Example sentences of "[pron] come " in BNC.
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| 1 | And nothing come to stay . |
| 2 | ‘ I put it to you , ’ some old goat would bleat from under his wig , ‘ that these scheming , unprincipled charlatans , stopping at nothing to come by their ill-gotten gains , forged the very hand of a peer of the realm in a dastardly conspiracy to frustrate the worthy efforts of their local benefactor . ’ |
| 3 | Inspired , yes , by a bus run , but the booler is definitely my own husband who is devoted to sport and allows nothing to come in the way of his bowls , both indoor and outdoor bowling . |
| 4 | I do n't come home because there 's nothing to come home for , that 's why . |
| 5 | Nothing to come home to for some . |
| 6 | She guessed it was pretty obvious that she had nothing to come back with when , his expression grimmer than ever , ‘ We 'll finish this conversation inside , ’ he clipped , and although Fabia would by far have preferred that he simply hand over her car keys and let her go on her way , she realised that there were some responsibilities in life which you just could n't duck . |
| 7 | Stuck at work all day with no-one to come home to at night — all very well for you sitting holding hands with Ted with little Frieda watching , you do n't know what it 's like , being on your own , not really — ’ |
| 8 | If I were looking for a record deal , I would be pursuing individual A&R people , getting them to come and see my band . |
| 9 | He went up there a couple of times and stood outside on the pavement forcing leaflets on people , trying to get them to come inside . |
| 10 | The two of them clung together , soggily , hugging closer and closer until Rachel knocked on the door and asked them to come out . |
| 11 | For all her encouragement to them to come at any time to her house , Rose herself was wary of calling at Great Meadow . |
| 12 | If they do , it is thought unwise to allow them to come and settle in this country by and large . |
| 13 | ‘ The ball is now in Scotland , we wait for them to come back , ’ he said . |
| 14 | We did not go in search of miracles , we invited them to come to us . |
| 15 | ‘ In the end we asked them to come and sit at the back of the stage , ’ Miss Picon recalled . |
| 16 | For the Autumn 1955 issue , Mary Short of Norwich wrote an article entitled ‘ Compel them to Come in ’ predicting that the WEA would die a natural death unless more young members were recruited and advocating adventurous experiment : ‘ it may mean holding afternoon classes , or running a baby-sitter service so that young couples with children can come … has any Branch tried to recruit new members by advertising courses on child psychology at ante-natal clinics and infant welfare centres ? ’ . |
| 17 | They know that their children are stronger than them in many ways and it is hard for them to come to terms with that and still keep their dignity and self-respect . |
| 18 | 3 ) ‘ When the babies are very young leave them to come to terms with others at their own pace . ’ |
| 19 | Syria had been invited to come to help Sister Lebanon , they announced , and President Franjieh himself had asked them to come . |
| 20 | He may have left The Bar accompanied , but you never saw him following anyone , gazing after someone or persuading them to come home with him . |
| 21 | The Frenchmen were keen to join up , but the snag was persuading the French authorities in the Middle East to permit them to come under British command . |
| 22 | Visiting friends can be a great help for this , and you can ask them to come prepared with items to read to the patient , or ideas to discuss . |
| 23 | Her palms were sweating as she stood in the wings in her best green dress waiting for them to come off so that she could get on . |
| 24 | If Jennie ordered baths to be taken it was William who escorted them , gave them soap and a towel and waited for them to come out . |
| 25 | I 'm going to phone home and reverse the charges and get them to come and fetch me . |
| 26 | They 'll only phone Mum and Dad and get them to come and take me back . |
| 27 | A moment later he came out , a small figure , and waved them to come on . |
| 28 | Tell them to come . ’ |
| 29 | She did not actually concentrate on the birds which happened to be there , nor did she feel any desire to feel them or encourage them to come near her — but she was quite able to relax knowing that they were there in the background . |
| 30 | It is usual for them to come in two equal length pieces to fit a central ferrule . |