Example sentences of "the [noun] have come in [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The force has come in for criticism in the past two months after figures released on the constabulary 's ‘ crime-free day ’ in April showed Cheshire had suffered the highest rise in crime in the country . |
| 3 | What 's happened is , of course , that as the costs have fallen and the micros have come in through the door so they 're very much smaller , erm it all becomes possible for the whole of society and not for a tiny elite . |
| 4 | The train had come in from the sidings and stood in the station , warm and pulsing , its engines reattached , the horses and grooms on board and fresh foods and ice loaded . |
| 5 | The train having come in from , and just going er forward well I do n't know erm before back to er er to . |
| 6 | I mean my impression is that the resource has come in on this , I mean extra staffing , I mean you need it you ca n't do it without , |
| 7 | But one of them is a copy-editor , I think that is what he is called , and he told me that he thought the item had come in from a friend of Leila 's . ’ |
| 8 | However , the NRA has come in for some criticism for not taking action . |
| 9 | The police have come in for heavy criticism but Rosenthal 's following observation about distortion in behavioural science may be cited as an apologia for some police shortcomings : |
| 10 | And anyway , by now the son of the house had come in for his midday meal , turned on the television , created havoc out of the quiet day . |