Example sentences of "to come [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Injuries have hit the club , and coach Billy Lomax had to come on as a substitute midway through the second half . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But I quite see that you need someone to come in on a practical issue like what to do about his tenants . |
| 7 | And really I 'm going to start off and then Liz is going to come in on a particular aspect of this . |
| 8 | In terms of progressing or taking part in the discussion , can I suggest that if you want to come in on a particular item , you put your name board up like that , so that we can readily observe it er and equally , our friend who is looking after the microphones can make sure that the vol the volume of your microphone is turned up at the appropriate time . |
| 9 | and erm I used to do erm , keep a check on the flying times of the planes cos every forty hours they had to come in for a different check . |
| 10 | He never wrote entirely admiring reviews : ‘ It 's the essence of a book never to be perfect , ’ he said , ‘ so its writer must expect to come in for a little criticism . ’ |
| 11 | We used to come in for a fair amount of ribbing and good-natured chaff , and remarks like , Was it a red sky this morning ? |
| 12 | She said politely , ‘ Would you like to come in for a last drink ? ’ |
| 13 | Ed Morrison allowed John Jeffrey to come in from an offside position and ‘ collect ’ a passing movement between two Japanese players while Hayashi was tackled without the ball when a try seemed certain for Japan . |
| 14 | " Ask Dr. Lorrimer to come down for a few minutes , will you please ? " |
| 15 | I ask him to come down for a few days and I also invite Lady De Marr . |
| 16 | He needed to come down from a greater height than most . |
| 17 | Sixty miles they used to come over for a good evening at those and maybe two principles |
| 18 | Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company that has the misfortune to be controlled by the state , France 's chronic loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office . |
| 19 | Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company controlled by the state , France 's loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office . |
| 20 | After a two-hour meeting , the Lib Dem leader , Jim Wallace , said his party had given the organisation another chance to come up with a new way forward . |
| 21 | It wants vendors to use the P5 code name until the chip is formally announced , and has invited employees to come up with a new name that stresses 80386 and 80486 compatibility — so the RISC 86 suggestion did not get a warm welcome . |
| 22 | Stung , the League said yesterday that they expect ITV to come up with a new date within the next fortnight and they will not tolerate one beyond the scheduled season 's end of May 5 . |
| 23 | Now writers are trying to come up with a new story for Willis as rival studios race to cash in on the Die Hard formula . |
| 24 | BAeSEMA has been contracted by the navy to come up with a new design for bridges incorporating the latest in ergonomic practice . |
| 25 | This left five days for the Patent Office and its advertising agency , Ayer , to come up with a new version . |
| 26 | The SSC will hold a meeting in June , when all sorts of would-be participants will try to come up with a new detector . |
| 27 | Workers at Britain 's Institute of Geological Sciences aim , however , to come up with a new set of tools that can indicate minerals much further under the ground . |
| 28 | IBM is promising to come up with a cost-efficient CMOS microprocessor-based 390 in the second half of the year . |
| 29 | Now I struggled to come up with a good word or phrase to describe that , but the one we use for now is multicultural . |
| 30 | Even as she turned towards the staircase she was still trying to come up with a good reason for not sleeping in his bed , but when she reached the top step she turned with a resigned sigh towards his room , too bone weary to argue any more . |