Example sentences of "comes [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It 's like when they did the erm you know when she comes on as a fairy
2 The hit comes on in a rush .
3 This forgetfulness comes daily in a blanket of fog .
4 He comes in as a replacement for unbeaten fellow Liverpudlian Shea Neary , who is out with a hand injury .
5 ‘ If someone comes in with a litter of four-month-old puppies and I take them in , would you believe they just come back six months later with the bitch 's next log !
6 Some guy comes in with a bandage around his head .
7 Maybe that comes in with a hat that says , Authoritarian , disciplined type of interview .
8 He 's not going in for any pretending over a baby unless he comes in for a share of the cash , bloody ridiculous it is .
9 I know Macca comes in for a lot of stick from certain members but he 's by far the classiest midfielder in the country and a damm sight better than alot of the so called european geniuses .
10 I suppose I see her once or twice a week — she comes in for a cup of tea , or I go to her .
11 If anybody comes in for a car radio cassette , I 've stuck one at the top there twenty quid if anybody
12 ‘ When the sea gets to the base of that , the tide 's already too high , and it comes in like a horse trotting , as they say .
13 ‘ The tide , ’ he had said , ‘ comes in like a horse trotting . ’
14 March comes in like a lion
15 ‘ Princely dignity comes naturally to a Venetian , ’ he said drily , removing his mask .
16 because it 's got a desk , it 's desk and er , we keep it , er this comes down as a desk , you can write on there
17 What will happen to the smiling pose of Miss World when she comes down with a cold ?
18 Hope he comes down with a cold in the next few days .
19 " Then it comes down to a driver . "
20 Now loan redemption is a matter for the Government to decide ( at least as to minima ) , and presumably comes down to a judgement about how much the Government thinks that local authorities as a whole can afford to redeem in any year .
21 On the evidence of what was seen at Goodison Park , neither side has any outstanding strengths or glaring weaknesses and the whole puzzling equation simply comes down to a matter of confidence .
22 In the end it all comes down to a matter of priorities .
23 As with all financial decisions Mr Mayor , this one comes down to a matter o a question of priority .
24 Ultimately , it comes down to a trade-off between symptoms and risks , side-effects and benefits .
25 Reduced to its minimum , the Latin American idea of a ‘ party ’ comes down to a group of friends , which makes the Leninist concept of a totally committed , exclusive vanguard very difficult to accept or implement .
26 It spans the Laxford River which comes down from a string of lochs alongside the Lairg road and is notable for salmon fishing .
27 US fighter crash : Crew eject as plane comes down in a car park .
28 Dylan 's ‘ Maggie 's Farm ’ comes along without a trace of irony , The Deadheads furiously scribbling the names of the tracks on scraps of paper .
29 Dylan 's ‘ Maggie 's Farm ’ comes along without a trace of irony , The Deadheads furiously scribbling the names of the tracks on scraps of paper .
30 This gaseous emission may be constant , but frequently it comes entirely as a response to a predatorial nibble .
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