Example sentences of "[adv] come [adv prt] with the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The legend recounted how seventy translators had worked in independent cells and had all come up with the identical version of the sacred text .
2 Mr McEd was acting pretty cagey about it for one thing and , when pressed , would only come up with the reassuring phrases : ‘ Every cloud has a silver lining Ed … ’ or ‘ Do n't worry son , you father 's not such an old fool as he looks …
3 This duly came about with the Environmental Protection Act 1990 ( EPA ) .
4 Even then , major subscribers like the US and the USSR had not come up with the necessary money .
5 Only a party bigot would claim that they had somehow come in with the Conservative Government three years earlier .
6 There followed a frantic exchange of telegrams between Rangoon and Whitehall in which the Governor offered various solutions to the prevailing deadlock , finally coming up with the unexpected suggestion that a new coalition ministry was possible with Paw Tun , the last premier of Burma before the invasion ; U Saw , his predecessor as premier , an unscrupulous schemer who had been interned for dealing with the Japanese ; and Aung San , previously portrayed by Dorman-Smith as a murderer and an enemy .
7 He docs his homework ( though incorrectly ) , he raises his hand during discussions ( though he usually comes up with the wrong answer ) , he keeps his nose in his book during free study periods .
8 They 've also come up with the quaint idea of having a T-shirt recycling stall in the club where you can take your old T-shirts and get a new Dodgy one in exchange .
9 But Tandri now came up with the bright idea of charging an exorbitant additional fee for every island we needed to call at en route .
10 It 's very new to me ; it 's just too bad that they still have n't come up with the perfect guitar synth .
11 DEC surprisingly came out with the stronger , if more bewildering statement that it ‘ will be working with USL and their technology partners to combine Digital 's Alpha technology with Unix SVR4 ’ — seemingly contradicting its position of the day before ( see page five ) .
12 Pleat had the chance to follow the same path trod by Terry Venables at Tottenham but could n't come up with the necessary funds for a stake in the struggling First Division outfit .
13 Kohler said : ‘ I offered David the chance to come in with me in a partnership but unfortunately he could n't come up with the necessary amount . ’
14 ‘ We just could n't come out with the key hits .
15 At a press conference in Phoenix , Balestre initially hinted at a conciliatory line in the dispute between CART and FISA , but then came out with the stern suspension threat , which also encompassed Indycar engine makers Cosworth and Ilmor .
16 He paused , then came out with the inevitable suggestion that she found so irritating .
17 Talking to him is always like meeting him for the first time — he never comes out with the same old stuff and you can look forward to an interesting conversation .
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