Example sentences of "come [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | A Dessie Edgar corner was neatly side-footed home in 79 minutes by Victor Welch who had just come on as a sub . |
| 3 | Peter Foley , who had come on as a substitute struck the upright with a powerful drive , for the ball to rebound clear . |
| 4 | Injuries have hit the club , and coach Billy Lomax had to come on as a substitute midway through the second half . |
| 5 | At £17.50 a ticket , I expected the band to come on for a bit longer or were they all dashing off to see Lady Chatterley too ? |
| 6 | Because we do send people erm er sorry send , we ask people to come on to a training course which we fully expense . |
| 7 | The yellow nylon shirt with the frothy frill amounts to an offence against taste bordering on the criminal , yet it somehow works to offset his complexion ( pale blue ) and the ensemble enables him to come on like a chat-show host from Hell — vast smiles and arms flung out in gestures of mock formality . |
| 8 | Worst Career Move of the month : ex-world 's greatest sleazeball James Woods trying to come on like a middle-aged woman 's dreamboat opposite Dolly Parton in Straight Talk , which also has the biggest supporting cast of the month : Griffin Dunne , John Sayles , Spalding Gray . |
| 9 | Please note that we have arranged a special performance on Saturday at 5.00 pm — to help our patrons who wish to come on after a matinee , and/or go on to another evening performance . |
| 10 | To our utter dismay and astonishment , he told us that our certificates meant nothing at all to him or BSAC and that ‘ even if Jacques Cousteau were to come along with a PADI qualification , no notice would be taken of it . ’ |
| 11 | As soon as a real therapeutic advance occurs , there is a great temptation for a competitor to come along with a drug differing slightly in chemical composition which can then be marketed without patent infringement . |
| 12 | ‘ I really want someone to come along with an order so I can get on and make half a dozen . ’ |
| 13 | The other lad who made a commitment came as a non-believer but was willing to come along with an open mind and on studying the gospels came to believe Jesus was indeed who he said he was and shortly after made his commitment . |
| 14 | But I cooled him out and he agreed to come along to a new rehearsal place that we 'd found , The Rose And Crown in Wandsworth . |
| 15 | See if you can get one to come along to a Brownie meeting and tell you more about what being a Guide is like . |
| 16 | ‘ And — ah — I shall be in my study , and delighted to meet any of you , should you care to come along for a chat , ’ said the headmaster , very much as an afterthought , and clearly hoping they would n't . |
| 17 | We turned our ponies and galloped back to the Legation , where we learnt that news had just come in of a great victory for the Shoan army . |
| 18 | If the literary establishment had thought to compare notes they would have realized that every male aura on and off Fleet Street had come in for a bashing . |
| 19 | Understandably , this presumption has come in for a great deal of criticism . |
| 20 | The successful receptionist models could be used to devise special training to enable CAB receptionists to ascertain the depth of a problem ; they could serve the dual function of assessing which clients have just come in for a form or a local address and they could make appointments for others in person or by telephone and smooth the queue . |
| 21 | However , the Green Paper has come in for a variety of criticisms and there is little evidence that its recommendations will be acted upon in the short- or medium-term . |
| 22 | He had come in for a book of stamps , and when he had got it he joined Breeze , who was waiting on the Green . |
| 23 | Dates have just come in for a series of Ovation guitar clinics , with Ian Aitken : Wed Oct 14th , Picton Music , Swansea ; Thu 15th , Cranes Music , Cardiff ; Mon 26th , Oasis Music , Ringwood , Hants ; Tues 27th , Soundpad , Barnstaple ; Thu 29th , Avalon Music , Sevenoaks ; Wed 11th Nov , Music Inn , Nottingham ; Thu 12th , Musical Exchange , Birmingham ; Fri 13th , Foulds of Derby ; Wed 18th , Rose Morris Music Store , London . |
| 24 | JACQUES Delors has come in for a lot of flak for the collapse of the Gatt world trade talks . |
| 25 | The prince has come in for a lot of criticism from the UN and the West for spending most of the past few months in China . |
| 26 | While it has come in for a certain amount of criticism , it has also attracted much praise , especially from industry . |
| 27 | It is hard to disappoint someone who may have come in as a last port of call when all other channels to sort out their problems seem closed . |
| 28 | Yes I 'm afraid I 've come in as a a last minute substitute and I feel as if in the eighty ninth minute I 've been given a penalty to take that could win the match or |
| 29 | ‘ You 're really down , are n't you ? – said Felix 's wife , who had come in with a jar of instant coffee and a jug of water no more than fairly hot , which increased Stephen 's worry that many things were falling behind . |
| 30 | ‘ She might have come in with a boyfriend . |