Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] come to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the very small females that occasionally come to the lake do not contain any eggs at all , implying that females must reach a certain minimum size before they can produce eggs . |
| 2 | After spending all night , like John , at the tiller , he was relieved to find that ‘ steering as the children in my story steered , we should indeed reach the Deurloo Channel , and so come to the mouth of Flushing harbour ’ . |
| 3 | Opals were totally unknown to the early civilizations of the Old World and only came to the knowledge of the Mediterranean peoples as an outcome of Roman military expansion into the Balkans . |
| 4 | Return to pan and stir over a low heat until it thickens and just comes to the boil . |
| 5 | ‘ In 1980 I was 19 and just coming to the end of The Skids , which I 'd been in since I was 15 . |
| 6 | He began to establish a reputation in the late 40s through radio performances , and soon came to the attention of Sam Phillips , with releases on the Chess and Sun labels , playing as a one-man band . |
| 7 | After seeing Mr Stephens disappear around the corner , she examined the small room minutely , the books on the shelf — reading out all their titles aloud — the three prints on the wall , " The Education of the Young Raleigh " , " Derwentwater at Dawn " and " The Drunkard 's Children " — drew her boots appreciatively over the mat , picked up the jug of pencils and finally came to the oven which was next to the sink . |
| 8 | I had thought about it seriously , examined the political parties with an open mind , and finally come to the conclusion that the Lib-Dems should have my vote . |
| 9 | INTEGRAL will follow up observations from the Russian GRANAT mission ( which uses the French gamma-ray telescope SIGMA ) launched in 1989 and now coming to the end of its mission , and the US Compton Gamma Ray Observatory , which was launched by the space shuttle in April 1991 . |
| 10 | I 'd worked at for 18 years and often came to the Terminal to check the weigh-bridge . |
| 11 | I drove away slowly and then came to the corner of Union and Gloucester . |
| 12 | Still detached from the actual sensations , she described how he had gone under the water and then come to the surface again several times before finally drowning . |
| 13 | We pass the Madeira Wine Company Lodge , with its museum and tasting room , and the Tourist Office , which also has an art gallery attached , and then comes to the corner of Avenidas Arriaga and Zarco . |
| 14 | It was true that Conchis was a recluse and never came to the village , but that he had been a collaborationist was a lie . |
| 15 | At first , he suspected her of trying to curry favour by pandering to his lust , but later came to the conclusion that it was genuine parental pride . |
| 16 | The group went round the course for month after month but wisely came to the conclusion yet again that they did not intend to alter the basis of the health service . |