Example sentences of "did [adv] come to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If men trained in the learned profession did not , perhaps , scale such heights in the later sixteenth century , at the same time the crossing of career lines did not come to a halt .
2 ‘ I did not come to the presidency to become a president who will consolidate partition or to manage a crisis , ’ he said yesterday .
3 ‘ I did not come to the presidency to become a president who will consolidate partition or to manage a crisis , ’ he said yesterday .
4 Where a summons or other originating process has been served on a defendant by post or insertion in his letter-box under Ord 7 , 4 10(1) ( b ) or 4(a) or r 13(1) ( b ) or ( 4 ) and after judgment has been given or entered it appears to the court that the process did not come to the knowledge of the defendant in time , the court may of its own motion set aside the judgment and may give any direction or make any such order as the court may think just .
5 It is quite unlike the Trojan origin which may already have been attributed to the Franks as a result of imperial diplomacy , and suggests that the Merovingian dynasty did not come to the fore as a result of its connections with Rome .
6 ‘ Still , you know you 're welcome , ’ she smiled and left him and he was not surprised when she did not come to the post office the next evening or the evening after .
7 The proceedings did not come to the defendant 's notice until after she returned from the United States .
8 Here D 's revocation did not come to the notice of the offeree , so the offeree 's acceptance of the offer was valid , and D is liable on the contract . ’
9 There was talk of some grandeur in the English past and some evidence of middle-class money which did not come to the aid of Philip .
10 JANUARY 1st dawned in Czechoslovakia and the world did not come to an end .
11 I did n't come to the church that night , I had no reason to .
12 He was also possessive ; he only allowed me out twice a week — Wednesday 's Youth Club and Thursday 's Sally Carmichael 's dancing class — and accompanied me to both ( pity he did n't come to the Cricket Lover 's Ball ) .
13 Apart from some early designs for greetings cards , the animal theme in Boyd 's work did n't come to the fore until Macmillan commissioned her to illustrate a book to accompany Spike Milligan 's verse .
14 Apart from some early designs for greetings cards , the animal theme in Boyd 's work did n't come to the fore until Macmillan commissioned her to illustrate a book to accompany Spike Milligan 's verse .
15 What I wanted to say was that when I read the Annual Report I was rather surprised to find that there is no reference to the er report of the committee under the chairmanship of Bob , Bob on the organization of the R Y A and then I realized that it probably did n't come to the Council till after the end of the year that we have under consideration but it did seem to me that it has some contentious and some very interesting and rather good points in it and I wonder if we could be told how the consideration of it is getting on .
16 Dana did n't come to the showroom either ; she had appeared for a fitting and for a rehearsal , as she had promised , neither of which had been an outstanding success .
17 ‘ I was surprised that you did n't come to the wedding , ’ he wrote .
18 Well you see erm I mean when , when Gordon and I got married er , my sister 's husband did n't come to the wedding until later on did he Gordon ?
19 Mandy did n't come to the meeting , Mrs. Maddison keeping her at home as a punishment for her disobedience in going into the swamp .
20 I did n't come to the funeral because I was too angry .
21 ‘ The car did n't come to the house . ’
22 ‘ You did n't come to the farewell party for Ken O'Mara , did you , Mr Blufton ? ’
23 He knew about us , that was a kick , but he did n't come to the gig and he said he would .
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