Example sentences of "[be] come to the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 Harold Lock has been coming to the pool since he was a child and says it would be a crime to close it down .
32 Business had been good in the few weeks she had been in charge , but she was astute enough to realise that many of the customers had been coming to the club simply to see her .
33 ‘ The situation has been eased slightly for my parents since a community nurse has been visiting Jennifer , but I must admit I 'd rapidly been coming to the conclusion that something else would be needed very soon .
34 Margo Hawes , of Horsforth , said she had been coming to the ballet for years .
35 He did not know what had possessed him the night before , yet , gradually , the sweetness she gave him began to dissolve his confusion ; his vivid spurt of pleasure returned to him and he looked across at her and asked , ‘ Will you be coming to the passeggiata next Saturday ? ’
36 They will not be coming to the cinema , and I was like , what time are they gon na come , and he was like , hang on , I have n't finished yet .
37 How many people will be coming to the banquet ?
38 As at Claybury the sub-regional resource centre option seemed to be coming to the fore , this time with high-level support .
39 Acting on that basis , the kind of socialism that he advocated was then , was guild socialism , or more popularly nowadays , workers ' control , and what he would have hoped to see was something which , most mysteriously , does n't yet even now seem to be coming to the fore , the use of industrial power by the workers not merely for economic advantage but for political ends .
40 He had just nodded his head , and then returned to the talk about the social evening , and how difficult it was to be safe with prawns , and he had wanted to know if Dan and his lady would be coming to the Service 's New Year 's Eve party .
41 Her hands kept busy as she glanced across at her daughter and said : ‘ I do n't suppose you 'll be coming to the Chapel , will you ? ’
42 ‘ People seem to be coming to the door , ’ said Penelope .
43 But not even the news that the most promising horse in the yard had been sold to Ibn Fayoud , nor the rumour that the rest of the young Arab 's horses would also be coming to the yard , could distract Kelly from thoughts of her father 's letter .
44 I am hoping we can now arrange a telephone link-up with the Theobalds to discover whether they will , after all , be coming to the party tonight .
45 yeah it is local so I 'll still be coming to the group , I mean it 's erm , going , I mean erm just bear that in mind I might need sort of some help with coordinating cards and things , and erm , particularly if we do opt into the campaign , er it might be advisable for somebody else to do it , or at least sort of give me assistance .
46 You 'll be coming to the caelidhe tonight , wo n't you ? ’
47 At last Lucy said , ‘ Then you 'll be coming to the barbecue … ? ’
48 But the organisers of the conference and show point out that orchid specialists from 17 countries will be coming to the city and pouring money into the local economy as well as adding to the prestige of Glasgow 's Parks and Recreation Department .
49 The cheque for Action Research for the Crippled Child was presented at a reception in the Mayor 's Parlour in Reigate on 19th March 1986 and a representative from Age Concern will be coming to the A.G.M. to receive their cheque from our President , Lady Braithwaite .
50 ‘ Will Mr Trumper be coming to the market , miss ? ’
51 ‘ Will you be coming to the funeral ?
52 I 'm coming to the court tomorrow . ’
53 I 'm coming by yesterday , and he goes oh by the way I 'm coming to the cinema on Saturday with you , I said , you what !
54 Oh yes , I can see what you 've done , I tried to ring you and it said erm out of order , cos I was ringing to say I 'm coming to the bank this morning so I 'll pop in for coffee .
55 disappointing an and frustrating th that this type of thing is happening , I 'm pleased I 'm coming to the end of me service because the time will come when somebody 's got to speak out , and I think the time has or come when at I can speak out , damn the consequences .
56 ‘ Do you know , I 'm coming to the conclusion that the time is fast approaching when I may accept his proposal ?
57 Largely due to Bernard , they were to come to the forefront of politics and to find a place within the papal court .
58 The tone here mocks both anthropology and the related theories of racial purity ( as seen in the work of Frobenius ) which were coming to the fore at that time .
59 At the same time new types of industry , demanding different locational requirements , were coming to the fore .
60 We had been eight weeks in basic training and even in the most placid of us the qualities of self preservation and selfishness were coming to the surface .
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