Example sentences of "come [adv prt] [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] " 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 | He had come in for a book of stamps , and when he had got it he joined Breeze , who was waiting on the Green . |
| 3 | JACQUES Delors has come in for a lot of flak for the collapse of the Gatt world trade talks . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're really down , are n't you ? – said Felix 's wife , who had come in with a jar of instant coffee and a jug of water no more than fairly hot , which increased Stephen 's worry that many things were falling behind . |
| 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 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | The puppy was probably encouraged to jump up when he was small and everyone thought it was quite fun , but now he is large , and has probably just come in from a swim in the pool and Aunty is standing there in her Sunday best . |
| 9 | Hello er , I 'm phoning on behalf of Mrs Ada er she 's got to come in for a scan on the fourth of February , nine o'clock , now we 've only just got back from the hospital today , cos she oh , she had to go today for one , yeah , and we 've just |
| 10 | He used to come in for a couple of drinks . |
| 11 | If you 'd care to come in for a cup of tea , now that you 've got out and everything , you 'd be most welcome . |
| 12 | Experience with rural advice in the north east area has shown that telephone advisers become skilled at solving basic problems over the phone and recognising those where the client needs to come in to a bureau for in-depth advice . |
| 13 | Ken , if we could er look at what 's actually happening out there to pensioners at the moment , I think of which we 're all very concerned , but there has been a small item of good news to balance against the concerns we have for those pensioners that are still suffering from uncertainty and that is some money has started to come in as a result of legal actions and settlements out of court . |
| 14 | Pam has come down for a day of shopping , bringing along our adopted younger sister Kath . |
| 15 | Emulating its action against Hirac Inc in the US , Sparc International , the evangelising supporters group for Sun Microsystems Inc 's RISC has come down like a ton of bricks on a small UK start-up trying to carve a living out of the Sparc-compatible space . |
| 16 | and go out and that , if you want to come down for a couple of days . |
| 17 | We 've still got the Children Act coming through , I know that may appear a bit odd , but that Act was in fact in nineteen eighty nine , but it 's come through in a sense on an incremental basis , and it 's accepted by the Department of Health and er , the S S I , that indeed , and the Audit Commission , that there are elements in the present settlement for the Children Act . |
| 18 | PETER Kennedy 's tongue-in-cheek shot at his latest creation , ‘ The Widow or Bust ’ , has come off with a bang at the Arts Theatre this week . |
| 19 | The fans were right to give me stick but they 've been good to me and it 's great to come off to a reception like that . ’ |
| 20 | R. W. Blake in the Zoology Department of the University of British Columbia , who made the discovery , has even come up with a name for the strategy . |
| 21 | The government has still not come up with a dump for the masses of intermediate wastes , such as fuel cladding , that the plant would produce . |
| 22 | SCIENTISTS from the General Electric Company in New York have come up with a way of measuring how much charge is left in a lead-acid battery . |
| 23 | The research , entirely funded by a charity , Quest for a Test for Cancer , has come up with a way of determining exactly how much stain the DNA has taken up . |
| 24 | In recent times it was feared that Venice was sinking , but modern engineering has come up with a way of pumping water from the mainland to boost the underground water base on which the city rests . |
| 25 | So she 's come up with a way of trying to protect animals in Gloucestershire , Worcestershire and Herefordshire . |
| 26 | But this time the executive had come up with a compromise of sterling dimness . |
| 27 | ( UX No 435 ) Well , it 's come up with a variety of severance packages it 's offering people . |
| 28 | Anyway , Robin 's just been poking around and he 's come up with a can of Mr Shen , the noo . |
| 29 | Anyway , Robin 's just been poking around and he 's come up with a can of Mr Shen , the noo . |
| 30 | Banks have come up with a development of their IOR Checkmate sails , which were Kevlar and Mylar , and now build CHS Checkmate sails in a special Dacron fabric developed in the UK ; they carry no CHS penalty . |