Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [adv prt] 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 Dr before we pass to other business , I would like to thank you very much indeed for all the work that the very small size panel on doctrine has carried out for the good of the assembly and the work of the church .
6 ‘ Look at the extraordinary cross-section of Fleet Street which has turned up for the launch . ’
7 It had not been lived in recently it had none of that slight warmth of humanity you find in a dwelling whose inhabitant has gone out for the day .
8 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 .
9 TIME has run out for the Angus family whose cottage stands in the way of a multi-million pound dual carriageway on the Dundee to Aberdeen road , writes James Rougvie .
10 The efforts that Sony has put in for the NEWS outside Japan would give NEC a flying start in the US and Europe should it decide to enter the international workstation market .
11 Cleveland Ambulance NHS Trust has signed up for a Department of Health initiative which encourages healthy living for all staff .
12 If the candidate seems settled in for the day stand up and help him/her with their coat , or begin to walk towards the door .
13 Dad 's gone up for a bath . ’
14 He 's gone out for a while .
15 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 .
16 I phoned Kevin , I 've got Kevin 's mum and dad 's phone number off Dave and phoned at home but he 's gone out for the day or something they said .
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