Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] in for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only got in for a few minutes as half the church was there . |
| 2 | We 've already seen how carefully planned customer flow can encourage the shopper to leave with a loaded basket when she had only popped in for a loaf of bread or a pint of milk . |
| 3 | I 've only popped in for a few minutes . |
| 4 | She said she could n't stay , that she had just dropped in for a minute . |
| 5 | The successful receptionist models could be used to devise special training to enable CAB receptionists to ascertain the depth of a problem ; they could serve the dual function of assessing which clients have just come in for a form or a local address and they could make appointments for others in person or by telephone and smooth the queue . |
| 6 | Dates have just come in for a series of Ovation guitar clinics , with Ian Aitken : Wed Oct 14th , Picton Music , Swansea ; Thu 15th , Cranes Music , Cardiff ; Mon 26th , Oasis Music , Ringwood , Hants ; Tues 27th , Soundpad , Barnstaple ; Thu 29th , Avalon Music , Sevenoaks ; Wed 11th Nov , Music Inn , Nottingham ; Thu 12th , Musical Exchange , Birmingham ; Fri 13th , Foulds of Derby ; Wed 18th , Rose Morris Music Store , London . |
| 7 | Specifically , in the case of Anthony Miers , the Royal Navy submariner who finally came in for a teeny bit of criticism over his methods of disposing of German seamen who rather inconveniently surrendered . |
| 8 | Just drop in for a cup of tea , |
| 9 | I am bound to say My Lords that my own view is still that the size within the limits laid down by statute with a minimum of sixteen or eighteen and maximum of twenty-four would best be determined locally and if we 're not going in for a national police force , I still ca n't see what it has to do with the Secretary of State and why the Home Office should be settling the size of forty-three or so police authorities . |
| 10 | And even if you just pop in for a welcome drink , look out for our Happy Days bar promotions . |
| 11 | So you would feel equally at home there with a group of friends on a night out or just popping in for a quiet drink and a chat . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Even when I arrived back at Thornfield , I did not go in for a while . |
| 14 | Ca n't think in the arts , in the art bit so I just I just go in for a coffee as well , yeah . |
| 15 | " I just looked in for a moment to see how you were getting on together . |
| 16 | At the present pace of progress in Brussels , similar changes throughout the EC may not come in for a dozen years or more , and British farmers fear that they will lose business while waiting for European competitors to catch up . |
| 17 | But even that may not help as the worker may be waylaid by those who have ‘ just come in for a form ’ or an address or have to collect their children from school in five minutes . |
| 18 | It 's different here , Léonie tried to explain : in our kitchen in London no one ever drops in for a chat . |
| 19 | And as often as you tell yourself she 's not your type , that you do n't like blondes , your taste tends towards the browns , even redheads but not blondes , no ; and what 's more , her face is round , but you do n't like round faces ; and you 've always gone in for a bit of shape and she 's flat as a pancake . |
| 20 | Caird also goes in for a few unnecessary stunts , such as having two of the ladies of the town played by men in drag . |
| 21 | Here and elsewhere , the police also came in for a fair amount of criticism — Punch portrayed London 's genial giants Gog and Magog dressed as policeman , defending themselves from the wrath of the respectable populace — and there were perfectly sound reasons for such discontent . |
| 22 | Every Thursday is given over to a drop-in day , which is open to the previous year 's group to come back or to any girl on home-teaching , and sometimes girls from three or four years back may also drop in for a chat or advice . |
| 23 | ‘ Sorry , no , ’ Ellie said dismissively , and if Phena thought she was also coming in for a chat she was mistaken . |
| 24 | Fibres also went in for a spot of acquisition , buying into the British texturizing industry to give downstream processing capability . |
| 25 | Well you see and I 've also put in for a job for the the marina at Northampton which is another mental home . |
| 26 | Might as well go in for a bit because . |
| 27 | You know he does n't go in for a lot of heavy discussion about things . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm sure she was n't taken in for a moment about — about me . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ 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 ’ . ’ |
| 30 | But quite clearly this is a more expensive use of beds in residential establishments , when people simply come in for a matter of days or week or two weeks , rather than coming in on a permanent basis . |