Example sentences of "come in [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Inspection has come in for much discussion today as a major part of the Bill .
2 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 .
3 However , the NRA has come in for some criticism for not taking action .
4 If the investment managers had to come in they could have come in at any time .
5 Cos it 's an outdoor job , it 's a three shift system for those on the bottom , er early , morning and late , cos the eight hour day had come in at this time .
6 We are concerned in fact that er the western nations did n't rather deplore earlier er Hussein 's actions against his own people using chemical weapons , and we think it 's a shame for us that we 've only come in at this point , and we must come in carefully I think .
7 Donations have come in from several UK sites plus business in .
8 Yet someone had come in by that door , very softly , and was now motionless just within it , hesitating to advance into the choir and interrupt the second office of the day .
9 It was as much to disprove some of their absurd assumptions as to help you prove your own theories that I agreed to come in on this project .
10 Well , there were these round concrete blocks , with silos at the top , and they used to come in with these loads of scraps , tip it in and you know what we had to do ?
11 For a drainage level to come in at this depth would have required some 600 ft. of tunnelling and of course , since the art of blasting was not yet introduced , it would have been a protracted and costly operation .
12 Mr do you want to come in at this stage ?
13 They do n't want a completely unknown counsellor to come in at this time .
14 All three elements have to come in to any budget decision and nobody can ignore all three , indeed if you look around three groups of the council you 'll see that all the budget proposed tonight will take into account all three areas .
15 When , at last , the deep adit came in below these workings , and connection was made with the deepening shafts , ore from that source was brought out in ever increasing amounts until the Paddy End Mill was closed down .
16 Indeed , many of the homes said that the fees from supplementary benefit were so adequate that the people who came in on that ticket were given some of the best accommodation in the establishment .
17 Nan came in at that moment .
18 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 .
19 Ilse came in at that moment .
20 Patterned Fair Isle yoke pullovers came in at this time , then polo necks .
21 Just then Parker came in with more coffee .
22 Kate Armstrong came in with another tray of coffee .
23 There was only one toilet and you just had to hope no one came in with any diseases or anything .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 While councillors came in for much criticism for being representative , health professionals had similar difficulties .
27 Not surprisingly the concept of dominant ideology came in for some discussion .
28 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 .
29 But Labour Party councillors also came in for some criticism from delegates .
30 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 .
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