sworn in for a fourth term as Chief Minister in June [ see p. 38287 ] . |
| 19 | Congress ( I ) retained power in Maharashtra in the State Assembly elections in February 1990 and Sharad Pawar was sworn in for a further term as Chief Minister [ see p. 37245 ] . |
| 20 | President Hafez al-Assad was sworn in for a fourth term in office on March 12 . |
| 21 | Eventually , on Feb. 23 , a non-Congress ( I ) government was sworn in for the first time in 10 years . |
| 22 | He was closing in for the kill . |
| 23 | This is a hybrid case in Banbury erm the opting out legislation was brought in for a specific purpose . |
| 24 | He was taken in for a moment , and believed her . |
| 25 | As I left the next shift was settling in for the day , writing up diaries , reading novels and brewing up endless cups of tea . |
| 26 | He expected to be there for only three or four days , but he was kept in for a fortnight . |
| 27 | Actually , before he moved away , he , he gave up his designing job and he was working in for a bit . |
| 28 | Her poor academic record was traded in for the sharpest of wits , her gaucherie for poise . |