Example sentences of "come on [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If he is to succeed , Simpson might have to rely heavily on his father , Gordon Simpson , a former finance director of Shell who has come on board as deputy chairman . |
2 | I have come on board alone . |
3 | I had come on leave first , so I was first to return . |
4 | He stayed with us , sometimes , when he come on leave . |
5 | Half an hour prior to Trent 's calculated sailing time , Louis had come on deck . |
6 | The big man had obviously come on deck to warn me what to expect from the twins , and for that I was grateful . |
7 | ‘ Both Ian Curley in his first year and John Nicholson , whose handicap has come on leaps and bounds , have done really well . |
8 | Since then , she has come on leaps and bounds . |
9 | No it 's come on wipe that |
10 | Yeah , but erm , Total Recall 's come on Sky is n't it ? |
11 | I , I 'm a general practitioner and I would like to back up initially what the convenor has said about the study pack that has come on child abuse but I have a question . |
12 | John had just come on watch . |
13 | That 's your muzzy book , you must n't si look come on watch what you 're doing right let's do it up , come here ! |
14 | Yeah cos er Jim had just come on duty and she was going up in the lift with somebody and they said please can we have five pounds , your mother 's just had her hair permed |
15 | Colin Anderson is back in and he 'll be playing alongside Tony Cousins , who 's come on loan from Liverpool . |
16 | Now that it is fashionable to talk of the imminent collapse of civilization , their day has come on Wall Street ’ ( 16 February 1974 ) . |
17 | The River Nene around Peterborough has really come on form for roach in the last few months , despite the weather , with double-figure hauls of quality fish commonplace . |
18 | Two men talked their way into the home of two elderly sisters , pretending that they had come on behalf of neighbours to cut down trees in the garden . |
19 | According to Mr. Mahmoud , he admitted them because they pretended to have come on behalf of the insurers . |
20 | to use the negotiating technique of come on fella you know I 'm gon na get I 'm gon na get chewed over if I do n't |
21 | It was agreed that the IDB and LEDU do n't do enough — only 40% on average of the jobs announced have ever come on stream ; only 11% of jobs with American firms actually materialise . |
22 | Growth in export markets has slowed down and at the same time new malting capacity has come on stream leading to a very competitive market place . |
23 | Since then , more PC users have come on stream and about 460 people have now been linked into the whole network . |
24 | This brand new £3 million canning line has just come on stream . |
25 | Colin Ross , chairman , said one well , a development of the West Firsby field , had come on stream this month , adding about 60 barrels of oil per day , or 20 per cent , to net output . |
26 | ‘ Kirov I You have come on business , I hope ? ’ |
27 | Although Karbacher 's best results have come on clay , he still threatens to give Agassi playing his first match in Halle , Germany , today after eight weeks out of action with a wrist injury a rough ride . |
28 | I peered down and for a moment believed that I had come on Percy Bysshe Shelley . |
29 | On the Hyperion label the disc comes at ‘ upper mid-price ’ - just under £10-but it is worth remembering that Sir David Willcocks 's vintage performances of the Coronation Anthems with King 's College Choir at their brightest now come on mid-price CD in Decca 's Ovation series , generously coupled with the magnificent , extended Chandos Anthem No. 9 , O Praise The Lord With One Consent . |
30 | Yes he thought you were at college today because I said no , I said erm it 's Tuesday he goes cos Kathy said oh your dad could of come on Monday , oh what 's this lad 's name who was helping me today ? |