Example sentences of "[adv] come [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had all come back for lunch but the women had rebelled at going out in the afternoon . |
| 2 | His kisses were deep and cherishing and hungry , and it was a long time before they eventually came up for air . |
| 3 | It felt fragile at first , but it was as if I had finally come up for air after nearly drowning in a pool of lies . |
| 4 | It affects us all and its practitioners do not come up for re-election every five years . |
| 5 | You 're allowed one and one only , do they not come back for seconds do they ? |
| 6 | The society 's charitable project soon got round the underworld , and in January 1773 they had a card hung in Westminster Jail stating that their charity was likely to be imposed upon ‘ by artful and designing villains who cause themselves to be arrested and imprisoned a day before the Society makes a distribution and thus come in for relief designed for the Poor distressed debtors imprisoned for a long time . ‘ |
| 7 | Cos mummy only just come down for breakfast . |
| 8 | ‘ Eventually , I wrote a note and put it through the letter box saying we would love to buy the house if it ever came up for sale . ’ |
| 9 | In spite of the fall , the Government still came in for criticism from opposition parties and trade union leaders , who pointed out that the total was still higher than this time last year . |
| 10 | The police have also come in for critisism — for not providing enough officers . |
| 11 | Mr Gonzalez has also come in for criticism from within his own party . |
| 12 | Mr Gonzalez has also come in for criticism from within his own party . |
| 13 | The Ministry of Defence 's own research establishments also came in for criticism for playing too great a role in specifying , designing and managing defence projects . |
| 14 | The mill pond also came in for attention and was thoroughly dredged , and the dam , tunnels , gates and wheel repaired . |
| 15 | I did n't want the other boys to view us as being mates because then I would probably come in for abuse too . |
| 16 | The patient 's colour , face and body features as well as pulse and tongue will also come in for scrutiny . |
| 17 | I would guess that he originally came over for morale of the troops . |
| 18 | Of course the proposals of the Beveridge report also now came in for mention . |
| 19 | Ford tested Options in 15,000 deals for two years before launching it nationwide , so many of those cars are now coming up for sale . |
| 20 | But you see now come in for dinner after my dinner |
| 21 | ‘ Anyway , ’ I said , ‘ I took off my boots and jacket and left them up here and I dropped into the water , because Harry had n't come up for air , like I told you . ’ |
| 22 | Depending on how Apicella performs this weekend , he may even come in for Portugal . |
| 23 | The object is to train a bird to fly free , but then to come back for food . |
| 24 | get some shopping done , then have afternoon tea , baby and me and then come back for Grant . |
| 25 | The UAE , one of the states indicted by Iraq in 1990 , had previously come in for criticism without any members finding it necessary to resort to violence to obtain redress . |
| 26 | Strandli again came on for Wallace with about 5 mins left . |
| 27 | I found myself working twelve to fourteen hours a day , barely coming up for air , and looking forward to finishing the book so that life could begin again — rather than enjoying the day-by-day process of writing , and living life to the full . |
| 28 | The goalkeeper lay injured following a collision with a team-mate when Mikhailichenko gathered the loose ball on the byeline and squared it to Hateley for a goal easier come by for Rangers than had seemed possible in the early stages of the match . |
| 29 | ‘ Customers are certainly coming out for Sunday trading and trade is good , ’ manager Peter Fairweather said . |
| 30 | Well I 'm vo involved in Crossline which is a a Christian run telephone helpline , erm , we off , also offer free counselling and they find that er , there 's more men will actually pick up the telephone , cos they 're not seen erm , whereas more women will actually come in for face to face counselling . |