Example sentences of "come in for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even that may not help as the worker may be waylaid by those who have ‘ just come in for a form ’ or an address or have to collect their children from school in five minutes . |
| 2 | Waddya come in for ? ’ quipped Yanto with an un sympathetic grin . |
| 3 | Surely it helped with the welcomes they received all down the river with locals for ever insisting they come in for meals , to stay , to be guests of honour in parties for the whole town , to be driven round and shown the sights and to have their strange English accents listened to . |
| 4 | 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 . ‘ |
| 5 | 4.15PM After the hundredth charred building , I become numbed to the destruction and find myself only stopping to photograph the ironic and unusual : a rental outlet called ‘ Hot Videos ’ up in flames , men carrying couches and lamps through the shattered window of a furniture store next to a large inviting sign : ‘ Come in for real bargains ’ . |
| 6 | Alistair , Wendy and Anna come in for the worst of it . |
| 7 | Come in for a moment and meet Mr and Mrs Johnson . |
| 8 | The Victorians also come in for considerable attention , some of it with a feminist slant , while , not surprisingly perhaps , Latin America still seems to be chic . |
| 9 | ‘ The idea is that people come in for different services according to local need . |
| 10 | For example , T-connectors come in for a lot of punishment and have to put up with all sorts of strains , such as people inadvertently standing on the cable . |
| 11 | As consultant geriatrician in the department of medicine for the elderly at Edgware General Hospital , Ann Homer deals with patients over 75 who come in for respite services . |
| 12 | Like those boys that come in for a single rose as if nobody 's ever done that before . |
| 13 | Phrasal verbs come in for more attention with Phrasal Verbs Organiser from LTP ( by the man who gave us the First Certificate Organiser ) , while HarperCollins is publishing a Phrasal Verbs Workbook to accompany its dictionary . |
| 14 | Sorry , I run a health spa in Scotland and I see an awful lot of women who obviously come in for some slight improvement but quite frankly it is the stress factor that shows in the face that does n't make them quite so beautiful because their personalities comes across for when their stressed it shows in their face and I notice when they leave only after a few days the stress has gone and their personality shines through and their far more beautiful . |
| 15 | I come in for me rosin and you 're lying on the ground . |
| 16 | I mean , it seems to be the pensioners who come in for th the tt you know , the same thing all the time . |
| 17 | ‘ They 've got a central exchange somewhere up north and they put you on hold till the local mob come in for their tea . ’ |
| 18 | 2.50 : Boys come in for orange and cornflake cakes ( made by boys in next class ) . |
| 19 | ‘ So why does n't Nicky Kai come in for a share of all this moral condemnation , since you know that Florian is still legally married ? ’ |
| 20 | Come in for a cup of tea ? ’ |
| 21 | The sales centre is also visited by potential company representatives who come in for compliance and product testing . |
| 22 | Come in for a cuppa ? ’ |
| 23 | May we , er , come in for a little while ? ’ |
| 24 | Remember John and I went on a , a visit down to see their hut and to be honest , they were making a very good job of the hut , what they come in for , is er , a second bite , really , erm , they 've got to , to floor the roof which we er , thought was quite interesting . |
| 25 | But quite clearly this is a more expensive use of beds in residential establishments , when people simply come in for a matter of days or week or two weeks , rather than coming in on a permanent basis . |
| 26 | So it 's two days out in the field with one of our trainers or top people and then they come in for the three day course . |
| 27 | So the advertisers come in for two years . |
| 28 | What I might actually do it see if Ian 's not doing anything if he not come in for the full time that they 're cleaning up , but come in for those sort of things . |
| 29 | As for Treacle … she 'll play a role as company for other nervous deer that come in for care and treatment . |
| 30 | The other courses who come in for kind treatment are Listowel , Punchestown and Tipperary with , on a lesser scale , favourable mention of Galway , Kilbeggan , Roscommon and Wexford . |