Example sentences of "[vb past] come [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lack of time has been cited as a possible reason why a new set of criteria put before the world governing body 's council in Tokyo last year failed to come up for discussion . |
| 2 | Kayersbridge Farm in Hurst , Berkshire , was making its second appearance at auction : auctioneer Gary Murphy had sold it in December for £262,000 to a bidder who failed to come up with the money . |
| 3 | I have already discussed the notion of relative novelty in the course of an analysis of habituation ( Chapter 2 , pp. 44–5 ) and failed to come up with hard evidence that might require us to accept its reality . |
| 4 | Logically , it would make sense to assume that the aircraft failed to come up to the standards of performance and aggressive capability which the Soviets expected of it . |
| 5 | Just two days before the share sale was due to close , the Greater Manchester Council superannuation fund failed to come up with the expected £250,000 . |
| 6 | He had been made to work ridiculously hard , and had suffered a constant stream of abuse when he failed to come up to scratch . |
| 7 | His number failed to come up ; and Dougie 's girl , who had always fancied Rupert , anyway , but had n't liked to say so , allowed herself to be comforted . |
| 8 | If somebody failed to come up to her own high standards the directness she had inherited from her Australian background meant they would soon know . |
| 9 | The Quebec government , however , warned the federal government and the English-speaking provinces that if they failed to come up with an acceptable constitutional solution , Quebec would proceed with its own independence referendum by October 1992 . |
| 10 | If the pH failed to come up to 5 after 20 minutes ( 1200 seconds ) , the acid clearance time was regarded to be 1200 seconds . |
| 11 | Britain prefers absolute standards , which would exclude all products that failed to come up to the minimum acceptable level . |
| 12 | If he failed to come up with explanations to put everything right then , and then only , would he have to face the consequences himself , for it was clear now that she would have to leave — disengage herself from him , as Marc had so succinctly put it — but she had given her word and she would wait until the whole matter could be discussed openly . |
| 13 | SAFETY measures at a Darlington car park failed to come up to standard after tests , it has been revealed . |
| 14 | SAFETY measures at a Darlington car park failed to come up to standard after vital tests , it has been revealed . |
| 15 | Middlesbrough 's shambolic defenders failed to come up with the answers to the riddles posed by Rosenthal 's direct running . |
| 16 | ‘ But Olechea was playing a winner 's game and he failed to come through because of his cowardice . |
| 17 | BLUEBIRD TOYS saw brokers downgrade profit forecasts for the group from £3million to £2million against £2.3million a year ago after £1million of orders failed to come through . |
| 18 | The forty seven year old aircraft failed to come out of a loop during a flying display at Woodford aerodrome near Manchester in June . |
| 19 | More worrying for the government , however , were the large numbers of liuxuesheng who once out of the country failed to come back . |
| 20 | Although Mr Brown , the anti-establishment populist , failed to come close to his win over Mr Clinton in Connecticut two weeks ago , he will undoubtedly fight on as a spoiler until the final primary in California in June . |
| 21 | Analysts are forecasting that Zeneca will make taxable profits of about £500 million in the current year , with ICI expected to come in at around £250 million . |
| 22 | The last person I expected to come across was you . ’ |
| 23 | In my 14 years of support I finally got to come close to her in 1991 at Wimbledon when she took time out to meet her fans . |
| 24 | You got to come out directly . |
| 25 | A lot more got to come out yet . |
| 26 | The therapist also suggested that Pamela should tell her parents more about what she was doing ; for example , what time she planned to come home in the evening . |
| 27 | In fact I see from the note that accompanied the birthday card ( thank you ) that it seemed a particularly happy visit this time , and that you planned to come home in June ! |
| 28 | In er incredible , and erm , she asked to come away , and erm , erm , she , my mother was , was up , up half the night with it . |
| 29 | then one day she rang and asked to come over — and we went to collect her and she 's been with us ever since . |
| 30 | And she phoned me , I saw her about three weeks ago , she asked to come down . |