Example sentences of "have come [adv] for a " in BNC.

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1 Understandably , this presumption has come in for a great deal of criticism .
2 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 .
3 JACQUES Delors has come in for a lot of flak for the collapse of the Gatt world trade talks .
4 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 .
5 While it has come in for a certain amount of criticism , it has also attracted much praise , especially from industry .
6 Pam has come down for a day of shopping , bringing along our adopted younger sister Kath .
7 ‘ And I suppose you 've come home for a day or two 's holiday ?
8 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 .
9 He had come in for a book of stamps , and when he had got it he joined Breeze , who was waiting on the Green .
10 It also seemed , from the feathers on the kitchen floor , that one of the pigeons had come down for a warm and had got too close .
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