Example sentences of "come in [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We turned our ponies and galloped back to the Legation , where we learnt that news had just come in of a great victory for the Shoan army . |
| 2 | While it has come in for a certain amount of criticism , it has also attracted much praise , especially from industry . |
| 3 | Understandably , this presumption has come in for a great deal of criticism . |
| 4 | It is hard to disappoint someone who may have come in as a last port of call when all other channels to sort out their problems seem closed . |
| 5 | But I quite see that you need someone to come in on a practical issue like what to do about his tenants . |
| 6 | And really I 'm going to start off and then Liz is going to come in on a particular aspect of this . |
| 7 | In terms of progressing or taking part in the discussion , can I suggest that if you want to come in on a particular item , you put your name board up like that , so that we can readily observe it er and equally , our friend who is looking after the microphones can make sure that the vol the volume of your microphone is turned up at the appropriate time . |
| 8 | and erm I used to do erm , keep a check on the flying times of the planes cos every forty hours they had to come in for a different check . |
| 9 | He never wrote entirely admiring reviews : ‘ It 's the essence of a book never to be perfect , ’ he said , ‘ so its writer must expect to come in for a little criticism . ’ |
| 10 | We used to come in for a fair amount of ribbing and good-natured chaff , and remarks like , Was it a red sky this morning ? |
| 11 | She said politely , ‘ Would you like to come in for a last drink ? ’ |
| 12 | I came in as a young teacher , enthusiastic , full of new ideas but you soon find that the old attitudes rub off on you , and so you end up thinking , ‘ Oh , why am I doing this ? |
| 13 | It was often her task to carry it up to the little sitting-room , followed by Mary from the village , who came in as a daily maid , bearing a silver jug of hot water and matches to light all the lamps . |
| 14 | I thought you said there 'd be no problem if I came in on a six-month permit ? ’ |
| 15 | He came in with a long stride , with head erect , and calm authoritative eyes . |
| 16 | One day Aileen came in with a black eye . |
| 17 | Owners , whose holiday brands include Sovereign , Enterprise and Falcon , had sought an alliance with German-owned Thomas Cook to cement its position in the competitive UK market , but fast-growing and highly-profitable Airtours came in with a rival bid to spark off weeks of rhetoric and activity which finally ended yesterday . |
| 18 | The sea came in with a weightless rush and trickled between dry rocks . |
| 19 | But when no-one came in with a firm bid Beck sent a video compilation of all Dublin 's goals to every First Division club . |
| 20 | ‘ I came in with a bad knee and it just started getting worse , ’ the 13th-seeded Lendl said . |
| 21 | There was another one came in with a little bit of a strain yesterday morning , so what 've done this morning , we 've just had a collective training session and we 've told them to report at quarter to eleven in the morning . |
| 22 | Lio ! rt came in for a second run , but slower this time to allow for the big man 's unexpected agility . |
| 23 | After four weeks every group had interviewed four of the original subjects , plus others who came in for a single session , and they had all accumulated a great amount of material . |
| 24 | This meant that the married women left at home came in for a large share of the work about the croft . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | He went out and Sisteradmission-ward came in for a short while , and we reconstructed the story . |
| 28 | He landed and stared down at me and at the blood of my broken wing , his terrible beak opening just a little with the pleasure of what he saw ; while I hung there , trying to watch all three at once and knowing that one of them would attack suddenly and then be gone as another came in from a different direction . |
| 29 | Still , I should be coming in for a tidy sum of compensation . |
| 30 | Raimondo , the designer , was frantic ; an oil-rich sheikh was coming in for a private showing with his wives . |