Example sentences of "come in [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the Green Paper has come in for a variety of criticisms and there is little evidence that its recommendations will be acted upon in the short- or medium-term . |
| 2 | If the literary establishment had thought to compare notes they would have realized that every male aura on and off Fleet Street had come in for a bashing . |
| 3 | He had come in for a book of stamps , and when he had got it he joined Breeze , who was waiting on the Green . |
| 4 | The successful receptionist models could be used to devise special training to enable CAB receptionists to ascertain the depth of a problem ; they could serve the dual function of assessing which clients have just come in for a form or a local address and they could make appointments for others in person or by telephone and smooth the queue . |
| 5 | JACQUES Delors has come in for a lot of flak for the collapse of the Gatt world trade talks . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | When Rachel was finally writing up her reports at the end of the morning , Nina suddenly called her and asked if she could come and look at a young man who had come in with a skin rash . |
| 8 | It would be a superior tramp to have come in with a key . |
| 9 | ‘ She might have come in with a boyfriend . |
| 10 | There was nothing to worry about : if there had been , the fuzz would have come in with a warrant . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're really down , are n't you ? – said Felix 's wife , who had come in with a jar of instant coffee and a jug of water no more than fairly hot , which increased Stephen 's worry that many things were falling behind . |
| 12 | I see , I mean it 's good to see really that er test match has been dom well almost dominated at the moment , by , by a slow bowler , it 's an ideal situation for in England , batsmen done their job , England are in command , got lots of runs to play with , but it 's definitely the left arm spinner who 's causing the , the greatest problem out there , he 's , he 's landing it in the right place , he likes variation in that over , confident enough looks very tempted , always very difficult to come in at first twenty minutes as a batsman , when you 've come in on a turning wicket , a very , very , difficult . |
| 13 | Just before airtime , a story had come in on a drug bust : space was hastily made for this . |
| 14 | An elderly female novelist had come in at a quarter to six and Penelope had found herself trying to explain why her latest novel had not been reviewed in the Sunday Telegraph , why it had not been advertised more widely , why copies had not been displayed on the bookstall of a friend 's local station , why it had not yet been reprinted . |
| 15 | But one of them is a copy-editor , I think that is what he is called , and he told me that he thought the item had come in from a friend of Leila 's . ’ |
| 16 | She opened the door before Massingham had time to ring , her handsome shield-shaped face composed under the light brown fringe , and looking in her shirt , slacks and leather jerkin as elegantly informal as if she had just come in from a country walk . |
| 17 | The puppy was probably encouraged to jump up when he was small and everyone thought it was quite fun , but now he is large , and has probably just come in from a swim in the pool and Aunty is standing there in her Sunday best . |
| 18 | In Jones & Smith [ 1976 ] 3 All ER 54 ( CA ) , the occupier 's son had general permission to enter the house but he did not have permission to come in with a friend to steal two televisions , despite the father 's saying that his son would never be a trespasser in his house . |
| 19 | Hello er , I 'm phoning on behalf of Mrs Ada er she 's got to come in for a scan on the fourth of February , nine o'clock , now we 've only just got back from the hospital today , cos she oh , she had to go today for one , yeah , and we 've just |
| 20 | She had asked Elizabeth and Dr Wyn to come in for a drink that evening . |
| 21 | Unable to come in for a presentation , Archie was visited at home to be given a retirement gift from the company and one from his colleagues . |
| 22 | Want to come in for a minute ? " |
| 23 | He used to come in for a couple of drinks . |
| 24 | In their early twenties they had a group called the Actors and RCA records asked them to come in for a meeting . |
| 25 | If you 'd care to come in for a cup of tea , now that you 've got out and everything , you 'd be most welcome . |
| 26 | Experience with rural advice in the north east area has shown that telephone advisers become skilled at solving basic problems over the phone and recognising those where the client needs to come in to a bureau for in-depth advice . |
| 27 | Ken , if we could er look at what 's actually happening out there to pensioners at the moment , I think of which we 're all very concerned , but there has been a small item of good news to balance against the concerns we have for those pensioners that are still suffering from uncertainty and that is some money has started to come in as a result of legal actions and settlements out of court . |
| 28 | As I thought my parents would still be up , I asked him to come in in an attempt to stop him getting away . ’ |
| 29 | Spotting the light of prospect , Christopher Barry applied to join the BBC , and came in as a Production Assistant in 1955 . |
| 30 | Mini Jakobsen ( MSV Duisburg/ Germany ) came in as a substite and had 4 ( 4 ) great chances ( 3 times alone with the polish goalie ) and tech-boy Bohinen ( who put us 2–0 up against England at home ) was trying to be too clever when twice lobbing over the polish keeper . |