Example sentences of "came [adv prt] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He came on for the injured Mumby and headed in a perfect Measham cross to score his first goal for the club .
2 The 29-year-old Scot , a £225,000 summer capture from Millwall , has struggled to find his form on Wearside but all that changed when he came on for the injured Don Goodman after just 12 minutes of Saturday 's game against Barnsley .
3 ‘ I came on for the final five minutes of that match and got 45 minutes in the second half of the second leg which we won 1–0 .
4 Waqar , relieved after only one over with the new ball , came on for the 17th over and soon caused umpire Shepherd to scowl as he bounced the ball into Atherton 's left arm and Smith 's helmet .
5 Sterland came on for the last half-hour of this week 's 3-0 reserve team win over Manchester City at Maine Road , and yesterday declared : ‘ It went brilliantly .
6 Somerset openers Andy Hayhurst and Mark Lathwell began promisingly against the pacemen but Carrick came on for the last over before lunch and had Lathwell caught at slip off a cunningly flighted ball which turned .
7 ‘ Adam Reed came on for the last half hour and did well for a 16-year-old . ’
8 The plane came down for a smooth landing amid the radar gear .
9 So Morag when she came down , came down for the whole week .
10 As the curtain came down for the fourth time the ‘ helpers ’ all gave a huge sigh and reverted back to responsible adults !
11 Lio ! rt came in for a second run , but slower this time to allow for the big man 's unexpected agility .
12 The eight men , from St John 's College , came in for a severe dressing down from the police after they bared all on a two-mile row down the River Isis .
13 After four weeks every group had interviewed four of the original subjects , plus others who came in for a single session , and they had all accumulated a great amount of material .
14 This meant that the married women left at home came in for a large share of the work about the croft .
15 Here and elsewhere , the police also came in for a fair amount of criticism — Punch portrayed London 's genial giants Gog and Magog dressed as policeman , defending themselves from the wrath of the respectable populace — and there were perfectly sound reasons for such discontent .
16 Specifically , in the case of Anthony Miers , the Royal Navy submariner who finally came in for a teeny bit of criticism over his methods of disposing of German seamen who rather inconveniently surrendered .
17 He went out and Sisteradmission-ward came in for a short while , and we reconstructed the story .
18 The problems do n't end there ; Kingsley Black had one of his best games for Northern Ireland in Tirana , when he came in for the injured Michael Hughes .
19 When she came in for the second time her throat was like looking at a plate full of strawberries and cream — red enlarged tonsils with a coating of puss .
20 ‘ Greed came in for the first time .
21 The next report came in for the 3rd goal , and again said ‘ Leeds are beginning to get back into the match , but Norwich have scored a 3rd ’ … all other reports/comments just mention the goals .
22 Shane Warne , whose solitary wicket of the series had cost him 228 runs , was rested , while Tom Moody came in for the out-of-form Mark Waugh .
23 When the programme 's ratings dipped immediately after the November revamp , Focus came in for the heaviest criticism .
24 Cy left the cast and Michael came in for the last two weeks of rehearsals .
25 Our son Greg came over for a few days to do some business in England and to see his father .
26 I came over for a short visit when my parents first moved here … ’
27 He came up for a few days and stayed in Mackay 's Hotel in Ardallt .
28 The sun came up for a half an hour , but it was too cold : -46° Centigrade .
29 Later that year , when the writer was working on Loot , the idea first came up for the two of them to work together .
30 They all just came back for a regular routine follow up , just a little bit late .
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