Example sentences of "[adv] came to an [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had most of the presents and all the adults to himself , and it only came to an end for him when he was very sick late in the morning , but whether from too much excitement or too many sweets , nobody could tell . |
| 2 | The miners ' action , based on demands for higher wages , better conditions and changes in the national political leadership , only came to an end on May 10 when a decree was issued transferring the control of the mines in the Russian Federation to the RFSFR government [ see p. 38204 ] . |
| 3 | In the 1920s America had witnessed some of the problems of the modern world that was emerging after the First World War ; the confusions and uncertainties that revealed themselves became more acute as prosperity suddenly came to an end in 1929 . |
| 4 | If you appeal against your dismissal , and your appeal is rejected , you may wonder whether your job legally came to an end at the time of your original dismissal or when the appeal was eventually turned down . |
| 5 | The path widened , then came to an end in a wide , flat pond . |
| 6 | The contractual tenancy therefore came to an end by effluxion of time on 6 June 1989 . |
| 7 | Eight years of isolation , broken only by the ‘ buying-in ’ of the 1986 Cavaliers and 1989 World XV tours , subsequently came to an end in Durban when the New Zealanders kicked off their first official tour on South African soil for 15 years . |