Example sentences of "come [adv] for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While it has come in for a certain amount of criticism , it has also attracted much praise , especially from industry . |
| 2 | Understandably , this presumption has come in for a great deal of criticism . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | Sixty miles they used to come over for a good evening at those and maybe two principles |
| 7 | She said : ‘ Try and persuade him to come home for a special tea . |
| 8 | I think she 's probably just come out for a quick stroll , we wo n't spend our time over that at the moment , hello |
| 9 | The plane came down for a smooth landing amid the radar gear . |
| 10 | The paths of two lives , or three to be exact , came together for a little while and then separated . |
| 11 | Some thirty graduates of the degree came together for an excellent meal in University House , followed by an informal update from one of the joint organisers of the reunion , Keith Moffitt , on the whereabouts of those who had been unable to attend . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | This meant that the married women left at home came in for a large share of the work about the croft . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He went out and Sisteradmission-ward came in for a short while , and we reconstructed the story . |
| 17 | I came over for a short visit when my parents first moved here … ’ |
| 18 | At the end of September Violet came home for a long weekend and Perdita was so bloody-minded that in despair Daisy escaped to Harvest Festival for an hour of peace . |
| 19 | They all just came back for a regular routine follow up , just a little bit late . |
| 20 | Juul was undefeated by an opponent in his four scheduled rides although in heat 13 when he came out for an extra race he was disqualified for unfair riding when bringing down Donny Odom and Steve Regeling . |
| 21 | She did that for half an hour and he only came round for a short time . |
| 22 | Not because she could n't lose weight but because she enjoyed coming along for a weekly work-out session and it helped to keep her weight in check . |
| 23 | Still , I should be coming in for a tidy sum of compensation . |
| 24 | Raimondo , the designer , was frantic ; an oil-rich sheikh was coming in for a private showing with his wives . |
| 25 | The gayer , shorter girls would come on for a general dance to the Gavotte . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , I 'll come along for a little while to the bonfire , but do n't accept for me later . |
| 27 | They were told a carefully graduated series of lies : first that their mother was staying in hospital for a while , then that she might not come home for a long time , and finally that she might never come back . |
| 28 | so I thought you were going to cos you did n't come back for a long time . |
| 29 | Gladys wo n't ever come back for a little girl will it ? |
| 30 | Our lawyer took the idea to the court , and the judge altered the terms of Rickie 's bail to let him come here for a therapeutic cruise . |