Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for a lot [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | JACQUES Delors has come in for a lot of flak for the collapse of the Gatt world trade talks . |
| 2 | The prince has come in for a lot of criticism from the UN and the West for spending most of the past few months in China . |
| 3 | SINEAD O'Connor came in for a lot of flack when she tore the picture of the Pope on American television but by selling her home for charity she has put her money where her mouth is . |
| 4 | ‘ I came in for a lot of criticism but I know in my heart that the good things I did there were very conveniently swept under the carpet at the time . ’ |
| 5 | The school timetable came in for a lot of criticism , especially in cases where arrangements resulted in classes split between two teachers . |
| 6 | ‘ I came in for a lot of adulation during my racing days — groupies . |
| 7 | Our enthusiasm for getting afloat was an overriding factor — that part of the job remained the same and made up for a lot of hassle . |
| 8 | Nick Serota , director of the Tate , is at the moment coming in for a lot of criticism because he changes the displays every year . |
| 9 | You know he does n't go in for a lot of heavy discussion about things . ’ |
| 10 | Schools went in for a lot of physical education , ‘ drill ’ , which involved jumping about in a drafty hall with your skirt tucked into your knickers if you were female . |
| 11 | As you may already realise , once again the Almeida has gone in for a lot of posh posturing got up as a drama of social consciousness . |
| 12 | Well , we 've done that , as we said we would and of course , in a business such as Pearson , which is a people business er , although we regularly monitor employment statistics , such as total employ total number of employees er , revenue per employee , cost per employee , profit per employee , there are times when we have to take er , difficult decisions and er , so we 've gone in for a lot of redundancy , which we 'll see in , in er during the next slide or two . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I know Macca comes in for a lot of stick from certain members but he 's by far the classiest midfielder in the country and a damm sight better than alot of the so called european geniuses . |