Example sentences of "come [conj] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further to the first point of order , is it an order for the press to hear about the proposed rise in prescription charges before this house and would n't it have not been better if the Secretary of State to come and made a statement and we could have questioned her about it . |
| 2 | Accordingly I telephoned him quite early the next morning and received a cordial invitation to come and drink a cup of coffee with him in his home in Lord North Street . |
| 3 | I hope they do n't ask me to come and do a benefit concert up there . |
| 4 | Why did you leave such a good hospital to come and do a holiday job ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Jeff told me he 'd had a word with you about me and told you I had lots of experience teaching English to foreign students and that you wanted me to come and do the job . ’ |
| 6 | Well , you talked about us having prisoners , did n't you , well there was a camp not far from us , got these Italian prisoners to come and do the ditching . |
| 7 | They sent him delivery order but he failed to come and collect the rice . |
| 8 | When the food-finder arrives at its nest it uses further pheromones to recruit other ants to come and collect the food ; Myrmica rubra , for instance , having laid its trail from its poison gland , attracts its nest mates back to the food with a pheromone from its Dufour 's gland . |
| 9 | There was a little hand-bell by her place ; she rang it for Bernadette to come and clear the breakfast plates away . |
| 10 | It 's to do with the Government housing policy at national level , but there are certain things we can do , and I remember about two and a half years ago I arranged for a group of people to come and give a seminar to the Housing Committee . |
| 11 | maybe , maybe , people could just be thinking or , you know if they hear of somebody who might be able to come and give a talk like your friend who , who was very good , erm , you know , we could make a note of it and , or ask people , you know , could talk to talk or something that sort . |
| 12 | I invited him to come and conduct the orchestra in Aachen . |
| 13 | Do you want me to come and hold the stopwatch ? ’ |
| 14 | All in all she got herself in such a state that it was a distinct let-down when she was met by Mike Booker , the team manager , although why she should have thought that the reigning world champion would bother to come and meet a flight at Nice airport was a question she was n't too happy to answer . |
| 15 | They actually have to come and meet the person fact to face . |
| 16 | Order , or or or order , order , the honourable lady would not expect me to comment on something that has been on television , er in something that I I have no er I I did n't even see last night , it 's up to the minister whether he wishes to come and make a statement it is really not at all a point of order for me . |
| 17 | He should have gone days ago and alerted the Regent to the situation , to come and relieve the town . |
| 18 | If we 're going to stick by the principle outlined above of keeping close to the centre of the action , we 'll need to meet the dragon in the drama , to find out what it 's really like , maybe to persuade it to come and melt an iceberg for drinking water . |
| 19 | He then drove to the office of a friend who was an architect , and within minutes had persuaded him to come and examine the job to be done on the house . |
| 20 | When I went there , the Corporation men used to come and wash the whole of Scotland Road . |
| 21 | She was rounding up a party to come and inspect the property . |
| 22 | Sober reflection would have shown him that the sensible procedure would have been to phone the police and get them to ask the Bomb Disposal Squad to come and check the bag out . |
| 23 | I think Leonora Stem has made a tentative identification with a young Mr Thomas Hearst of Richmond who liked to come and play the oboe with the ladies . |
| 24 | but if in any reason you know you wanted to come and have a discussion or there was a problem or |
| 25 | No , no , you do n't have to make one , using your aeroplane your prototype erm would you like to come and have a test flight . |
| 26 | I wonder if your father would like to come and have a chat with me , possibly about your future ? |
| 27 | D' you want to come and have a look at him ? ’ |
| 28 | Maurice called , in imitation of Richard , " perhaps you 'd like to come and have a look . " |
| 29 | The aim is to encourage parents to come and have a look round the school and it seems to be working . |
| 30 | So I shouted to Paul to come and have a look at it and he says well the cheeky bugger . |