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

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1 Nevertheless , Sun has come in for no small amount of criticism in pursuing what is often strictly an ‘ invented here ’ approach to technology solutions , at the expense of making some pragmatic marketing decisions .
2 Understandably , this presumption has come in for a great deal of criticism .
3 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 .
4 JACQUES Delors has come in for a lot of flak for the collapse of the Gatt world trade talks .
5 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 .
6 While it has come in for a certain amount of criticism , it has also attracted much praise , especially from industry .
7 Since the disease is heterosexually transmitted in Africa , the group which has come in for the most blame for its rapid spread have been the many poor women who have been supporting themselves in Nairobi through commercial sex .
8 Pam has come down for a day of shopping , bringing along our adopted younger sister Kath .
9 Rubie 's Choice appeared to blow up at Marks Tey and should have come on for the race , while Zoe Turner , on her home track , can choose between As You Were and Royal Sting .
10 Quick Reaction finished well clear of Bigsun at High Easter , but the latter will have come on for the race , while Shimshek bypassed Ascot on Wednesday and must have every chance here .
11 They are cared for by the shepherds , who would once have come up for the summer along with the animals , and slept in their traditional , bleak little cabins ; nowadays , they are for the most part motorized and can commute genteelly to the livestock from their homes below .
12 She sat at the table and painstakingly wrote down the sums of money that should have come in for the work already done .
13 Take that form literally and there is only one winner on Saturday as Bonanza Boy is bound to have come on for the outing .
14 I 've come in for the polish
15 They toasted Keith and me ( Keith had come up for the day to join in ) and bought us a slow cooker for our new home .
16 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 .
17 He had come in for a book of stamps , and when he had got it he joined Breeze , who was waiting on the Green .
18 It had come in for the attack .
19 Toby had come back for the moment .
20 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 .
21 Now , as they left the shuttle lounge at Heathrow , mixed in with the commuters and shoppers who had come down for the day , Adam saw the tail .
22 Forest , held to a 1-1 draw at the City Ground , were 3-1 ahead with 17 minutes of normal time left , and deservedly so ; they had come out for the second half bristling with determination to make quality tell .
23 The smile had come out for the landlord , and disappeared when he had left the room .
24 oh he 's come back for the , this , to show to you .
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