Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] in for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally other teachers who wanted to take " a cautious look " were brought in for specific purposes . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Kitingan , who described the election results as " heartening " , was sworn in for another term as Chief Minister on July 18 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The leading bunch was led in for second place by Jacek Mickiewicz of Poland with another Australian , Grant Rice , third . |
| 8 | 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 . |