Example sentences of "they have come [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they 've come to a judgement on those issues and their judgement is that erm they s should support the principle of a western route . |
| 2 | Just at the moment other men are beginning to wonder if they 've come to the end of themselves , and if this is all that life has to offer , you discover a complete new range of abilities in yourself . |
| 3 | They 've come through the hole in time . |
| 4 | As soon as they had come through the hedge they saw Fiver . |
| 5 | They had come on a sight-seeing visit and , of course , they had their cameras with them . |
| 6 | He and Whelan would have had a better chance if they had come along the floor more often , even despite the permanent ten-man claret and blue wall . |
| 7 | They had come into a gallery at the centre of which was a large glass case , round which the boys — apart from Khan and the Husayns — were crowded . |
| 8 | It was n't until they had come to a halt that she had felt able to raise her eyes from the floor and look at the two men standing by the alter rail . |
| 9 | ‘ You can open your eyes now , ’ the Bookman told him when they had come to a stop . |
| 10 | They had come to a bridge . |
| 11 | They had come to the hotel to make love . |
| 12 | But they had come to the door of her apartment and the moment was here and now , impossible to delay . |
| 13 | They had come to the stile at the end of the park . |
| 14 | Brian felt that they had come to the end of that day 's talk . |
| 15 | Since they had come to the house she had grown progressively calmer , more relaxed . |
| 16 | And they had come to the conclusion that it was not American slate cos there were no quarries in that time . |
| 17 | They did n't often have a chance to leave the pub together , but this afternoon she was determined to have a family outing , so as soon as the dinner-things were washed up , they had come for a walk to the Island Gardens . |
| 18 | Then Joseph realized why they had come upon the city so completely by surprise ; it was the uncanny silence . |
| 19 | On the carpet by the tallboy were several red carnations , as fresh as they had come from the florist , and beside them , a shattered glass spill . |
| 20 | Someone stepped on a loose plank in the alley down which they had come from the bridge , and the timber squealed . |
| 21 | Nutty realised afterwards that they had come within a hairs-breadth of total disaster . |
| 22 | They had come in the night and lit a fire under the stage . |
| 23 | Meredith waved goodbye and watched her set off back the way they had come in the direction of Pook 's stables . |
| 24 | Parents sometimes feel embarrassed about describing their child 's problems in front of the child , so asking the child first why he or she thinks they have come to the clinic can open the discussion . |
| 25 | Scientists have been measuring the tide at Burnham-on-Sea , jotting down hours of sunlight , measuring the temperature to 14 decimal places and they have come to the conclusion that water levels could rise by a foot over the next 40 years . |
| 26 | There is an alternative to either of these courses which may be worth considering and that is that the Government should take the line that they have come to the conclusion that , while some restriction ought to be made in the infliction of the death penalty , the time has not yet come for its complete abolition . |
| 27 | They have come to the conclusion that , from the point of view of the welfare of the children , it is more important to the children that they should not be separated from each other than that either child should go to one of the grandmothers . |
| 28 | In general , this does not apply to local employment , because the newcomers either retain their employment in nearby towns and commute to work or they have come to the countryside to retire . |
| 29 | Both are happy with the set-up and for people to know that they have come to an arrangement on leading separate lives . |
| 30 | If they have come to an arrangement with British Rail under the bus substitution programme and they consider that they are not getting enough money , there will be no cosy chats or friendly discussions in the board room , they will be absolutely ruthless and cut the services . |