Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] come to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His progress only came to a halt when he had the misfortune to swop punches with one of the many irrepressible Cubans , the eventual gold medal winner . |
| 2 | His progress only came to a halt when he had the misfortune to swop punches with one of the many irrepressible Cubans , the eventual gold medal winner . |
| 3 | But Crosby 's future only came to a head this week when he reacted angrily to claims of an approach for Crystal Palace boss Steve Coppell . |
| 4 | The car finally came to a halt outside the house , and Jessamy looked around , a small frown drawing her brows together . |
| 5 | When the car finally came to a halt , she looked straight ahead of her , not daring to look at him . |
| 6 | And I said we just come out of the drive went across the road and there was just a bus behind us and erm I said the car almost came to a halt . |
| 7 | The long sermon eventually came to an end and shortly afterwards the young couple left the chapel as man and wife , to the applause of those who had witnessed the ceremony . |
| 8 | But the long haul through the muddy roads slowed the horses ' progress almost to a walk , and it was not until after five in the evening that the vehicle finally came to a halt outside the George inn in Mountsorrel , a little place some distance before the larger town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch . |
| 9 | When the issue finally came to a vote in the form of the February 1992 resolution , it reflected the bitterly partisan nature of the debate , with no Republican voting for the measure and 34 Democrats opposing it . |
| 10 | In popular debate about crime one issue always comes to the fore : how much crime is there in our society , and is it increasing or decreasing ? |
| 11 | The difficulties in the working of the new act quickly came to a head . |
| 12 | Tensions submerged in the earlier campaign now came to the fore and led more and more to a coercive policy of sexual regulation , especially of working-class prostitutes . |
| 13 | The Company 's management evidently came to the conclusion that the only effective way to avoid the expense of lifting the rails , was to come to a speedy agreement with the L.C.C . |
| 14 | In this respect he is something like a general on a battlefield — except that the battle never comes to an end . |
| 15 | His French practicality reluctantly came to the fore . |
| 16 | The computer quickly came to the conclusion that , taking the IQ levels on my own planet into consideration , Einstein and Newton ‘ could n't find their bottoms with both hands and a flashlight . ’ |
| 17 | A small man dressed in the scourings of the forest eventually came to the Friar 's side . |
| 18 | Shall we dance some more ? ’ he asked as the record finally came to an end . |
| 19 | If you appeal against your dismissal , and your appeal is rejected , you may wonder whether your job legally came to an end at the time of your original dismissal or when the appeal was eventually turned down . |
| 20 | Yet members of the group immediately come to the help of an individual in trouble and , if danger threatens , the whole herd may simultaneously move away , apparently silently . |
| 21 | An episode of a singularly disquieting nature recently came to the notice of our reporter , concerning the unaccountable disappearance of one Richard Hamnett , a young Englishman . |
| 22 | When the parade finally came to an end , Sergeant-Major Philpott congratulated them all and before dismissing the parade told the troops they could take the rest of the day off , but they must return to barracks and be tucked up in bed before midnight . |
| 23 | The original alliance between Guntram and his nephew thus came to an end . |
| 24 | The hon. Gentleman always comes to the House badly briefed . |
| 25 | It is worth remembering that luck often comes to the aid of the experimenter . |
| 26 | But the student also comes to the point of being able to look continually over his or her shoulder and ask critical questions of his or her own position . |
| 27 | For another section of women , childcare never comes to an end even when the children have become adults . |
| 28 | The Canadian frequently came to the net , so Petchey had to rely on his passing shots , but not enough of them found the mark . |
| 29 | The cream eventually came to the surface yesterday in the Four Nations under-16 and under-18 men 's youth tournament at Aberdeen when England produced their best form to crush Ireland 4–0 in both matches and win the sections . |
| 30 | She returns to prostitution but then the final exploiter , the pimp , forces himself onto the scene and her life effectively comes to an end . |