Example sentences of "was [adj] come [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The architect was due to come anyway . |
| 2 | The Conventional Forces in Europe ( CFE ) treaty signed in Paris in November 1990 [ see p. 37838 ] and in " provisional application " since July 17 , 1992 [ see p. 39031 ] , was due to come formally into effect on Nov. 9 , 10 days after the last two signatory states ( Byelarus and Kazakhstan ) deposited their instruments of ratification . |
| 3 | ‘ Eva was with her father , and all was fine until the day before she was due to come home , ’ recalls Wendy . |
| 4 | Conveniently , Donald John MacDonald , Manager of Castlebay Branch , was waiting to help me fill in the hour before the Glasgow based Loganair Twin Otter was due to come in to pick up those flying on to Tiree and Glasgow . |
| 5 | You had to then notify the public at least twenty f twenty four I , no fourteen days before it was due to come in . |
| 6 | It was odd coming over as a tragic heroine . |
| 7 | ‘ So how did the idea that it was foreign come up ? ’ |
| 8 | Hopes of a US-EC compromise were revived on Jan. 21 after Andriessen promised in Washington , following a meeting with the US Representative for Trade Negotiations , Carla Hills , that the EC was prepared to come forward with specific amendments to the Dunkel plan if the USA and Japan did the same . |
| 9 | When Lewis himself was speaking , it was not always easy to find a tame atheist who was prepared to come along and be mauled in public debate ; for on these occasions he reverted to type and became again the P'daytabird prosecuting an unlikely prisoner in the Belfast police courts . |
| 10 | Course it 's worth bothering because a lot of young men that was unemployed come down to the school where I 'm the caretaker and they said , we know that you 're running short is there any chance of getting in on the scene ? |
| 11 | The other lad who made a commitment came as a non-believer but was willing to come along with an open mind and on studying the gospels came to believe Jesus was indeed who he said he was and shortly after made his commitment . |
| 12 | Missionary Kate McBeth wrote : ‘ For a few years at first Joseph was afraid to come down upon the Nez Perce reserve — afraid of the surrounding whites and because of the many indictments against him — but this fear wore off . |
| 13 | It was sad coming back alone to an empty house , Ianthe thought , but how much worse if it had been a single furnished room , like poor Miss Grimes . |
| 14 | MacLachlan , victor of eight combats over the island , was fortunate to come down on Malta itself , rather than in the sea : ‘ For what seemed like hours I hung there , apparently motionless , with Malta still as far away as ever . |
| 15 | ‘ It was imperative to come here quickly , break the ice and get that acceptance . |
| 16 | One of these blows actually ricked my neck and I had to lie on the floor beneath the table until it was okay to come up again . |
| 17 | Oh that was she was supposed to come today , but she phoned up last week erm she is gon na come but I do n't think that a date has been arranged yet . |
| 18 | The SparKit LSI is announcing is the self-same kit it was supposed to come up with almost two years ago — one that would have produced a Sparcstation 2 clone for $18,000 . |
| 19 | I was supposed to come here and try and persuade you to sell . |
| 20 | I ca n't see singing in the party Debbie 's daughter the one that comes round with her sometimes she 's er she went into hospital on Tuesday er er Monday that 's right , she had operation Tuesday for her tonsils , come out yesterday or she was supposed to come out yesterday . |
| 21 | That 's where Charley 's Aunt was supposed to come in , to chaperon the swooning sweeties Kitty and Amy , but a last moment delay left Jack and Charles desperate . |
| 22 | He described one , a boy who was glad to come in and sit for him , and bring his spade . |
| 23 | ‘ Actually , ’ he said softly , ‘ I was glad to come home early , ’ |
| 24 | He was unfortunate to come up against West Indies , playing four fast bowlers for the first time , when he was still an inexperienced leader and the memory of Lillee and Thomson was still raw . |
| 25 | However , he was unfortunate to come up against a finely-tuned Remittance Man last March and , although Katabatic ran a cracker , mounting a ferocious challenge up the final climb , he was held by a length at the line . |
| 26 | I was unhappy coming here . |
| 27 | " We think it was stupid to come so far . " |
| 28 | And yet it was good to come home , too . |
| 29 | ‘ It was good to come back and give a good performance here . ’ |
| 30 | In November 1989 he decided it was safe to come home , arriving in a private aircraft on a remote airstrip . |