Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] in for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bed was made , but did n't seem to have been slept in for some time , although there was a folded pair of pyjamas under the pillow . |
| 2 | Present employment law restricts the effect of such a covenant in a service agreement , but if inserted in the subscription and shareholders ' agreement , it is more likely to be enforceable. ( 3 ) The service agreement will be for a fixed term so that the managers are locked in for that period . |
| 3 | Nor is government policy in general biased towards increasing competition : it often has the reverse effect because policies are brought in for other reasons than promoting allocative efficiency , as discussed later in the chapter . |
| 4 | Only one copy of Section 1 needs to be filled in , but ideally separate copies of Sections 2 , 3 and 4 should be filled in for each course taught in the appropriate field . |
| 5 | two small seats for children are fitted in the back , and an adult , sitting sideways , could be packed in for short trips … |
| 6 | NEW faces are certain to be brought in for this summer 's Ashes series after England 's winter humiliation was completed by defeat against Sri Lanka in Colombo yesterday . |
| 7 | He might be brought in for periodic boosters or to help when the problem is in the degree of difficulty and intensity not experienced before . |
| 8 | The gaol was at its busiest during the 1840s , when labourers on the Buckingham railway line were continually being hauled in for petty crime and drunkeness ; a spell in one of the cells was guaranteed to sober them up . |
| 9 | Occasionally other teachers who wanted to take " a cautious look " were brought in for specific purposes . |
| 10 | ‘ Being brought in for big games without any warning is something I 'm used to . |
| 11 | ‘ Being brought in for big games without any warning is something I 'm used to . |
| 12 | But meanwhile , the hospital workers had been dug in for another kind of long war which ca n't be won the miners ' way . |
| 13 | Mr Beveridge told my colleague Bryan Rostron : ‘ I think from time to time one is brought in for overseas work in parts of the world where the old English system of justice still applies . |
| 14 | Not that she intended accepting any favours from him , but she knew he was booked in for two nights , which gave her time to return his hospitality if she could not manipulate tonight into a Dutch treat . |
| 15 | The 46-year-old Exeter manager was drafted in for last month 's win over France at Wembley as the England manager cast around for a successor to the disgraced Steve Harrison . |
| 16 | Kitingan , who described the election results as " heartening " , was sworn in for another term as Chief Minister on July 18 . |
| 17 | It 's just that there are some things the mind-set is not adjusted to and I was tuned in for bracing winds , long place names and snatches of Tom Jones . |
| 18 | Erm , and it 's been quickly Christianized with just two little lectures at the beginning of two chapters to Christianize so it was popped in for new testament and it 's the nearest we can get to teaching . |
| 19 | The leading bunch was led in for second place by Jacek Mickiewicz of Poland with another Australian , Grant Rice , third . |
| 20 | The narrowing down of this primitive trade-route took place , perhaps in stages , in Saxon and early medieval times as more and more land was taken in for arable cultivation . |