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 ?
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