Example sentences of "[vb infin] come [prep] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he raised his wings , which still bore the light-coloured plumage of a juvenile , reared up his head in as fierce a way as he could , and called out , ‘ I did not choose to come to this miserable place , or to live with ones such as you who grow angry at nothing , or nothing I can understand . |
| 2 | ‘ If you went to a residential symposium with murder in mind , you 'd expect to come across some suitable weapon , whether it was a heavy saucepan or a carving knife . |
| 3 | Twenty percent of our patients would have had recurrence in that year , but on the basis of our experience , we think it unlikely they would have come to any great harm , as a result of having their cystoscopy delayed , and we would recommend this protocol to the management of superficial bladder cancer . |
| 4 | If only she could turn back the clock she would never have come to this wretched country in the first place . |
| 5 | ‘ You must have come across some real characters on this train , ’ I suggest . |
| 6 | Studying the results of the general election of 1974 , the latest held before the publication of its Report , the Commission could have come across some disconcerting figures . |
| 7 | Then the water vapour which condensed into oceans must have come from early volcanic activity and from the gaseous components of the solid Earth itself . |
| 8 | ‘ The test has shown positive , but as far as we know at the moment it could have come from many different sources . ’ |
| 9 | The council 's pollution control officer , Jim Dickson , said he had heard no reports of oil pollution in that area and suggested the oil may have come from some other source . |
| 10 | Bluestack Bill , the singer , must have come from these damp Colorado badlands . |
| 11 | An enterprising firm of potters anywhere in the Province could supply batches of their wares , so crates of vessels arriving at the quartermasters ' stores could have come from any available source . |
| 12 | Though the news of her ‘ engagement ’ could not possibly have come from any other source than he of the ‘ My office — now ’ order . |
| 13 | We did not believe that the issue should have come within that particular article . |
| 14 | She licked her parched lips , feeling her breath coming in laboured little spurts as the blood eddied along her veins , consuming her with a heady passion . |