Example sentences of "have come [adv] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the Green Paper has come in for a variety of criticisms and there is little evidence that its recommendations will be acted upon in the short- or medium-term . |
| 2 | JACQUES Delors has come in for a lot of flak for the collapse of the Gatt world trade talks . |
| 3 | The prince has come in for a lot of criticism from the UN and the West for spending most of the past few months in China . |
| 4 | Pam has come down for a day of shopping , bringing along our adopted younger sister Kath . |
| 5 | Rubie 's Choice appeared to blow up at Marks Tey and should have come on for the race , while Zoe Turner , on her home track , can choose between As You Were and Royal Sting . |
| 6 | Quick Reaction finished well clear of Bigsun at High Easter , but the latter will have come on for the race , while Shimshek bypassed Ascot on Wednesday and must have every chance here . |
| 7 | If she was so genteel , she would n't have come here for the pittance she 's paid . |
| 8 | They are cared for by the shepherds , who would once have come up for the summer along with the animals , and slept in their traditional , bleak little cabins ; nowadays , they are for the most part motorized and can commute genteelly to the livestock from their homes below . |
| 9 | She sat at the table and painstakingly wrote down the sums of money that should have come in for the work already done . |
| 10 | Take that form literally and there is only one winner on Saturday as Bonanza Boy is bound to have come on for the outing . |
| 11 | ‘ And I suppose you 've come home for a day or two 's holiday ? |
| 12 | I 've come in for the polish |
| 13 | They toasted Keith and me ( Keith had come up for the day to join in ) and bought us a slow cooker for our new home . |
| 14 | He had come in for a book of stamps , and when he had got it he joined Breeze , who was waiting on the Green . |
| 15 | If the literary establishment had thought to compare notes they would have realized that every male aura on and off Fleet Street had come in for a bashing . |
| 16 | It had come in for the attack . |
| 17 | Toby had come back for the moment . |
| 18 | Now , as they left the shuttle lounge at Heathrow , mixed in with the commuters and shoppers who had come down for the day , Adam saw the tail . |
| 19 | The smile had come out for the landlord , and disappeared when he had left the room . |
| 20 | Stewart Pearce the captain 's come forward for the kick taken by Black . |