Example sentences of "n't come to " in BNC.

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1 They could n't come to a decision so they put it to the vote when — as the book put it — a pair of bearded anarchists , one with flame red hair , appeared out of nowhere and took their decision for them , smashing down the gates with sledgehammers .
2 Luke would n't come to the sea in the finish . ’
3 ‘ I 'm only sorry I did n't come to Israel 20 years ago . ’
4 Philip thought that maybe Mrs Wright 's friend was an invalid and could n't come to the door to open it .
5 ‘ He wo n't come to any harm , ’ said the man .
6 No , she would n't come to the party .
7 ‘ I hope it wo n't come to that . ’
8 The public simply wo n't come to us rather than a Russian company .
9 There is a four-wheel-drive Safrane Quadra but we did n't have one and it wo n't come to Britain , at least not initially .
10 It is time to take into account the feelings and views of the ‘ natives ’ and to make it quite clear that anyone who does not want to be part of the family should n't come to the house .
11 Mary Vorse pinpointed ‘ the time when old age finally claimed me ’ as the ‘ moment when my two boys were more thoughtful of me , when they did n't come to me any more with their perplexities . ’
12 What Morrissey still ca n't come to terms with is that now , for some strange reason , hordes of people profess to have fallen in love with him and previous to the band , he often states , no girl ever even took him into consideration .
13 . ’ All the while I 'm thinking , ‘ Please do n't come to me ! ’
14 Mandy did n't come to the meeting , Mrs. Maddison keeping her at home as a punishment for her disobedience in going into the swamp .
15 Then he wo n't come to Salisbury any more .
16 Apart from some early designs for greetings cards , the animal theme in Boyd 's work did n't come to the fore until Macmillan commissioned her to illustrate a book to accompany Spike Milligan 's verse .
17 ‘ She wo n't come to the country , ’ I said — pretending that it did n't occur to me that there were other ways .
18 He was also possessive ; he only allowed me out twice a week — Wednesday 's Youth Club and Thursday 's Sally Carmichael 's dancing class — and accompanied me to both ( pity he did n't come to the Cricket Lover 's Ball ) .
19 He knew about us , that was a kick , but he did n't come to the gig and he said he would .
20 Eve had n't known that Birdie Mac who ran the sweet shop had a man from Ballylee who had been calling for fifteen years , but she would n't leave her old mother and the man from Ballylee would n't come to Knockglen .
21 And the whole point of credit cards and other forms of revolving credit is that they do n't come to an end .
22 He would n't come to the phone when he heard who it was .
23 For example , for a diamond anniversary you could create a diamond-shaped picture , so try a little lateral thinking if at first an idea does n't come to mind .
24 Apart from some early designs for greetings cards , the animal theme in Boyd 's work did n't come to the fore until Macmillan commissioned her to illustrate a book to accompany Spike Milligan 's verse .
25 ‘ But if Williams and I ca n't come to an agreement , and I insist it 's nothing to do with money , then no problem — I 'll just pack it all in .
26 And I 'd say , ‘ Well , I would n't come to the studio today , because I have to be in bed with so and so . ’
27 France wanted to cancel Argentina 's tour this year , eventually compromising by reducing it to three matches only because the Argentine RU said ‘ If we ca n't come to France , you ca n't come here ’ .
28 I did n't come to the church that night , I had no reason to .
29 Michael Holly did n't come to you , you recruited him .
30 You do n't come to the office , you do n't come again to my home … ’
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