Example sentences of "[noun] [is] come [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , Spencer is coming to England for a tour in May to promote two earlier books , November of the Heart ( hardback ) and the paperback of Bygones . |
| 2 | The wind is coming from the north now , and it 's stronger . |
| 3 | wind is coming from the North here . |
| 4 | What good 's coming to school , come to that ? |
| 5 | Yeah but David 's coming with her . |
| 6 | David 's coming round children . |
| 7 | Sources of financial support for residents in private homes Date Private means Local authority Health board DHSS 1985 65.6% 9.1% 0.6% 26.8% 1987 50.7% 1.2% 0.0% 48.1% Increase in funding for people in private homes is coming from DHSS . |
| 8 | But the , you know it 's two o'clock in the morning and police car 's coming through the village and see someone at that time , they 're quite likely to stop and ask them what they 're doing . |
| 9 | ‘ Car 's coming in half an hour , ’ he said . |
| 10 | A slow but dramatic way of allocating roles is to come to the children ( probably gathered in a circle ) and ask them who 's who in role : " I 'm a stranger here . |
| 11 | Do n't know what civilisation is coming to . ’ |
| 12 | Come on , your mummy 's coming in a minute and daddy . |
| 13 | I saw an incidence er down in the , the mine a , a miner himself can tell , by the creak of a tree just where the heavy , heavy weight 's coming on the , on the , the roof . |
| 14 | ‘ And , since Owen 's lectureship in the States is coming to an end and he 's intending to return permanently to Britain , between the two of us we ought to be able to manage the old girl ! ’ |
| 15 | Edward is coming for a drink . ’ |
| 16 | Industry is coming to the city . |
| 17 | A senior mining executive has warned his colleagues that in the wake of the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro the mining industry is coming under intense scrutiny over its environmental record . |
| 18 | ‘ The light is come upon the dark benighted way . |
| 19 | When low down it seems to flash various colours , because its light is coming to us through a thick layer of the Earth 's atmosphere . |
| 20 | Gradual changes give clues as to the shape and orientation of a surface ; for example , if you know where the light is coming from , changes in brightness will tell you whether the surface is concave or convex . |
| 21 | The screen shields it from light coming from one direction , which gives it some " idea " of where the light is coming from . |
| 22 | What is needed , is to increase public investment in public transport and there is n't any increased public investment , the increased investment is coming from higher fares and the private sector , and slashed the road building programme . |
| 23 | ‘ The patrol boat 's coming in the other side of the key . |
| 24 | As the details of the US involvement are revealed , the administration is coming under fire from normally dovish Democrats on Capitol Hill for not acting swiftly and decisively enough to take advantage of the opportunity to end General Noriega 's rule . |
| 25 | ‘ This wind 's coming from Finland , ’ a customer told Anne . |
| 26 | Now before we step the mast , we need to turn the boat more or less into the wind and that 's a good chance for us to start thinking about where the wind 's coming from . |
| 27 | They says , that fella 's coming to me , he 's supposed to be coming out . |
| 28 | That 's one of the things Richard is coming for , to look round . |
| 29 | How will you know if the blood is coming from er an artery that 's cut ? |
| 30 | In the photograph , the sun is coming into the attic on an early summer 's late afternoon , a time when I am seldom at work there . |