Example sentences of "[noun prp] come in [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 Kate Armstrong came in with another tray of coffee .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 The legacy of Descartes comes in for further scrutiny in Joanna Hodge 's paper , which examines the concept of ‘ the subject ’ which philosophy has inherited from Descartes .
9 Just then Parker came in with more coffee .
10 Tufnell 's sixteenth over , there you 've just pushed it out and a number er Lewis coming in from backward point .
11 Samuel Whitbread came in for special praise ; he was ‘ essentially useful to all with whom he is in any way connected , resolute and firm … of energetic character … ’ .
12 ‘ I finished in 55 minutes and 40 seconds and Tim came in at 59 minutes .
13 Ilse came in at that moment .
14 Jenny came in with some flowers from the garden which she set in small posy bowls down the centre and James took the pink lustre candlesticks from the mantelpiece and set them among the flowers .
15 On average a fifth of the sulphur in London and 45 per cent of that in Lincoln and York comes in from rural power stations .
16 Like Marshall in the previous Test , Paul Terry came in at Old Trafford in plaster to help a team-mate reach his century .
17 He turned away impatiently and Jules came in at that moment , bringing coffee on a silver tray , and the conversation had to end , to Jenna 's great relief .
18 Besides China in second place , India comes in at fifth place in the league , and Mexico and Brazil are also both bigger than Canada , currently the G7 's seventh man .
19 He 's got his five fielders there , four on the leg side at the moment , so saved , er long leg as well , bowls this one and that again he thrust forward that front pad and DaSilva , and Stewart comes in from mid wicket to field it .
20 Arne comes in from next door first thing and last thing and fills the hob for me , and I 'm grateful for the extra comfort . ’
21 Transfer-listed Thomas comes in at left back as Dicks starts a three-match match ban following his red card for elbowing Franz Carr at Newcastle last month .
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