Example sentences of "[adv] come to a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maxim was about to explain when the lieutenant obviously came to a snap judgment on his military value and slammed out again . |
| 2 | " A tomboy 's like a whistling woman and a crowing hen , who can only come to a bad end . |
| 3 | They left the marketplace for a maze of streets and eventually came to a large stone two-storeyed house with a timbered roof , its exquisite carved eaves jutting out over a small courtyard beneath . |
| 4 | There was a continual potential for conflict between the two cultures , which eventually came to a dramatic crisis in the San Antonio area . |
| 5 | He followed the widest of the paths northwards and eventually came to a deserted airfield . |
| 6 | We drove for miles through dense jungle and eventually came to a big pool which was maybe 150 metres square and 30 metres deep . |
| 7 | Puzzled by the incident , she went on , but less than a dozen paces further on came to a sharp stop . |
| 8 | The Great Transcontinental Mystery Race Train began to slow down and soon came to a smooth stop . |
| 9 | Langton led them through two more doors , finally coming to a small room with a desk and two chairs . |
| 10 | If the new if the new settlement proves successful , it will have an impetus all its own and therefore it will not come to a full stop in two thousand and six . |
| 11 | I hope the current wage negotiations will shortly come to a satisfactory conclusion , ’ said Hartington , adding a warning to owners that they must expect higher training fees to permit lads to be properly paid . |
| 12 | I hope the current wage negotiations will shortly come to a satisfactory conclusion , ’ said Hartington , adding a warning to owners that they must expect higher training fees to permit lads to be properly paid . |
| 13 | They were hollowed-out places , but always came to a dead end . ’ |
| 14 | Some people have great difficulty in solving problems and making decisions and waste a great deal of time ruminating on the same thoughts without ever coming to a clear conclusion . |
| 15 | The poor astronaut who falls into a black hole will still come to a sticky end ; only if he lived in imaginary time would he encounter no singularities . |
| 16 | For even taking into account my employer 's generous offer to ‘ foot the bill for the gas ’ , the costs of such a trip might still come to a surprising amount considering such matters as accommodation , meals , and any small snacks I might partake of on my way . |
| 17 | Nonetheless it said that a relatively small licence ( for the code to be implemented for a single architecture , for example ) will still come to a six-figure dollar sum . |
| 18 | I believe that it is as close as we can ever come to a universal truth in the history of prisons — that lack of work for prisoners is the greatest cause of indiscipline , unrest and unhappiness among the prisoners . |
| 19 | He usually comes to a struggling club with nothing to lose but this time he 's been part of the slump . |
| 20 | This is why , if it ever comes to a fixed choice between freedom and order , wise societies prefer order . |
| 21 | Today we see that women who have the right qualities can exercise authority equally with men , but we are also coming to a fresh recognition that Christian leadership should always be seen as service . |
| 22 | Will you both come to a little party I 'm planning for next week ? |
| 23 | another revolution I mean that the fight that none , none of these things have really come to a full success , yeah , so nobody looks at them and says well we need no more revolutions because they 'll all work . |
| 24 | Her life had simply come to a full stop . |
| 25 | We here came to a central issue in all our discussions . |
| 26 | You will probably not succeed in being word-perfect , and there is danger in reciting a memorised speech either of appearing unnatural or of forgetting a complete section or even coming to a dead halt . |
| 27 | I believe that 's something that needs to be looked at and if the government were prepared to embark on a review of auditing er generally then that is something that I think there is some useful point in pursuing further er it 's interesting that er er erm when Bingham examined this point at paragraph three er point three nine in his report er he has a long paragraph er discussing these matters and er he says that er he at the end of the day he does n't come to a concluded view er although he does er acknowledge the fact that there are many people er depositors or example , share holders and employees who might have an interest in a particular company . |
| 28 | I only 'ope it do n't come to a General Strike , Don . |
| 29 | Mungo Stone had the sensation that instead of threading on to the horizon , at any moment the ever-narrowing rails might simply come to a dead end among the trees . |
| 30 | They brushed themselves down and advanced towards the bridge then came to a sudden stop . |