Example sentences of "[adv] come [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did that for half an hour and he only came round for a short time . |
| 2 | I think she 's probably just come out for a quick stroll , we wo n't spend our time over that at the moment , hello |
| 3 | They all just came back for a regular routine follow up , just a little bit late . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They were told a carefully graduated series of lies : first that their mother was staying in hospital for a while , then that she might not come home for a long time , and finally that she might never come back . |
| 7 | instead of just going , you should of said oh I just come up for a few days |
| 8 | Gladys wo n't ever come back for a little girl will it ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't come here for a boozy evening . ’ |
| 11 | so I thought you were going to cos you did n't come back for a long time . |
| 12 | ‘ If Steve does n't come back for a few days I 'll probably have to go into Palma and see the airlines and the tourist board myself . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Then we would probably have a mandatory defence , which we would not duck , and then come back for a third defence against Bruno . ’ |