Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] have [vb pp] 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 | Would n't have minded if the driver had gone in for some stronger magic — the old Christianity did n't seem to be having much effect on his driving . |
| 3 | As the freak end of the underground had dropped in on the LSE , so the politicos , or would-be politicos , packed their bags for Alexandra Palace . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | His dad had n't much luck dying in his fifties and the boy had looked in with the bread and milk most days since her accident . |
| 6 | The roofs were most often not their own : long since , the community had drawn in from its perimeter , sharing its water , its food and its warmth , and distancing itself so far as might be from the walls and the thud of the cannon . |
| 7 | The author had reported in to his ferret-faced women , but was now off again . |
| 8 | Minpins from all over the forest had flown in on their birds to cheer the young hero , and all the branches and twigs of the great tree were crowded with tiny people . |
| 9 | The first proof that the rot had set in at the Midland was the full disclosure of its profits and reserves in 1969 . |
| 10 | A spokesman at the hotel said he and the other members of the team had checked in at the weekend and appeared to be none the worse for their ordeal . |
| 11 | ‘ That is what I can not understand , ’ the general had turned in upon himself again , hardly aware of the presence of his guests any more . |
| 12 | The one on the right had flown in from Finland . |
| 13 | I got wet again , as the rain had set in in stair-rods . |
| 14 | There the plaintiff had booked in at the reception desk of a hotel and only subsequently , on entering her room , did she discover behind the door a notice which claimed to exclude the hotel 's liability for guests ’ property . |
| 15 | The bridge has fallen in with the Mayor and Corporation on it . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The train having come in from , and just going er forward well I do n't know erm before back to er er to . |
| 18 | Duncan lay still , confused and wondering why the Army had moved in from the south . |
| 19 | 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 , |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | The receiver has gone in at only the parent company , and Sharp yesterday made it clear that seven of its 15 operating subsidiaries were going concerns . |
| 22 | Somewhere above , lightning had impacted on the building and an upper section of the staircase had collapsed in upon itself . |
| 23 | It was a real Fanny-by-gaslight relic of the old city , redolent of gin and vomit and brutal crimes , and the fog had crept in like an old friend and made a dripping urinal of the walls . |
| 24 | The two girls had been fetched by car , the Prince 's car , from the salon and been taken to the river at Beni Suef , where the dahabeeyah had called in for them . |
| 25 | Certainly the Poole Advertiser are more than happy with the way in which the system has fitted in with their original working methods . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Just before airtime , a story had come in on a drug bust : space was hastily made for this . |
| 28 | Lee remembered when a sparrow had flown in through the window of her bedroom when she was a child . |
| 29 | Twenty-five years after the war ended a man had gone in to the shop and been told that his treasure was studded with spinels instead of rubies . |
| 30 | There were reports of other attacks to the north and west , but still no word had come in of Lionan or Mullach , and Murtach 's patrol had not sighted them . |