Example sentences of "come [adv] for some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The various caveats expressed in 6.8.4 on the use of statistical techniques by sociolinguists are not as negative as they might seem , since recently the overuse of significance testing in social science research generally has come in for some criticism .
2 However , the NRA has come in for some criticism for not taking action .
3 This fascinating story is one of many such in Roger Lonsdale 's anthology of Eighteenth-Century Women Poets , not just a marvellous piece of scholarship but as richly entertaining and original a book as I have come across for some time .
4 Not surprisingly the concept of dominant ideology came in for some discussion .
5 Irwin , too , came in for some criticism from his own side , notably from Churchill , who was famously appalled by the ‘ spectacle of this one-time Inner Temple lawyer , now seditious fakir , striding half-naked up the steps of the Viceroy 's palace , there to negotiate and parley on equal terms with the representative of the King-Emperor ’ , but generally he was showered with praise .
6 But Labour Party councillors also came in for some criticism from delegates .
7 The attitude of men — not just the middle-aged grey-suits at the top but increasingly of young grey-suits who put their career above that of their partners ' — came in for some stick .
8 The involvement of IL-10 in the inhibition of macrophage anti-schistosome effector functions ( James ) , and the Th1 down-regulation which accompanies egg-associated Th2 responses , came in for some debate .
9 VOTING Day came early for some schools in the North-East who went to the polls yesterday in a mock General Election .
10 ‘ I came here for some answers .
11 I 've been coming here for some time and only now am I relaxed there .
12 The peasants in the Roslavl' region did come in for some attention during 1922 , though supervision was at best paternalistic , sporadic , and myopic .
13 ‘ You come back for some papers . ’
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