Example sentences of "[vb past] come a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | had come a bit loose |
2 | WHEN THE SIGNALS to cease battle had been exchanged , and there had come a respite in the noise , and the smoke was curling lazily into the blue where clouds flocked and billowed , the islanders fell back and took stock of their situation . |
3 | We made ball and roller bearings for the car trade , the car trade had come a slump and the car trade to this day does n't want one bearing or one detail for a car until it 's ready to put it on a car . |
4 | With the Scottish interests had come a stake in Border TV , which Lonrho kept . |
5 | In the words of Zohreh Tabatabai , Chief of Public Services of the United Nations in New York ; ‘ If this had come a year ago , we would have said ‘ no way ’ . |
6 | For them Friday the 13th had come a day early . |
7 | There were other reasons for insecurity , too : no matter how much material prosperity had come a family 's way , there was still every chance that illness or a premature death might send them all back down a snake at a much faster speed than they had been able to climb up a ladder . |
8 | From behind the tee had come a cheer which changed into a gasp . |
9 | And he admitted this was n't the first time his feet had come a cropper . |
10 | Their comprehensive examination of the likely social and economic impact of microelectronics technology concluded that with computerisation there had come an end to the creation of jobs in services and a standstill in the industrial labour force , the only industrial jobs created from now being in small and medium-sized businesses . |