Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] not come " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Maidstone was now beginning to display the fact that he was far from sober — his walk was a little unsteady and one or two of his words did not come out exactly right — the visit to the hatshop passed off without any untoward incident . |
| 2 | Even so , words did not come easily to either of us ; for the first time we both realized how very little we knew about each other . |
| 3 | Here D 's revocation did not come to the notice of the offeree , so the offeree 's acceptance of the offer was valid , and D is liable on the contract . ’ |
| 4 | Like some other examples of futurology , this prediction did not come true . |
| 5 | So your prediction did not come true . |
| 6 | Spemann and Mangold 's discovery of the organizer did not come as a surprise to Spemann , nor did it involve any element of luck . |
| 7 | Scott did not come . |
| 8 | A consistent theory of how gravity affects light did not come until 1915 , when Einstein formulated the general theory of relativity . |
| 9 | A consistent theory of how gravity affects light did not come along until Einstein proposed general relativity in 1915 . |
| 10 | His assailant did not come out of the affair unscathed . |
| 11 | Declarations did not come in until 1889 , so that Stoddart 's innings was three years before , and that of Collins 10 years after . |
| 12 | But Aldhelm did not come . |
| 13 | But the golden-red lady did not come . |
| 14 | However , the overwhelming majority of lay ( non-specialist ) visitors did not come for predominantly educational reasons . |
| 15 | When poor Col. Griffin was laughed at for suggesting that Baptists establish a University in England , the laughter did not come from the descendants of Matthew Arnold who saw them as psalm-singing greengrocers , but from his fellow Baptists . |
| 16 | Altogether it was a great evening but reliving our holiday experiences did not come cheap . |
| 17 | Obligatory use of Annual Percentage Rate was introduced in 1980 , but the main regulations issued under the Act did not come into force until May 1985 . |
| 18 | The main resistance to the Parents ' Rights Group campaign did not come from the council , where the Labour group effectively factionalized themselves — and their Public Relations Department — into silence . |
| 19 | She learnt that these plates did not come up to the manufacturer 's high standards and would go back into the melting pot . |
| 20 | He would have been quite happy to have been employed as a production manager an or as an assistant director of which he was first class but the work did not come his way . |
| 21 | Besides , the Zionist fever was gripping Jewry everywhere , and even if the dream did not come true for them — well , their regular donations would redeem some small plot in the Holy Land which could provide a home for other less fortunate brethren . |
| 22 | Unlike the founders of the older firms , Reynolds did not come from a management consultancy background ; after his early financial services work , he spent three years with William H. Clark , a headhunter from the price Waterhouse fold . |
| 23 | In all his years of teaching , Alexander did not come across anyone that was not afflicted by the same problem . |
| 24 | ‘ And so Alida did not come , ’ Dorothea said . |
| 25 | Darlington has 131 of the crime combatting schemes and some volunteers feared they could fold if the council did not come up with its share of the funding Durham County Council provides the other half . |
| 26 | For two days Mr Seeders did not come again , and in that time Tildy was a different woman . |
| 27 | Zbigniew did not come off the boat . |
| 28 | He told a court in Seoul , South Korea : ‘ I 'm sorry the rapture did not come , but it will one day . ’ |
| 29 | If men trained in the learned profession did not , perhaps , scale such heights in the later sixteenth century , at the same time the crossing of career lines did not come to a halt . |
| 30 | Helen watched the door , through which Giles did not come . |