Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] come in [prep] " in BNC.

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1 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 . ‘
2 A similar ambivalence can be sensed in Uppercross Cottage : on the one hand , its windows can relieve a social occasion by allowing those under stress to admire the view and recover their composure ; on the other , the tendency of the younger generation to appear at those windows unannounced , and even to come in by them , suggests a social life that has become altogether too informal and erratic .
3 He was able to continue , but eventually came in with an oil leak and a loose tail pipe .
4 In the days , in those days yes , but nowadays what is it , it 's er such a fantastic erm step forward really , it 's all on radio , er where at the press of a button you get radio contact between headquarters and any fire engine , between any officer in the fire engine , you can call firemen by radio at their house , and at the fire station , erm I mean this is , is , is really progress and erm might be complicated , I 'm sure it has its problems as well , but for a matter of speed er and computers as well coming in with it , the whole thing now is , is very sophisticated and erm very modern , and I think that 's probably been the , probably the biggest step forward here .
5 I mean , we may as well come in at twenty to ten , and , and have twenty minutes of you know because , nine thirty you know .
6 Anyway the next day they were on the er if machine is not clean when I come in then I should not run as I did not run this morning for four hours as I might as well come in on Saturday morning and clean them myself So she in .
7 And the other one , seeing as it was like September October , getting cold , my mum said well the bed 's empty , you might as well come in for the winter and stay here .
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