Example sentences of "come [adv] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The various caveats expressed in 6.8.4 on the use of statistical techniques by sociolinguists are not as negative as they might seem , since recently the overuse of significance testing in social science research generally has come in for some criticism .
2 However , the NRA has come in for some criticism for not taking action .
3 In addition , IDC has come up with some projections that indicate not everybody is buying the hype .
4 Delving deep into its archives it has come up with some winners , not least a luscious 1947 performance of Bax 's The Garden of Fand that I once possessed and enjoyed in its original , 78 rpm form .
5 We have come up against some prejudice in the dressage , but the nice thing is that at the end of the test sheets you often see the same comment from the judge — ‘ What a super pony ! ’ . ’
6 She narrowed her eyes at him and warned him icily , ‘ If you 've come here with some idea of trying to block my petition to become Kirsty 's guardian , I warn you right now you 're wasting your time ! ’
7 But if , and most of are I 'm sure that we 've come today with some thorn in our flesh somewhere , some worry , some difficulty or a disappointment perhaps of some kind , then just remember that in all things God works together for good with those who love him , and for that rejoice and give thanks , and again I say , rejoice .
8 The decision to hold Course IV in this way has come about with some reluctance and a great deal of heart-searching and concern .
9 Mrs Clamp has come across with some details on sporadic occasions , too , though they are probably no more to be relied on than what my father 's told me .
10 This fascinating story is one of many such in Roger Lonsdale 's anthology of Eighteenth-Century Women Poets , not just a marvellous piece of scholarship but as richly entertaining and original a book as I have come across for some time .
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