Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] in for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Typically , Gedge has since gone in for his usual strict self-criticism . |
| 2 | The arts community has always gone in for manic attention-seeking , of course — the oxygen of publicity ( to borrow a phrase ) being crucial to its survival . |
| 3 | Mr Gonzalez has also come in for criticism from within his own party . |
| 4 | Mr Gonzalez has also come in for criticism from within his own party . |
| 5 | None of the European resorts has yet gone in for the wholesale investment in snow-making which we see in the United States , mainly because the capital outlay is enormous and the running costs extremely high . |
| 6 | ‘ Diana is an Uptown girl who has never gone in for downtown men , ’ observes Rory Scott . |
| 7 | I 've only popped in for a few minutes . |
| 8 | Diana seemed distressed , rushing around in a distracted way — oblivious , it seemed to me , of the work we had all put in for her brother 's wedding . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He was lonely and broke and had already barged in for the loan of a cupful of Quaker oats . |
| 11 | They 've just come in for ninety three . |
| 12 | She said she could n't stay , that she had just dropped in for a minute . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | We do within P Way Design , which is probably the best office I 've ever worked in for that . |
| 15 | Proud and pleased to be playing opposite Frank Donovan who had once stood in for Hayden Coffin . |
| 16 | Incidentally , it does n't include the disposal of Smithmark We 've also er we 've also gone in for other cost reduction exercises , for instance at er Dalton with a review of warehousing and distribution er , we should save about a million pounds in a full year and we 've been ramming home to our chief executives the need for annual payroll reviews to be geared to the profitability of the company rather than t rather than to the rate of inflation er , or even , er in , even the market place . |
| 17 | Well you see and I 've also put in for a job for the the marina at Northampton which is another mental home . |
| 18 | The UAE , one of the states indicted by Iraq in 1990 , had previously come in for criticism without any members finding it necessary to resort to violence to obtain redress . |
| 19 | I 've actually put in for twenty thousand pounds ' worth of grants at this point , however , let's see whether I 'm fortunate to achieve that . |
| 20 | He 's , he 's already come in for one form put it , he 's obviously filled one form in , he came up and he said can I have an application form for that job in the window , so I gave him one and he went , oh well I 've just filled one in . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The wh he said in fact it 's just come in for the programme or something has n't it . |
| 24 | ‘ I take it then that you have also come in for your share of press flights of fancy ? ’ |
| 25 | The police have also come in for critisism — for not providing enough officers . |