Example sentences of "come at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mr and Mrs Gould are now in the Colony ’ proclaimed the Hobart Town Courier , ‘ to which they have come at great expense and sacrifice of comfort , purely with the view of making this work [ Birds of Australia ] still more valuable by taking their drawings from living specimens . |
| 2 | It means that the stressed syllables in an utterance tend to come at regular intervals with a varying number of less stressed syllables in between . |
| 3 | He had done well that day — almost performed miracles — having located Mrs McLaren 's Scottish relations ; persuaded a most excellent and locally well-known lady to come at short notice and be in the house to stay with her ; and had seen to it that the house itself was tidied , and cleaned ready , and supplied with food . |
| 4 | Potter 's bid for martyrdom came at twenty-five-foot Waimea in the winter of '86‐7 when the early rounds of the Billabong Pro were held at the Bay . |
| 5 | It ran in MkII guise from 1954 to 1955 , but its six wins all came at insignificant domestic races . |
| 6 | Nonetheless , Niki soon built on an overwhelming lead in the championship , though a first crisis came at Long Beach when Audetto suggested that Clay Regazzoni ought to have his day in the sun . |
| 7 | Twenty years ago few tailor shops were without a bottle of gin : the men drank as they liked ; one kept the score , and the publican came at certain times to replenish the gin bottle . |
| 8 | They came at full speed , the leading man aiming to Sharpe 's left , the other pulling to his right . |
| 9 | Case law changes have been coming at frequent intervals , particularly those affecting liability for disclosing defects in house construction . |
| 10 | The last stretch is down a narrow lane bordered by woods and lined with horse boxes , cars and spectators , the latter all striving to catch first sight of the leading riders coming at full gallop . |
| 11 | He wo n't come at short notice . |
| 12 | But , if we make the reward of the item of food erm not predictable , okay , so it comes at variable intervals er then the rat actually works harder pressing the lever , it 's more likely to do the behaviour and it 's less likely to give up doing that behaviour afterwards , okay ? |
| 13 | Derry 's big chance comes at long last |