Example sentences of "[verb] come [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | Patrick Duff wrote , ‘ This reverse has come as a great shock . |
| 6 | But the news has come as a total shock for many people . |
| 7 | Tearful Mandy said : ‘ This has come as a total surprise to me and my family . |
| 8 | This has come as a terrible shock . |
| 9 | ‘ This has come as a terrible shock . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | His death today has come as a complete shock . |
| 12 | I 'm sure this has come as a big shock to you . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | But for accident victims like Marie Moore from Darlaston , today 's decision has come as a bitter blow . |
| 16 | The ruling has come as a bitter blow Brain Goldsworthy 's common law wife . |
| 17 | Political defeat has come as a profound shock for the ruling Cambodian People 's Party ( CPP ) . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It 's clear our little truce has come to a grinding halt . |
| 20 | The wall of molten lava has come to a virtual halt 150 yards from the first home in the town , but officials said yesterday that its flow appeared to have picked up speed further up the slope . |
| 21 | Now , as a letter to the Times pointed out last week , the word ‘ train ’ is being replaced by ‘ service ’ — as in ‘ Please do not open the doors until the service has come to a complete standstill . ’ |
| 22 | Now that the group has come to a better understanding about some aspect of these problems , how can they feel Empowered to act for change ? |
| 23 | ROBERT Hall 's love affair with Rolls-Royces has come to a temporary halt . |
| 24 | Variable analysis is the closest that social research has come to a generic method of social investigation . |
| 25 | Things have not worked out as expected , there has been a snag , the line of development has come to a dead end , the promising drug is not safe enough for people and so on . |
| 26 | Joe Brolly has come with a late run into the Derry side |
| 27 | The handsome ground rent taken for temporarily housing the national side has come with a built-in penalty clause , too , it would seem . |
| 28 | The time has come for a radical re-examination of the provision of services for this particularly disadvantaged group of people . |
| 29 | We must recognize that the time has come for a national crusade against pornography . |
| 30 | In role the teacher enters as a traveller to tell them that she has come from a neighbouring village , where Roman soldiers are delivering a decree that all will have to pay a new tax ; the traveller has to go on her way . |