Example sentences of "[noun] come [verb] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wild water buffaloes come to drink at the villus , where their calves run the risk of being snatched by the jaws of a large mugger , the marsh crocodile of the Far East . |
| 2 | A small opportunity arose when Lizzie came knocking at the door for the ceremonial delivery of two silver-bound shoulder sprays , one , a gardenia , the other an orchid , and a card which said : From Robert . |
| 3 | When prospective buyers came to look at the house , which happened more and more frequently , they stayed out of the way until they had gone . |
| 4 | When fire protection officials came to look at the dump they discovered mattresses deposited by a bed company , furniture and even potentially hazardous oil cans . |
| 5 | Dr Hunter came to look at the neck and shoulders . |
| 6 | In conventional language we talk of a pointer moving across a scale to come to rest at the mark saying " here " or at the mark saying " there " . |
| 7 | Earlier Kevin McNamara , Labour 's shadow Northern Ireland Secretary , described his own meeting on Ulster policy as ‘ overshadowed by a man coming to gloat at the scene of one the gravest blows to democracy carried out in these islands : the bombing of the Conservative Party conference ’ . |
| 8 | It rolled along the road coming to rest at the edge of the headlight beam . |
| 9 | and then his friends come knocking at the door , you coming out to play football Rhys ? |
| 10 | Well when the Jehovah 's and the other religious cults come knocking at the door with their various pamphlet and trying to persuade you that their religion is better than others |
| 11 | I wonder whether the same view would apply if Neil Young or Van Morrison came knocking at the door . ’ |
| 12 | Children came to laugh at the animals as they rocked autistically or broke into tantrums ; creatures accustomed to marking out miles of territory in a single day were now constrained to prowl and circle in a few narrow yards . |
| 13 | Altdorf is renowned as a seat of learning , and the University of Altdorf is the most highly respected academic institution in the Empire , where lords and princes from many lands come to sit at the feet of the foremost thinkers in the Old World . |
| 14 | When he and my mother came to live at the house he bought five Aylesbury ducks to swim on the pond and clear it of weed . |
| 15 | The bag came to rest at the small of her back . |