Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] come to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ On the last tour I basically played the same thing every night and I suddenly came to the realisation that I was n't progressing as much as I should . |
| 2 | On the last tour I basically played the same thing every night and I suddenly came to the realisation that I was n't progressing as much as I should |
| 3 | I finally came to the churchyard , ‘ Titty-Bottle Park ’ , where there were literally dozens of kids running about the tombstones . |
| 4 | I had only recently heard of the existence of such places , but I gradually came to the conclusion that she was running a small brothel of which she herself was the centre of interest . |
| 5 | Edward Cody of the AP and I once came to the conclusion that in every interview we conducted in Lebanon , a special chair should be set aside for The Plot — since The Plot invariably played a leading role in all discussions we ever had with politicians , diplomats or gunmen . |
| 6 | I quickly came to the conclusion that it was not . ’ |
| 7 | As I was quite unable to organise the shop myself and continue with my studies at the university I quickly came to the conclusion that I would have to appoint a temporary manager . |
| 8 | Er and she said I 'll ring you ag I said oh dear someone now coming to the door , she said , never mind I 'll ring you on Saturday , so I said alright and er and she lives at Wyndham , Norfolk , my husband 's niece and erm , you see , and then there 's the other one and she said , auntie you 're always so cheerful , I said , well I try to be cheerful because like everybody else I get a little depressed sometimes because , you see , I have no sisters and brothers , I have three elderly cousins who live away and who I , who I see , one was here a fortnight ago er er er my cousin and his wife er , you see , it will be on a Wednesday , a fortnight today , no Thursday , yes , you see , a fortnight ago and they said , we 'll come again an we 've always bought you a bunch of daffodils so we shall come again when the daffodils are and er and they bring me over bits and pieces because er she was a cook and they bring me something nice to eat |
| 9 | Colleagues , I now come to the presentation of the G M B gold award for men . |
| 10 | I now come to the judgment of Slade L.J . |
| 11 | Rather than concluding that I had been too radical in Opposition , I fast came to the view 1 had been too cautious . |
| 12 | Could I then come to the body of the report , rather than the East Grinstead by-pass , which I , I , I I agree is , is pertinent erm I was , I read this a couple of times because I was a bit confused about the rather if I may say so convoluted argument that was in it erm I think I understand the argument that the erm is that the Mid Sussex District Council have asked for advice and the recommendation is that advice . |
| 13 | Some harbour resentments going back many years , which only come to the surface when a crisis causes the couple to come for counselling . |
| 14 | Again the drone of the plane seemed to echo a deeper unease , which again came to the surface of her mind . |
| 15 | As she lay in the dark , listening to the moan of the wind above the crash of the waves , she slowly came to the realisation that , although she had lost her father , his spirit would give her strength to go on without him . |
| 16 | Just keep going and going , until you eventually come to the edge of the universe . |
| 17 | She always comes to the house . |
| 18 | I do n't think she ever came to the City of the Horizon . ’ |
| 19 | Whereas at first she had welcomed the assessment she later came to the view that she was being given no say in the objectives of the assessment . |
| 20 | This facility , coupled with a new one way system for traffic around the site , will improve our service to customers who regularly come to the mill with raw materials and to collect animal feed . |
| 21 | He still did n't know whose side to take when Mum carried on at us but she never came to the shed while we were chopping wood with him , so we had a retreat . |
| 22 | She was saying things like ‘ unbelievable ’ and ‘ 'doesn t make sense ’ , hut she never came to the point at all . ’ |
| 23 | Shareholder apathy tends to work in the bidder 's favour because the 75 per cent majority is based on those who actually come to the meeting and vote ( or vote by proxy ) . |
| 24 | We thus come to the definition of the physical as ( i ) that which is an observable space-occupant or ( ii ) a space-occupant which is in causal or other nomic connection with an observable space-occupant . |
| 25 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |
| 26 | The wish for companionship was very definitely in the category of illegitimate pleasure strivings : ‘ We now come to the treatment , as it were , for a baby who cries simply because he wants attention , which is : ‘ Baby must cry it out ’ . ’ |
| 27 | WE now come to the question of the long narrative , the novel , and how we can approach the writing of one . |
| 28 | Mr. Wilson : We now come to the disposal of assets of the Scottish Transport Group . |
| 29 | We now come to the reason for including partnerships and non-profits in the table , even though these structures are not really our concern . |
| 30 | Assuming that by now we 've chosen between twist and braid , we now come to the matter of cross-section and the drag it creates . |