Example sentences of "comes [verb] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And er an interesting thing had been coming to our house She comes goes to the same church .
2 Cadmus ' grandson , his day 's toil deferred ( dilata parte laborem ) , comes wandering through the unfamiliar woods with unsure footsteps ( per nemus ignotum non certis passibus errans ) , and enters Diana 's grove , for so fate would have it ( pervenit in locum : sic illum fata ferebant ) .
3 It 's the thought that counts … and when it comes to aid for the beleaguered people of Dubrovnik plenty of thoughts count for a lot .
4 He wo n't know for sure whether it 's a success until the time comes to deal with the excess stock .
5 At very low stepping rates the motor comes to rest at the appropriate equilibrium position after each excitation change .
6 No doubt a great deal eventually comes to rest in the deep ocean basins , hut these are not environments much represented in the stratigraphical record of the continents , which have been our main preoccupation .
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