Example sentences of "came in for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lio ! rt came in for a second run , but slower this time to allow for the big man 's unexpected agility . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | This meant that the married women left at home came in for a large share of the work about the croft . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He went out and Sisteradmission-ward came in for a short while , and we reconstructed the story . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ Greed came in for the first time . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | When the programme 's ratings dipped immediately after the November revamp , Focus came in for the heaviest criticism . |
| 14 | Cy left the cast and Michael came in for the last two weeks of rehearsals . |