Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] come to " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Not very much , just enough to enable me to come to Ireland . ’
2 Of course , you can not hope to provide them with everything they need , but you must try to provide something to encourage them to come to your microhabitat .
3 The only safe definition is negative : it is a school which admits pupils of all academic standards and without a test or assessment of ability ( save in so far as that may be used to secure what came to be known as ‘ a balanced intake ’ ) .
4 Revolutionary this certainly was in concept , for it sought to displace what came to be called Capitalism by industrial collectivism , to secure that industry should be run by the workpeople for the workpeople , and through the agency of trade unionism .
5 For this reason we spend a lot of time with relatives trying to help them come to terms with the whole admission process .
6 In order to help them come to terms with the loss , the grief stricken couple and their close relatives were encouraged to go and see their dead baby and pay their last respects .
7 Parents whose babies have died or were stillborn have produced a special memorial to help them come to terms with their loss .
8 Well I work as a psychotherapist and it seems to me that for some people change is impossible and when that is the case then its my job to help them to come to terms with who they are and what they are and how there going to remain , but the other side of it is helping people to change and I have to say usually its to loose weight , that 's the biggest reason people want to change .
9 We must try to help ourselves to come to terms with the changes in farming , but if the present position persists , farmers in rural areas will not be seen to be working in line with the avowed aim of my right hon. Friend the Minister of a good environmental policy mixed with good farming .
10 This section of the book is designed to help you come to terms with your deepest emotions and the people or events which may have caused them in the first place .
11 If only , she thought , there was a way to help him come to terms with the rage that had coloured his whole life .
12 Seldom a telegram came and nobody liked to see one come to a house .
13 In research for the advertising campaign — where we carried out in-depth , face-to-face interviews with senior representatives of 50 existing and potential customers — we looked at existing attitudes and probed them on what it would take to persuade them to come to us to answer their problems .
14 The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu , K. O. P. M. Karunanidhi , was given the responsibility of talking to the various Tamil groups to persuade them to come to a peaceful settlement after the withdrawal of the IPKF .
15 He was going to let you come to the sanatorium to see me .
16 She was a guest teacher at the prestigious Medau Teachers ' Whitsum Course in Coburg in 1983 and the trainers who experienced her work there have managed to persuade her to come to England to work with the English teachers .
17 I had to plead with you to let her come to the party , ’ Mother said .
18 He would not rush the boy , he had to let him come to him .
19 On reflection , I decided to let him come to me .
20 When I heard Deane had begged the Sheffield board to let him come to Leeds , I was really pleased that we had someone who really wanted to be here .
21 And so kind to let us come to the party afterwards .
22 ‘ Murtach and the others are going round some of the outlying tenants now , to ensure they came to no harm . ’
23 And whatever Councillor says , there was an inadequate period for that essential preparation , both within the directorate and for heads and teachers , to allow them to come to terms with what Local Manage of the schools meant .
24 And he 'd not offer harm to me , I think But you , lassie-' once more I was promoted from ‘ Miss Fenemore ’ — ‘ there 's no need for you to fear him coming to the cottage , even though he has a boat and could get into the bay without anyone seeing him .
25 Donald would issue a death certificate for any cause you suggested to him ; this case , Henry felt , might be so staggeringly self-explanatory as to allow him to come to a diagnosis off his own bat .
26 It will also help you if you are rejected as you will be too busy planning for the next project to allow yourself to come to a full stop .
27 Likewise , our earlier analysis of the roots of Whiggery make it possible to appreciate why a Court Whig position developed after the Glorious Revolution ; there always existed such a potential for such a development , but it required the right political circumstances to enable it to come to fruition .
28 Now let me ask you , a lot of you this , some of you have been coming to Congress year after year , you probably come from branches from five hundred , a thousand , fifteen hundred people , but how many people actually go to the branch meetings to elect you to come to Congress ?
29 ‘ I tried to get him to come to London , ’ said Hardy , ‘ but he would n't .
30 He is playing in the Second Division at the moment , but my priority is to get him to come to the club . ’
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