Example sentences of "[noun] come in [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | For a drainage level to come in at this depth would have required some 600 ft. of tunnelling and of course , since the art of blasting was not yet introduced , it would have been a protracted and costly operation . |
2 | Overseas aid came in from many quarters ( including South Africa ) ; the landlocked Zambians brought in health officials from all their neighbours to try to limit the spread of the disease , which nevertheless struck Malawi . |
3 | When agricultural improvers visited Sussex in the war years they had little favourable to say about the situation in general and the Weald came in for wholesale condemnation , although there was some disagreement about the details . |
4 | Greville Starkey 's riding of the horse came in for fierce criticism , but he made no mistake in Dancing Brave 's next race , drawing right away from Triptych to win the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park . |
5 | The drifters came in to both piers and on a Saturday night , the village was a busy place . |
6 | The top-placed battery car came in at eighth place . |
7 | — STRESSHOLME Golf Club came in for high praise yesterday after staging the Mizuno Tournament a major event for assistant professionals . |
8 | Not surprisingly the concept of dominant ideology came in for some discussion . |
9 | They had held back at Milfield on the Till , biding their time , until their scouts came in with exact information of the movement of the Scots army . |
10 | Kravchenko came in for fierce criticism at the seventh congress of the USSR Journalists ' Union held on Feb. 5-7 , over the return of political censorship of state television , as witnessed recently in the withdrawal of the Vzglyad documentary series and the return by the flagship news programme Vremya to official propaganda and exhortation . |
11 | This Bobby did , and was cautiously treating himself to oysters at the bar when Minton came in with some sailors and bade him join them . |
12 | The Sinclair Spectrum came in for particular criticism . |
13 | Kate Armstrong came in with another tray of coffee . |
14 | When , at last , the deep adit came in below these workings , and connection was made with the deepening shafts , ore from that source was brought out in ever increasing amounts until the Paddy End Mill was closed down . |
15 | He pressed a button on his desk , and an exceedingly attractive girl came in with two cups of coffee . |
16 | The intensified aerial bombardment and resulting civilian casualties came in for strong criticism , with all the opposition groups in parliament ( hitherto supportive of military action against the LTTE ) subscribing to a statement which described it as an inhuman action against the people . |
17 | Small flocks coming in from all directions joined the first arrivals until many thousands were stretched out in long parallel black lines . |
18 | There 's a pause while a young constable comes in with some tea ; the man at the door gets his cup , and McDunn and I sip ours . |
19 | As the protest grew , the troops came in with automatic weapons , armoured vehicles and teargas . |
20 | Patterned Fair Isle yoke pullovers came in at this time , then polo necks . |
21 | Lloyds , Midland and NatWest came in for most criticism overall , while Abbey National , the Co-op Bank , FirstDirect , the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Yorkshire Bank came out best . |
22 | Lloyds , Midland and NatWest came in for most criticism overall , while Abbey National , the Co-op Bank , FirstDirect , the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Yorkshire Bank came out best for overall satisfaction . |
23 | All kinds of difficult questions began to be asked and in the early heady days of the women 's movement the body came in for close scrutiny . |
24 | Once the Iraqis had pulled out , Kuwaiti vigilantes began combing the city for any Iraqi soldiers still hiding in the ruins and for anyone known or thought to have collaborated with the enemy , with Palestinians coming in for particular attention . |
25 | Farming comes in for much criticism , largely it appears because farmers have responded to the need to make a livelihood from the land by producing more primary commodities using industrial techniques . |
26 | The Ulster Unionists came in for particular criticism , being accused of sacrificing the province 's interests in Europe for the prospect of holding the balance of power at Westminster . |
27 | Stories came in of fresh controversies and skirmishes between the Desmonds and the Ormondes , and Maurice Fitzgerald began making overtures to Spain in the hope that King Philip might agree to support Ireland and throw out the English , once and for all . |
28 | She was just trying to think what she could say to bring John back to the subject of the library and its workings when Shirley came in with two cups of tea . |
29 | He continued with his tour of inspection , in which every knot , cleat and screw came in for daily scrutiny . |
30 | Erm I most of the tapes that I 've had in the past have been recorded mono , erm and I 've needed a little doohickey to turn the erm output into mono as well cos it 's awfully off-putting spending seven and a half hours with the stuff coming in through one ear only . |