Example sentences of "[prep] come up with a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 This seemed a far more promising environment , and we quickly accepted the couple 's invitation to abandon our base in Makassar and move in with them in Bira , since it would clearly take many more weeks of negotiating before we could be sure of coming up with a prahu , and a crew , reliable enough to carry us eastwards .
2 They had to taste more than a hundred and thirty wines before coming up with a winner .
3 Your boffins should n't have too much trouble in coming up with a name . ’
4 They wasted no time in coming up with a replacement for another New Zealander , Murray Kidd , who guided them to All Ireland League honours in 1992 .
5 The Palestinians were peeved when the Americans , spotting an impasse , tried to bridge it by coming up with a compromise .
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