Example sentences of "[verb] in for some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The various caveats expressed in 6.8.4 on the use of statistical techniques by sociolinguists are not as negative as they might seem , since recently the overuse of significance testing in social science research generally has come in for some criticism .
2 However , the NRA has come in for some criticism for not taking action .
3 Not surprisingly the concept of dominant ideology came in for some discussion .
4 Irwin , too , came in for some criticism from his own side , notably from Churchill , who was famously appalled by the ‘ spectacle of this one-time Inner Temple lawyer , now seditious fakir , striding half-naked up the steps of the Viceroy 's palace , there to negotiate and parley on equal terms with the representative of the King-Emperor ’ , but generally he was showered with praise .
5 But Labour Party councillors also came in for some criticism from delegates .
6 The attitude of men — not just the middle-aged grey-suits at the top but increasingly of young grey-suits who put their career above that of their partners ' — came in for some stick .
7 The involvement of IL-10 in the inhibition of macrophage anti-schistosome effector functions ( James ) , and the Th1 down-regulation which accompanies egg-associated Th2 responses , came in for some debate .
8 Drop in for some caffeine and culture !
9 The bed was made , but did n't seem to have been slept in for some time , although there was a folded pair of pyjamas under the pillow .
10 I was right on both counts , but it did not really sink in for some time that I had joined a charity .
11 Mrs Putt might want a stall cleared out and fresh straw put in for some company she 's expecting , or she 'll want me to hitch up a carriage so she can go visiting .
12 if we lose out the argument that we should put in for some increase next year , and and we think it 's going to be very difficult to sustain an argument ,
13 The peasants in the Roslavl' region did come in for some attention during 1922 , though supervision was at best paternalistic , sporadic , and myopic .
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