Example sentences of "came [adv prt] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seemed only one answer , for India had seldom boasted fast bowlers of sufficient quality to operate much beyond the first half-dozen shine-removing overs before the spinners came on for the rest of the innings . |
| 2 | ‘ The DJ took up the same line when he came on for the broadcast quiz interview , ’ she went on . |
| 3 | Richard said he 'd invite me over next time she came down for the weekend . ’ |
| 4 | I came down for the fire , for it was cold in my room . |
| 5 | Close behind is his son , Simon , who came along for the ride on his 1916 600cc Douglas , which falls outside the official December 1914 entry date . |
| 6 | ‘ And you came along for the ride ? ’ |
| 7 | One morning when she was in his office working on his personal files Mike came in for a discussion . |
| 8 | He came in for a chat the other day and said , oh how you getting on ? |
| 9 | Friends came in for a drink and a snack and kept on coming and going for the rest of the day , which was useful as well as friendly because they brought their appetites with them , and most of the refreshments were disposed of . |
| 10 | Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home . |
| 11 | Thus Jasper 's father might have been the man who was painting the flats and who came in for a cup of tea , or the old lover whom she happened to run into in Denmark Hill , or the neighbour who was moving out of Flat 16 and who came up to say goodbye while his girlfriend was packing their furniture into the rented van . |
| 12 | The immunity of Swiss companies to unfriendly or foreign takeovers came in for a pounding in 1988 after Nestlé took over Rowntree , a British confectioner , causing noisy British complaints about the lack of reciprocal opportunities . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 15 | The school timetable came in for a lot of criticism , especially in cases where arrangements resulted in classes split between two teachers . |
| 16 | ‘ I came in for a lot of adulation during my racing days — groupies . |
| 17 | But the attitude of women content to stay in their middle-level comfort zones came in for a lot too — not only from a male chief executive who had seen one of his recruits retreat from the fast track , but from senior female executives as well who felt women ‘ should take their share of responsibility for low applications for senior jobs . ’ |
| 18 | In 1980 we changed to a system of community and private nurses who came in for an hour or two in the morning and evening . |
| 19 | Valerie Welham recently came in for an inheritance , she 's offered the county council a hundred and ten thousand pounds for the building . |
| 20 | This and other theatres elsewhere were at their peak when the gentry came in for the Quarter Sessions ; for wives and marriageable daughters , there were the balls and concerts of the Assembly Rooms specially built at the back of the George Hotel . |
| 21 | When he came in for the night some hours later he was still agitated and fretting . |
| 22 | Well , before mid-afternoon all the men — and extra help always came in for the threshing — were incapable of working . |
| 23 | He failed to find a seat at the next general election , but came in for the family borough a few weeks later , and acted as teller against his patron 's impeachment . |
| 24 | That 's why Chris came in for the baby clothes . ’ |
| 25 | Despite competition from shops offering antiques and locally crafted furniture , Fox 's Lair came in for the bulk of the publicity . |
| 26 | Donal Lunny came down , and Gerry O'Beirne and Mary Custy and Eoin O'Neill , my sister Mary , and Adam Calyton , Mike Scott and Steve Wickham had been over in Spiddal at the time , working with John , so they came over for the crack . |
| 27 | The 24 runners included six from the site Fire Brigade , bravely running in their waterproof overtrousers and braces , and two from CSD 's Brussels staff who came over for the occasion . |
| 28 | Louise came up for the funeral and stayed on for three weeks to give moral support . |
| 29 | Guest of honour was Brigadier Garton who came up for the evening from his base at Catterick Garrison . |
| 30 | They had reached 62 and looked good for 200 when Greenidge played the ball to long leg and , seeing Devon Malcolm fumble his fielding , came back for a second . |