Example sentences of "[noun prp] come in [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When agricultural improvers visited Sussex in the war years they had little favourable to say about the situation in general and the Weald came in for wholesale condemnation , although there was some disagreement about the details . |
| 2 | Kravchenko came in for fierce criticism at the seventh congress of the USSR Journalists ' Union held on Feb. 5-7 , over the return of political censorship of state television , as witnessed recently in the withdrawal of the Vzglyad documentary series and the return by the flagship news programme Vremya to official propaganda and exhortation . |
| 3 | This Bobby did , and was cautiously treating himself to oysters at the bar when Minton came in with some sailors and bade him join them . |
| 4 | Suzi Hoflin came in with two of her pupils and put Ingrid through a reasonable enough gypsy dance routine . |
| 5 | Kate Armstrong came in with another tray of coffee . |
| 6 | Tessa came in at half past eight and looked overjoyed . |
| 7 | Mr Browning coming in at that very moment ran to his wife 's side and all but hauled her out of the bed in order to get her upright — in a moment , the convulsion was over and she sank back quite exhausted and drained . |
| 8 | Lloyds , Midland and NatWest came in for most criticism overall , while Abbey National , the Co-op Bank , FirstDirect , the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Yorkshire Bank came out best . |
| 9 | Lloyds , Midland and NatWest came in for most criticism overall , while Abbey National , the Co-op Bank , FirstDirect , the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Yorkshire Bank came out best for overall satisfaction . |
| 10 | She was just trying to think what she could say to bring John back to the subject of the library and its workings when Shirley came in with two cups of tea . |
| 11 | The legacy of Descartes comes in for further scrutiny in Joanna Hodge 's paper , which examines the concept of ‘ the subject ’ which philosophy has inherited from Descartes . |
| 12 | ‘ Did Sara come in on any of this ? ’ |
| 13 | as if I had n't got enough on my plate with Tim throwing a mid-life crisis and Phil doing the disturbed adolescent bit-now if you please Suzanne comes in at three-thirty in the morning , and me lying there sick with worry , she having never thought to phone , and London with rapists on every street corner or so one 's told . |
| 14 | Just then Parker came in with more coffee . |
| 15 | Tufnell 's sixteenth over , there you 've just pushed it out and a number er Lewis coming in from backward point . |
| 16 | Samuel Whitbread came in for special praise ; he was ‘ essentially useful to all with whom he is in any way connected , resolute and firm … of energetic character … ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ I finished in 55 minutes and 40 seconds and Tim came in at 59 minutes . |
| 18 | Ilse came in at that moment . |
| 19 | Jenny came in with some flowers from the garden which she set in small posy bowls down the centre and James took the pink lustre candlesticks from the mantelpiece and set them among the flowers . |
| 20 | Often George came in at five o'clock in the morning to hammer away at the pirate ship in the carpenter 's shop . |
| 21 | As well as composing , Lennox Berkeley taught composition on the Broadwood piano in the study : among his pupils were Richard Rodney Bennett ; John Manduell , now head of the Northern College of Music ; and John Tavener who , in a recent broadcast , remembered how his lessons were often interrupted , sometimes by Nicky , the Berkeleys ' youngest son — whose football might make an unscheduled appearance through the window , to Lennox Berkeley 's gentle consternation — or by Freda coming in with some latest gossip which would send the tutor ‘ running for the gin cupboard ’ . |
| 22 | On average a fifth of the sulphur in London and 45 per cent of that in Lincoln and York comes in from rural power stations . |
| 23 | Like Marshall in the previous Test , Paul Terry came in at Old Trafford in plaster to help a team-mate reach his century . |
| 24 | He turned away impatiently and Jules came in at that moment , bringing coffee on a silver tray , and the conversation had to end , to Jenna 's great relief . |
| 25 | Besides China in second place , India comes in at fifth place in the league , and Mexico and Brazil are also both bigger than Canada , currently the G7 's seventh man . |
| 26 | He 's got his five fielders there , four on the leg side at the moment , so saved , er long leg as well , bowls this one and that again he thrust forward that front pad and DaSilva , and Stewart comes in from mid wicket to field it . |
| 27 | Arne comes in from next door first thing and last thing and fills the hob for me , and I 'm grateful for the extra comfort . ’ |
| 28 | Annie came in at seven-thirty every weekday morning , bathed and fed the child and , weather permitting , took her for an outing in the large black perambulator . |
| 29 | W H Smith came in for some surprisingly harsh comment from the financial press last week after the group 's interim results had revealed a 20% drop in pretax profits . |
| 30 | Mrs Stych came in at half past one , her wings bedraggled from the weight of her coat . |