Example sentences of "[pron] come in for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hateley baffled and upset by the affair says : ‘ I came in for that one game , and I thought I did reasonably well . |
| 2 | AST Research Inc 's agreement to buy Tandy Corp 's personal computer manufacturing business will shoot the Irvine , California company up to fourth place in the US market ahead of Dell Computer Corp and behind Apple Computer Inc , IBM Corp and Compaq Computer Corp — but why should anyone want to buy a personal computer manufacturer — after all no-one came in for bankrupt Everex Systems Inc : the answer is that the deal includes full access to Tandy 's retail stores — AST will supply machines to be sold under the Tandy brand name ; the plant in Scotland is also an attraction . |
| 3 | On March 7th , against Wales at Twickenham , we all witnessed at least two acts of complete thuggery when not only were English players stamped on but it was their heads which came in for rough treatment . |
| 4 | I have a person who comes in for two hours every morning , but … but she does just the very rough work . |
| 5 | Margaret 's Anita is a trained patisserie chef , who comes in for three days a week to delight people with her delicious home-baked brown bread and scrumptious deserts . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , that 's the first thing we have to make him see , then we need to get him to come in for regular counselling sessions . ’ |
| 7 | The so-called Main Force bombers from 5 and 6 Groups further north were usually later on the scene and were very heavily loaded with high explosives and incendiaries , and they came in for some real pastings . |