Example sentences of "it [adv] come to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it approached the boundary of the hole , it slowed down , until it eventually came to a halt ! |
| 2 | Er ploughmen and horsemen were the elite of farm workers and the sons would could only aspire to do what they did and And er eventually I suspect it got to be a little more organized and er they had these little games of of ploughing matches , maybe in a rudimentary farm to begin with , but it eventually came to be as we see it today , over a long period of time . |
| 3 | He had most of the presents and all the adults to himself , and it only came to an end for him when he was very sick late in the morning , but whether from too much excitement or too many sweets , nobody could tell . |
| 4 | We papered the walls white and put up a border : with curtains and a lampshade to match , it only came to around £50 . |
| 5 | It only came to light today . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It suddenly came to me what they had done . |
| 7 | It suddenly came to her … the hidden meaning in her thought when they 'd left Forster taking up his position in ambush . |
| 8 | I put on the dress and it suddenly came to life . |
| 9 | It suddenly came to me . |
| 10 | She was sipping the last of her coffee , however , when it suddenly came to her just how much Ven had been in her thoughts since she had awakened , also how very much she wanted to see him again ! |
| 11 | It literally came to light by accident when it fell out of a bag — it was God 's will , I suppose . ’ |
| 12 | He 's never been particularly happy about being in the group and it just came to a head . ’ |
| 13 | It just came to me and I knew it must be for one of you . ’ |
| 14 | I sat there in ITF 's London offices , listening to the problem and it just came to me . ’ |
| 15 | Is n't it just coming to something when one has to try to keep up with one 's daughter ? ’ |
| 16 | So it just comes to ? |
| 17 | Right , so , yeah , so it just comes to a hundred over four , good , now . |
| 18 | It just comes to thirty six good . |
| 19 | Far better , of course , for it not to come to that . |
| 20 | Now , if the Liaison Office had got the same number from Maxim , then the embassy gossip vine had to be more security-minded than she believed possible for it not to come to one conclusion . |
| 21 | I never went looking for trouble — it normally came to me . ’ |
| 22 | The Special Air Service Regiment — or S.A.S. , as it soon came to be called — was at this time an established part of the Army Air Corps , though it was little known to the public at large . |
| 23 | But it soon came to be realized that any breakaway plasma would disperse into the void rather than condense into solid bodies . |
| 24 | Further calculations supported this view , and it soon came to be adopted generally . |
| 25 | It finally came to a halt battered against the wall , leaving a shower of debris on the track . |
| 26 | A transcript of the tape-recording made in the restaurant was a central plank in the prosecution case when it finally came to court eighteen months later . |
| 27 | Grainne had known that when it finally came to it , she would be afraid — for I have never known anyone other than Fergus , and with Fergus it was so natural and so sweet — but she had not expected this sudden rush of tenderness . |
| 28 | 2 weeks ago it finally came to trial 2 weeks ago and today was the day of judgement , but she 's still waiting . |
| 29 | The train chugged on northwards , further and further away from the enemy , until it finally came to a halt at Waverley station in Edinburgh . |
| 30 | This is rather unstable , and it usually comes to an end in a funeral . |