Example sentences of "come [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But it 's not Kinnock ; it 's Mr Gorbachev ; the world has come on to our ground and I find that a source of strength , because at least we know that we 're talking about the capitalist system . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ In my 35 years of dealing this is the greatest sculpture that has ever come on to the market , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Take that form literally and there is only one winner on Saturday as Bonanza Boy is bound to have come on for the outing . |
| 4 | The street lights had just come on , a little premature , and where they stood close to any of the orphan-like trees their electric brightness was captured in the mesh of dusty leaves , giving the street an elegance it had otherwise long since lost . |
| 5 | ‘ But apparently the street lights had come on and their electric glare was filtered through the torn mesh of dusty leaves , giving an elegance to the street which it had otherwise forgotten . |
| 6 | But the street lights had come on and their electric glare filtered through the dusty leaves to give an elegance to the street which it had long since forgotten . |
| 7 | ‘ It still amazes me how much she has come on and is improving all the time . |
| 8 | ‘ I think he will win , but it has only been when he has had the sun on his back in the last couple of days that he has really come on . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Andrew Impey has really come on in leaps and bounds since he first broke into the first team and Ian Holloway does a great job for us . ’ |
| 10 | At least one bookseller remarked to me that so many ex-library books had come on to the market in the last few years that he had begun to realise what it must have been like when the great monastic libraries were being dispersed . |
| 11 | Besides , it had come on to rain , and the prospect of arriving home soaking wet to find my housemates Trisha and Brian curled up in a post-coital stupor in front of the TV was more than I could bear , so I swallowed my pride and went back inside . |
| 12 | I was n't vain enough to think that the way she had come on to me that first night was solely down to my resistless charms . |
| 13 | I had surely noticed that nearly all the ingredients had come on to the train fresh ? |
| 14 | Sue Leggate says : ‘ Consumer rights have come on in leaps and bounds since Which ? first appeared . |
| 15 | Demand is so high that there is bound to be plenty of interest in two new properties in need of some tender loving care which have just come on to the market . |
| 16 | Zeyer had come on as a defender to protect the score when Kaiserslautern levelled at 1–1 , but his role changed dramatically when Wednesday immediately hit back to make it 2–1 . |
| 17 | Rubie 's Choice appeared to blow up at Marks Tey and should have come on for the race , while Zoe Turner , on her home track , can choose between As You Were and Royal Sting . |
| 18 | Son Pardo has come on in leaps and bounds since finishing fifth on his debut at Newmarket on 2,000 Guineas day . |
| 19 | She had come on to Benedict 's from an interview with her bank manager . |
| 20 | Bigsun will have come on for High Easter run |
| 21 | Quick Reaction finished well clear of Bigsun at High Easter , but the latter will have come on for the race , while Shimshek bypassed Ascot on Wednesday and must have every chance here . |
| 22 | Meanwhile one of the adjacent houses on Clifton Park Road had come on to the market and School had bought it . |
| 23 | Lights had come on beyond the doorway . |
| 24 | Britta had been watching the other woman — the one the Doctor called Benny — when the screens had come on . |
| 25 | The Official Solicitor answered the call of the court within minutes and , although this application only came to the notice of the court officials at 1.30 p.m. it has come on for hearing just before 2 p.m. and now at 2.18 p.m . |
| 26 | BELVILLE : Let me see how you are come on in your writing . |
| 27 | It has evidently come on since then . |
| 28 | He sat on the cutting machine and and then as it come on to the Ah but what do you call the long thing ? |
| 29 | People had gone up to a house and been knocking on the door waiting for someone to come because the light had come on and they thought there must be somebody in because they switched the light on when they saw me come up the drive , and these are visitors . |
| 30 | But this has just come on . |