Example sentences of "[noun sg] have come in [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | This beggar had come in to the fitting shop , corner at the back corner , where he should n't have been . |
3 | Nevertheless , Sun has come in for no small amount of criticism in pursuing what is often strictly an ‘ invented here ’ approach to technology solutions , at the expense of making some pragmatic marketing decisions . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | It would be a superior tramp to have come in with a key . |
6 | An elderly female novelist had come in at a quarter to six and Penelope had found herself trying to explain why her latest novel had not been reviewed in the Sunday Telegraph , why it had not been advertised more widely , why copies had not been displayed on the bookstall of a friend 's local station , why it had not yet been reprinted . |
7 | The train had come in from the sidings and stood in the station , warm and pulsing , its engines reattached , the horses and grooms on board and fresh foods and ice loaded . |
8 | All the lights are up and cold air has come in with the officials . |
9 | But one of them is a copy-editor , I think that is what he is called , and he told me that he thought the item had come in from a friend of Leila 's . ’ |
10 | Just before airtime , a story had come in on a drug bust : space was hastily made for this . |
11 | Understandably , this presumption has come in for a great deal of criticism . |