Example sentences of "come [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There are old men still up there who say , ‘ Your old man was a wonderful five-eighth , but he used to come the knuckle . ’
2 In years to come the percentage difference is likely to be much larger .
3 Only those situations which are really knotted , with personality or relationship difficulties of long standing , tend to come the way of a qualified or specialist social worker for elderly people .
4 In years to come the commercialisation of BR via sectorisation could well be seen by historians as important as grouping and nationalisation .
5 ‘ I told him to come the day before the operation , ’ she says ‘ I thought I 'd still be looking fairly reasonable then . ’
6 ‘ I shall still want you to come the day after tomorrow . ’
7 Still to come the day 's sporting action , but first financial report in association with Barclay 's Bank for your financial needs .
8 Even if some of the signs of upturn , of turn around , of better things to come the government are trying to trumpet at the moment .
9 The National Curriculum gives through design and technology , maths , science and subjects yet to come the potential for developing practical skills as never before .
10 Still to come the future of the Jet project at Culham .
11 The answer to it I just do n't know , but the Food Safety Act deals with some of the future , some of the future objectives in terms of better training for people who handle food , and tighter controls on food businesses , so it 's something to look forward to , and hopefully in years to come the figure will begin to drop .
12 Although it will probably never be a picture postcard village , during the last two or three years some farmers have started to replace the hedges that were removed a generation ago , and to plant trees , so perhaps in years to come the parish will again look something like the pictures of it in days gone by , less bleak and windswept than it does today .
13 Even in the year we won the league , there were worrying signs that the defence could be very fragile when teams made the effort to really attack us — hence the 4 goals conceded against man city and QPR — which was a sign of things to come the season after .
14 This is less satisfactory for the vendor , however , as it will remain liable as tenant of the landlord and there is a risk that in years to come the purchaser may be unable to pay the rent .
15 How come the board have allowed Cuntona to go for a sing and a prayer ?
16 In recent years , however , has come the realisation that adults learn best when they have a say in what and how they learn .
17 She had known they were n't going to make love the moment the sound of that door being either opened or closed had penetrated , and flooding in had come the memory that she was Mr and Mrs Hepwood 's guest .
18 Then had come the shock of seeing a face peering out at him from the attic window .
19 The money has come the Government 's waiting list initiative .
20 After the film noir of punk had come the escapist musical spectacular of ‘ the new pop ’ , demonstrated in a wild flamboyance which banished the austerity of punk rock to the shadows .
21 With peace had come the School 's first Sixth Form as that term is understood today , with nine members .
22 Her great-grandparents had lived in this house ; it was her great-grandfather who had bought the farm ; but from where had come the money for a Polish immigrant to buy a farm in those far-off days remained a mystery to both her grandfather and , of course , her father .
23 As he had grown older , his anger had turned to cold bitterness , and creeping into his mind had come the idea of revenge , something subtle enough to humble his mother , make her realize that he lived , without killing her .
24 After the initial decision to continue my trip had come the fight to quell bitterness .
25 Together with ‘ efficiency ’ and good management principles has come the crying need for experts to take charge of every field .
26 You know , how come the bar managers
27 erm , how come the bar meals used to be so cheap when the canteen 's .
28 Say what you like about Eliza Grierson , she was a very particular housewife , so how come the flat was in this state ?
29 Then , quite out of the blue , there had come the offer of a job at Marlborough ; for although I had resolved to abandon teaching , I had found , like so many others , that of all the means of earning one 's bread , freelance authorship was among the most precarious .
30 With the adoption of Christianity by kings and their subjects had come the conception of the " Christian ruler " , for Christ had been the " King of the Jews " and the society of the Old Testament was a kingly and patriarchal one .
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