Example sentences of "[noun] come to [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sarah came to tea on Sunday and when all the younger members of the family were in the parlour afterwards , Anne spoke about the talk of war . |
| 2 | His case came to hinge on one point . |
| 3 | The case came to hinge on the legitimacy of Mabel because of William 's first contracted marriage and so to be a matter for the church courts . |
| 4 | Yes ; it 's Sesame Street come to life on stage . |
| 5 | October 4 : Nick and Safaya Hemming 's well-known PA–22–160 Tri-Pacer tailwheel conversion G–JEST came to grief on a strip at Flecknoe , Warwickshire , when it failed to pick up speed during take-off for a flight to Honeydon . |
| 6 | The stores were overrun with rats and mice and the cats came to feast on these rodent pests , thereby endearing themselves to the Egyptian people . |
| 7 | By the time President Reagan came to office on 20 January 1981 he had plenty of reasons for wishing to emulate Henry II . |
| 8 | Not only Mr Clinton , but most of his advisers came to power on a crest of frustration and almost revolutionary fervour . |
| 9 | Both President Reagan and Mrs Thatcher came to power on a platform of military rhetoric with Reagan calling Russia an evil empire and Mrs Thatcher earning herself the title of the Iron Lady . |
| 10 | Headteachers say governors come to school on special occasions but do n't seem disposed to become involved more routinely in school affairs . |
| 11 | Our aim is to make Alice a Victorian coloured picture book come to life on the screen , with all its charm , fun , fantasy and sense of magical wonder and adventure . ’ |
| 12 | Information came to light on Jan. 8 that at the end of December the Serbian national bank had secretly issued 18,300 million dinars ( US$1,400 million ) of new money without approval by the federal National Bank of Yugoslavia , in order to make a loan to the Serbian government . |
| 13 | ‘ Daddy saw some gipsies coming to camp on his land , ’ she explained as she came up , ‘ and he wo n't let them . |
| 14 | It is perhaps because of the unpredictable nature of the outcome that few cases come to court on ultra vires conditions . |
| 15 | Had our redshanks come to winter on the Wash from breeding grounds in the Pennines ? or from Iceland ? |
| 16 | Mr Barton came to town on market day , yesterday , to announce plans for the May 25 to May 30 broadcast and his intention to do some shopping . |
| 17 | He described it as the ‘ best news since 1948 ’ when the National Party came to power on the policy of apartheid , which eventually led to South Africa 's ban from the international rugby arena until this year . |
| 18 | It now seems certain that , whichever party comes to power on 5 March , the latest funding measures will be upheld . |