Example sentences of "[vb past] come [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the landlords sought to come to an arrangement with the sub-tenant , a Mr Clayton , under which they would peaceably re-enter the premises and change the locks . |
| 2 | Still , when the chance arose to come to London , we pounced on it . |
| 3 | The moorland in the South West Peak was proposed for ESA status in 1991 and the designation failed to come into force this summer as planned . |
| 4 | Haydon failed to come to any agreement with his creditors . |
| 5 | While McEnroe , who appeared far from visibly insecure , enjoyed watching the following match between compatriots Andre Agassi and Michael Chang , a clearly embarrassed Babcock was left to confirm that if he failed to come to a press conference after his next match — against Goran Ivanisevic tonight — he would be fined up to $10,000 . |
| 6 | Students who drop out or who fail their college courses are often those who failed to come to terms quickly with their new environment and to make the necessary personal adjustments to fit into that environment . |
| 7 | Although this project failed to come to fruition even with Apple behind it — it was to lead us indirectly into more than a decade of adventuring in some of the most remote regions of Indonesia . |
| 8 | The London County Council ( 1961 ) had wanted a New Town at Hook , in Hampshire , planning a compact settlement designated for universal car ownership and complete pedestrian segregation , but Hampshire County Council preferred major town-expansion schemes at Andover and Basingstoke , and the proposal failed to come to fruition . |
| 9 | We had tea afterwards in a hotel in Berthing , but we failed to come to an agreement . |
| 10 | However , the two parties failed to come to any agreement over plans for the construction of autoroute A16 , linking Boulogne with Amiens . |
| 11 | The trainers loved him and some , like Beamish , took it as a mortal insult when he failed to come in person to minister to their valuable charges . |
| 12 | Leeds , Liverpool and Sheffield Wednesday failed to come from behind and overturn first-leg deficits . |
| 13 | If people expected to come to a meeting to make a decision , they will feel let down if the meeting does not reach one . |
| 14 | The government has already invested large sums of money in engineering crops that resist insect pests and the climatic extremes expected to come with global warming |
| 15 | This change has been recommended by the Legal Services Ombudsman , and will require a change in the law , expected to come into force at the beginning of 1994 . |
| 16 | They made a short visit , I suspect that they were going on to M.J. 's [ Margaret Jourdain 's ] brother and like Dulcia [ in A House and Its Head ] expected to come by a good deal of refreshment in the course of their peregrinations . |
| 17 | ‘ He 's gone downhill , lately , poor old chap , but we all got to come to it . |
| 18 | We planned to come at four o'clock . |
| 19 | Mr Kidd said he already had anecdotal evidence of US conventions pulling out of the UK : ‘ One conference of surgeons and one group of insurance sales staff , who planned to come to London for two weeks , could not find a hotel they were happy with . ’ |
| 20 | The two leaders also agreed that visa and currency exchange-free travel to East Germany for West Germans and West Berliners , planned to come into force next January , would be brought forward to December 24 . |
| 21 | I asked to come to Grendon , I did n't like it when i got here , it took a lot of getting used |
| 22 | He himself had often waited like that , hidden beside a path , ready to strike with a stick or a stone any prey that chanced to come along it . |
| 23 | For a moment I felt better , then my face chanced to come alongside the face of a three-foot-high king in a crown — I 'd been pushing down hard on the bishop 's corpse memory , now he reared up again … |
| 24 | They agreed to come to the negotiating table and Robert Carnwath , with their counsel , drafted terms of agreement under which a settlement could be worked out . |
| 25 | I went to see a debt counsellor and she agreed to come to the bank with me . |
| 26 | Twenty-seven year old Middlesbrough born midfielder Paul Lemon , who has played over 100 games for Sunderland , agreed to come to Derry on a short term contract and makes his League of Ireland debut this afternoon . |
| 27 | Ray Wilkins agreed to come to Tyneside last week but subsequently turned down a playercoach job because his wife did n't want to leave London . |
| 28 | ‘ The fact that you came to Moila and took that godforsaken cottage — and that your brother agreed to come with you , ’ said Neil cheerfully . |
| 29 | You knew I was expecting to stay at the hotel , and that was the only reason I agreed to come with you . |
| 30 | A small hospital built of wood and bamboo and thatched with palm leaves , with one ward for about ten beds , a labour room and a room for Avice , was built , and six village girls agreed to come for training . |