Example sentences of "[noun sg] came [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speed came on for White and did n't seem to have many problems although that 's prob- ably because he did n't touch the ball much . |
| 2 | When the Danzig Polish Accord came up for ratification , the Nazis ordered that all Polish Harbour Board officers should be replaced by German and Danzig officers . |
| 3 | When the permit came up for renewal in 1986 , Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldridge issued a general permit for the drift-netting to continue . |
| 4 | Hankin added : ‘ If a bid came in for Prudhoe , or any other player , we would consider it . |
| 5 | The lesser charges centred on the unlicensed pistol and stolen car came up for trial on 11th May . |
| 6 | Before the action came on for trial the defendant applied for an adjustment of his liabilities under the Liabilities ( Wartime Adjustment ) Act 1941 . |
| 7 | When Checkland 's contract came up for renewal , it was renewed only for a token year . |
| 8 | Last season he was getting loads of stick and his contract came up for renewal — when we were in a potential relegation situation . |
| 9 | Then a scholarship to university came in for Sheila . |
| 10 | At a subsequent meeting an official added that it would be ‘ most unfortunate ’ if the evidence was being heard at the same time as the project 's grant came up for renewal . |
| 11 | When this manuscript came up for sale in London in 1980 , its estimated value was £40,000-£60,000 . |
| 12 | Today the New Inn came up for auction at the Hereford Moat House , along with four other county pubs . |
| 13 | They bought half excuse me half of it and they lived in the basement , then the other half came up for sale so Peter bought the whole lot then |
| 14 | When the 1927 Cinematograph Act came up for review , there was agreement that the quota had stimulated domestic production and should be renewed , but that the quickie had to go . |
| 15 | You could n't walk into his dressing-room five minutes after the curtain came down for fear of what you might find him doing . |
| 16 | A big birthday cake came out for Sandra with eighteen candles which she ceremoniously blew out . |
| 17 | After a further six years ' wait ( during which my original proposer and seconder had died and their nominations had been taken up by two ex-captains ) , my name came up for election again , and this time , I was told , the opposition from members , particularly those in the legal profession who were friends of Lord Robertson , was fiercer . |
| 18 | The Treasury and the Ministry were involved in continuous discussions with the Authority 's officials to establish the point from the early 1950s onwards , whenever capital programmes , borrowing limits ( which required ministerial and parliamentary authorisation ) , or depreciation policy came up for discussion . |
| 19 | In January 1965 he told his ambassador in Washington that at some point before the Atlantic treaty came up for renewal in 1969 , he would end integration of French forces and order all foreign forces to leave French soil . |
| 20 | Er then he , there 's only three houses in the road that he lived in , , the next one along the road came up for auction and he sold his station and moved up to that and he said he 's just bought the one at the end of the road now which is er seven hundred and fifty thousand he paid for it , a hundred and fifty thousand to have it interior decorated . |
| 21 | Success came early for Paula who , at 19 , was being flown on modelling assignments to exotic locations all over the world : ‘ But I was alone , with other models and we drank and drank and drank . |
| 22 | When the property came up for sale , for only the second time in its long history , a telegram was despatched to Honora , who was working in London : ‘ Will you invest savings in Plas ? ’ |
| 23 | Especially when the family came home for Christmas in later years . |
| 24 | But Simon had never got beyond page 27 , and after that he had merely left the book out in case his mother and stepfather came unexpectedly for drinks . |