Example sentences of "[verb] come [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They made a short visit , I suspect that they were going on to M.J. 's [ Margaret Jourdain 's ] brother and like Dulcia [ in A House and Its Head ] expected to come by a good deal of refreshment in the course of their peregrinations .
2 Here users tend to come from a wide variety of backgrounds , and press for an equally wide range of requirements .
3 ‘ Do you want to come to a Finnish film festival at the ICA tomorrow ? ’ asks Pamela .
4 Want to come on the Grand Canyon with me ? ’
5 Well , I 've got , if you you just bear with me a moment , I still have one foot dragging in H one , but I thought we 'd got to the stage where in order to try and clarify thinking on the matter we ought to progress onto H two , erm , that just let me reveal the thinking , erm that , before I do that can I just say in terms of mechanics those of you who have just joined us for the first time , could you turn your name boards round so I can see them , thank you , and when you want to come in the normal practice is to put your name board on end , so it will attract our attention .
6 Teachers and other educationalists can not be expected to come to an adequate understanding of recent trends in multicultural and anti-racist education , nor can they develop an independent critical judgement on recent controversies in this area , without some grasp of the deeper structural and ideological issues that underlie the racial dimension in education , politics and the economy .
7 Deflationary pressure in the budget was expected to come from a continuing reduction in the fiscal deficit , to 5 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) in 1992-93 ( compared with 8.4 per cent in 1990-91 and 6.5 per cent in 1991-92. i.e. the year ending March 31 , 1992 ) .
8 Despite Cannavino 's touting of the wonders of Greenock , the machines are expected to come from the Far East .
9 A major source of opposition to the return of Rawlings to power was expected to come from the Nkrumahist parties .
10 Patrick Duff wrote , ‘ This reverse has come as a great shock .
11 But the news has come as a total shock for many people .
12 Tearful Mandy said : ‘ This has come as a total surprise to me and my family .
13 This has come as a terrible shock .
14 ‘ This has come as a terrible shock .
15 Charles Tompkins , managing director of NOS , a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless , said the contract has come as a major breakthrough for his company , propelling it into the major league of offshore suppliers .
16 His death today has come as a complete shock .
17 I 'm sure this has come as a big shock to you .
18 The decision to sell Harford has come as a big blow to Luton boss David Pleat who said : ‘ I did n't want him to go but the club needs the money . ’
19 ‘ Therefore the problem that had emerged in 1985 has come as a considerable shock to us and I would say that the present directors of Mogul Ireland — ourselves — have acted promptly , decisively and responsibly since it came to our attention .
20 But for accident victims like Marie Moore from Darlaston , today 's decision has come as a bitter blow .
21 The ruling has come as a bitter blow Brain Goldsworthy 's common law wife .
22 Political defeat has come as a profound shock for the ruling Cambodian People 's Party ( CPP ) .
23 All this has come as an unpleasant surprise to Hong Kong 's officials .
24 The Third Force has come into the Christian spectrum , and it is a force to be reckoned with .
25 Thus has come about the present status of evolution of which man is the apparent culmination but not the real summit ; for he is himself a transitional being and stands at the turning point of the whole movement . ’
26 Trained by Nicky Henderson and the mount of Richard Dunwoody , Flown has come through a satisfactory preparation for the step-up to the ultimate test today .
27 The village founded by King Billy has come through the bad times and it has not surrendered .
28 CHEMICALS group Courtaulds has come through the past year with a 3pc profits rise but is far from confident market conditions will be any easier in 1993 .
29 When a challenge has not , at a certain point in time , been countered by a riposte , then the person who has suffered injury has come under the symbolic power of the challenger .
30 Yet , like most faiths in the twentieth century , Christianity has come under the hypnotic spell of this modern attitude , and Christians are beguiled into behaving as it demands .
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