Example sentences of "have [adv] come [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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1 | In 30 years no band has ever come out the system alive . |
2 | Although Vinny Samways has now come off the transfer list , Spurs look light in the key area . |
3 | May I , as someone who has recently come off the dole , comment on Donald Gould 's article ( Forum , 20 January , p 180 ) . |
4 | Shetland sheep are an example of a breed which has recently come off the Rare Breed Survival Trusts ' books , largely due to its popularity with small flock owners . |
5 | She had emigrated with half her family to England when a baby , but they had all come back the night an auntie 's house in Derry had been seen on TV news , with the sofa flying from an upstairs window and loyalist thugs pouring petrol on the geraniums . |
6 | give us time to get dressed , she says oh hurry up now and we 've just come out the bath |
7 | Unfortunately for our timing one of the hosts suddenly said , ‘ I 'm sure you do n't want any coffee , Prime Minister , you 've just come off the plane . |
8 | ‘ I 've just come off the Isle of Man boat . ’ |
9 | At last the restoration was completed and R5868 looked as if it had just come off the production line , a fine tribute to F/L Peaple and his team . |
10 | The tot , Britain 's most premature surviving child , had just come off the danger list after a three-month fight for life . |
11 | The front of the jeep was as clean as if it had just come off the boat from Japan . |
12 | I 've now come off the pill without telling my boyfriend . |
13 | Well anyway erm they it was interesting , they all seemed rather positive and the reason they were positive is because they perceive him as classless , as somebody who 's actually come up the hard way , who 's experienced the down side of life and who 's nevertheless , through hard work and perseverance and so on , triumphed over that , and actually reached the highest post in the land , and erm they seemed to feel that there was a erm that this was a good thing , that somebody who 's had experience of erm the less privileged side of life , somebody who , and I quote ‘ was n't born with a silver spoon in is mouth , and did n't got to public school and that sort of thing knows more about what 's life for the average person ’ and I agree with that . |