Example sentences of "[modal v] come [prep] [adj] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She complained that it was ‘ indecent that fellows and wenches should come at such hours as they do ’ to get her husband out of bed for the night watches . |
| 2 | But the fundamental data must come from original records if a truly significant investigation is to be made . |
| 3 | One was the periodic factor that wages did increase from time to time -and the other was what he called the adjustment factor which meant that a time might come in any industry when a distortion or trend had to be recognized as such for correction . |
| 4 | You 'll come to that Geoff if you 're lucky . |
| 5 | She 'll come to some harm if she does n't look out . ’ |
| 6 | The last straw for the soldiers was not so much their own suffering as the perception that the home and hearth which , ostensibly , they were fighting to defend , was itself under threat : ‘ You would think they would come to some terms when they see the country in that state . ’ |
| 7 | Many people grow up frightened of what may come after this life because their minds have been filled since childhood with ideas of hell and damnation , judgment and punishment . |
| 8 | Kendall will come under increased pressure if he loses this fourth round replay and he is not prepared to keep faith with the players that failed him at Bramall Lane . |
| 9 | It was a remarkably optimistic speech to Edinburgh University politics society , in a week when the Government 's economic policies will come under severe criticism if , as expected , the number of unemployed rises above 3 million . |
| 10 | This shows a scene at one of her famous parties , with the greeting : ‘ Hope you can come in more ways than one . ’ |