Example sentences of "[noun sg] come [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Valencia trainer came on to the pitch and was ushered back towards the tunnel by Fernando Giner , a home defender . |
| 2 | ’ The car came up to the standard required . |
| 3 | As each slightly shamefaced figure came up to the table , she peered intently at the face , muttered ‘ Sweet or dry ? ’ and then poured from one of her bottles as if administering Syrup of Figs or Cod Liver Oil to the infant sick . |
| 4 | A stranger coming in to the house that you 've never seen before |
| 5 | He smiled broadly and he turned from her , munching at the buttered scone , and as he walked out of the back door he heard the sound of a car coming on to the gravel in front of the house . |
| 6 | A clerk came up to the counter . |
| 7 | While he was getting the drinks , Alex Household came in to the pub , looking harassed . |
| 8 | He recalls that the Chancellor came in to the store at around 5pm , and stands by this approximate time even though he is well aware that Mr Lamont was then in a Treasury Select Committee at the House of Commons . |
| 9 | At Gebe/ Serag the cultivation on the east bank disappeared altogether and the desert came down to the river , leaving only the railway line and a few scrubby bushes clinging to the water 's edge . |
| 10 | You know people who 's coming in from o the outside to come on to the flats , they 're the people at risk . |
| 11 | Daisy hung about until Drew and the team came back to the Land-Rover . |
| 12 | Holly coming back to the bench after an hour 's walk that had taken him to the ski jump where the young people gathered to watch the first of the winter 's athletes propel themselves into the dizzy air flows . |
| 13 | This will mean £20bn-worth of sterling coming on to the market to buy foreign currency . |
| 14 | The trespasser comes on to the premises at his own risk . |
| 15 | He took time out of a busy schedule to come up to the zoo and meet the rather less glamorous , but real , White 's Tree Frog . |
| 16 | So , the only reason for her writing was to say that if he ever did get the chance to come over to the UK again , well , she 'd like — well , it would be nice … |
| 17 | A BP survey , for example , revealed that barely 30 per cent of internal reports in that organisation came up to the mark . |
| 18 | But perhaps those three are the ones you 'll , if it was a new person coming in to the job you 'd concentrate on that would n't you ? |
| 19 | He saw his wife come in to the room . |
| 20 | Lucker comes down to the water 's edge . |
| 21 | It drifts back up to join the clouds and sweetness comes back to the day . |
| 22 | But characteristically she got her way about going to art school , Beaton persuading her to get her father to come up to the academy and talk about the future of his precocious daughter . |
| 23 | The woman came over to the fence and put her hand out to me . |
| 24 | Er , just this this woman came round to the door last night and said well er , you know the in bi English Dictionary ? |
| 25 | Lizzie was waiting for him one morning when the waitress came over to the table . |
| 26 | With Unix coming down to the desktop and moving into the commercial arena , Adobe feels their two paths are beginning to come together , even if Unix still represents only a tiny piece of its business . |
| 27 | Then , when the brand is hot and the brander comes up to the horse and touches it momentarily on the shoulder ( previously clipped ) , the horse will be surprised , but will probably not even move a step , providing the handler remains relaxed and reassuring . |
| 28 | Ultimately , much of the debate comes down to the question of choice , the word that the Tories have so successfully colonised in rhetoric and so often failed to deliver in reality . |
| 29 | precisely Mr Chairman if I could answer that the , the , the once the inspector comes back to the Fire Service and reports again and he is due back in June , we will then look at the matters he raises at that time and he will look at the progress report er what , what has happened since his last inspection and then we will have the opportunity to look at what the Inspector has , has to say after his visits , not very far away er , their Chief Officer will go on with this programme |
| 30 | ‘ Dr Grant was making a round when your call came through to the hospital , and as I happened to be on duty … ’ |