Example sentences of "to come [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is more like a slow process of sifting , in which , by a long series of stages , and with many pauses , grains of one kind tend to come together in a heap ’ . |
| 2 | And for those reasons and for the fact that I , more or less enjoyed the journey and had to come anyway as a chauffeur ! |
| 3 | ‘ Belgium have won all their four games so far and we need to come away with a share of the spoils . ’ |
| 4 | It was a disappointing display and we were fortunate to come away with a point . |
| 5 | He admitted last night : ‘ We will do well to come away with a point this time . |
| 6 | Anyhow , we had open views over the Heath and Vale of Health and it made a lovely family home even if it was badly designed with a huge wasteful " well " in the middle of the house which had the advantage of enabling us to come downstairs in a series of flying leaps , holding on to tall mahogany pillars at the corners of the stairway . |
| 7 | ‘ Would you like to come home for a drink ? |
| 8 | Like a lot of weekends you 'd leave , you 'd leave the T A centre about eight and then from eight o'clock Friday night too about , well you 'd be working until about three o'clock Sunday afternoon , and you are lucky if you 'd got three or four hours sleep working you do n't notice , you get tired but you do n't feel that bad and it was only like I used to come home on a Sunday crash out about sleep about . |
| 9 | ‘ As well as children are when their mother fails to come home from a party because she 's shacked up with some gorilla in a cheap hotel . |
| 10 | Several times on my pilgrimage through Biomorph Land I seemed to come close to a precursor of my insects , but , then , in spite of my best efforts as a selecting agent , evolution went off on what proved to be a false trail . |
| 11 | A much easier alternative is to come here on a summer bank holiday weekend , join the queue and be winched down in a bosun 's chair courtesy of various caving clubs . |
| 12 | ‘ I used to come here as a kid with my parents . ’ |
| 13 | You may think it is a rum thing that a chap like Tim should pay an arm and a leg to come here for a year and then teach us a thing or two but then I am perfectly happy to admit that we do n't know everything . |
| 14 | ‘ There must have been a reason to come here for a day . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I bet you never thought you 'd end up as a social accessory whenever you agreed to come here for a holiday ! |
| 16 | ‘ The reason I chose to come here for a job was because I thought I had relations here . |
| 17 | Following the thought of my hon. Friend the Member for Dartford ( Mr. Dunn ) , may I invite the Minister to come there for a walk with his dog on Christmas day to envisage the damage that the new road will cause ? |
| 18 | Last night as the Yugoslavs camped out at St Peter 's School in Northampton , Mr Smith , 52 , said : ‘ I believe these are the first refugees to come across as a group . |
| 19 | So can I ask those of you you know to think carefully about what you want to contribute a particularly those of you who who have asked the panel to come forward with a recommendation on a location for a new settlement . |
| 20 | There was now a deadline to discussions about full employment — the government had to come forward with a policy before Beveridge . |
| 21 | In workplace after workplace we find exploited workers , frightened workers , vulnerable workers , but little chance of recognition no hope of check-off and no one brave enough to come forward as a steward . |
| 22 | However , IBM was expected to come forward as a Wabi development partner , like USL , which would automatically make it eligible for SunSelect 's most favourable pricing schedule ( UX No 432 ) . |
| 23 | However IBM was expected to come forward as a Wabi development partner , like Unix Labs , which would automatically make it eligible for SunSelect 's most favourable pricing schedule . |
| 24 | Flanked by his wife , Jeanne , and Mayor David Dinkins of New York , he said he had kept his illness secret since 1988 to protect his family 's privacy but had been forced to come forward after a press inquiry . |
| 25 | You have to be both token woman and superwoman to come anywhere near a shortlist that disenfranchises most of the male population . |