Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] come to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elections to all the Republic Assemblies were held in 1990 : in April and early May in Slovenia and Croatia ( where the communists were defeated — see p. 37381 ) ; in November and December in Serbia and Montenegro ( where the Socialist Party — renamed communists — gained majorities ) , and in Macedonia and Bosnia-Hercegovina ( where nationalists came to power — see pp. 37923-24 ) . |
| 2 | Gareth had intelligently chosen smooth-barked saplings all the way and all the marks were at the same height , at about waist level , where painting came to him most naturally , it seemed . |
| 3 | Silas had said he wished to leave for Hastings immediately after the meal , so Lucy came to the table ready to leave at a moment 's notice . |
| 4 | Immediately Travis came to her side . |
| 5 | Although comedy came to him easily in the sense that he seems to have made the class laugh at will from a tender age , it is , like everything else , something that he works at and it annoys him when others fail to do so . |
| 6 | It was already a city of churches beyond counting ; and although trade came to it — including trade in the relics of saints — and a little industry , its permanent character was marked by the tourist traffic , of visitors to the shrines of the apostles and the countless martyrs of Rome , and to the papal court . |
| 7 | Although objectives came to be redefined , compromising the original radicalism , attitudes toward representational politics remained firm . |
| 8 | Although it is a parent 's or guardian 's statutory responsibility to ensure children 's regular attendance at school , schools generally see it as their responsibility to monitor attendance , to seek explanation from parents for pupils ' non-attendance and to ensure that once pupils come to school they attend their classes . |
| 9 | Now I ca n't see why it does n't make sense , but if Jim came to me and said , look Hugh , that 's bloody silly . |
| 10 | My mother thought about this for a moment until comprehension came to her , whereupon she changed the subject out of deference to my youth and inexperience . |
| 11 | The best brains and resources had gone into military research and development until Gorbachev came to power . |
| 12 | Some alien imports are quickly acclimatised into artistic traditions that last for decades or centuries , and nobody bothers if most of Shakespeare 's sources were continental , if porcelain came to England from China by way of Saxony , or if almost all the literary kinds the English tradition has excelled in , excepting only the detective story , have been borrowed from abroad . |
| 13 | Its estimates show that interest rates may have to be raised to 12 per cent as a result of exchange market pressure if Labour comes to power . |
| 14 | JOBS could be under threat at a NorthEast cigarette factory if Labour comes to power and bans tobacco advertising , a company chairman has warned . |
| 15 | Germany has threatened sanctions if harm comes to anyone affected by the fatwa , Norway has blocked an oil deal , and Canada has refused a $1 billion credit line . |
| 16 | Until peace comes to the Gulf , it will remain a society struggling to survive . |
| 17 | If Robert came to you and said in his gentle , somehow caressingly placid voice that I had admitted or confessed to him in ‘ obvious distress ’ that I had pushed my penis up between the hired legs of more than one hundred and fifty tarts ( including three on one single day , or two on one single bed ) then you would probably believe him . |
| 18 | If Jesus came to your school : |
| 19 | We should be suspicious of any school of thought which separates spirituality from the natural and human as if God comes to people independent of this context . |
| 20 | ‘ If Esau comes to the one company and destroys it , then the company which is left will escape . ’ |
| 21 | Erm what social services erm policy say with regard to there 's a certain amount of money available t say for if people came to family . |
| 22 | You had to watch but if people came to your door in a in a state that er you knew it was a genuine case , you would probably help them out you know . |
| 23 | Charts of asking questions , if people come to you and ask questions keep referring the same things similar things to you all the time . |
| 24 | And if Iran comes to life , the whole picture in the Middle East will change . |
| 25 | And she laughed until tears came to her eyes . |
| 26 | He approached the fallen man , either to arrest him or make sure he was dead , whereupon Elliot came to life and stabbed Bothwell three times . |
| 27 | When Mary I married Philip of Spain she decreed they ruled England jointly , and for the next few years until Elizabeth came to the throne the following strange convention was adopted for recording their regnal years : On 17 March 1649 the monarchy was abolished and during the period until parliamentary government was overtaken by the Restoration , English official documents were dated by the year of grace . |
| 28 | If Mosley came to fascism as a result of the failure of the process of British parliamentary politics to create the new society , the same could not be said of others , like Chesterton and Williamson , who had little or no contact with high politics . |
| 29 | oh course , aha , no , it 's , it 's not that bad going out with them they act a bit different , not much different , when they 're on their own yeah , cos Chris came to the cinema by himself with us , with me and Kate |
| 30 | If politicians came to the conclusion that education was too important to be left to the educators , bear in mind the massive input of public resources , education 's failure to demonstrate significant improvement of standards , poor marketing , uncertain professional leadership and the fact that every year youngsters leave school ignorant of much they might reasonably be expected to know and lacking skills that could have been acquired in 11 years of schooling . |