Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [adv] for a [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 | Matt has asked particularly for a device which can be interfaced with a computer so I have searched through my data library in order to find a short-list of suitable devices . |
| 6 | BOXER Michael Watson has gone home for a family Christmas to help with his recovery . |
| 7 | As you may already realise , once again the Almeida has gone in for a lot of posh posturing got up as a drama of social consciousness . |
| 8 | The Government allowed users a price cap as a transitional measure , but it has run only for a year , until March 1991 . |
| 9 | Cleveland Ambulance NHS Trust has signed up for a Department of Health initiative which encourages healthy living for all staff . |
| 10 | Dad 's gone up for a bath . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ He 's gone away for a while . ’ |
| 12 | He 's gone out for a while . |
| 13 | Now let's keep reminding you about the time situation , sixty five minutes gone , Shrewsbury have another twenty five minutes in which to hang on here , it 's Shrewsbury three , Blackburn Rovers two , it 's gon na be a nervous evening here for the normally placid Shropshire folk at as that ball is headed forward by and here 's , again in field to , clipped forward for Mike , here comes advancing towards the edge of the penalty area , he 's got ta try and get past the brick wall of , and it 's now who tries to release down the right hand side , he 's got ta get past , he does so , he gets the ball across and that one is cleared importantly by only as far as who tries to hook it back in and that the ball would n't reach him and it would n't reach either and it 's gone out for a goal kick to Shrewsbury . |
| 14 | Had a very , very good over from Bill Tufnell there , it 's always a bit tricky when you come on to bowl and it 's turning and it 's a long day ahead and you , you 're expected to get hissed and you expect to get hissed , and you can get very impatient when they do n't come , but he 's got one now , he 's got , now he 's bowled well all morning now , he 's bowled almost for an hour , but he 's got that one wicket and he , that over was full of confidence , he tossed one up , misjudged the length and got into a bit of a tangle and then he bowled a quicker one which tried to cut , he then misjudged the pace and he could off nick it to the , a very , very good over and he 's bowling with , with great confidence at the moment . |