Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] come to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The General Next to God , Collins ) Many of his far-reaching proposals only came to fruition during the social reforms after the Second World War . |
| 2 | ( Details only came to light in 1972 , when London Transport received a compulsory purchase order , in connection with a further rebuilding of the bridge . ) |
| 3 | ‘ Anyway , ’ I continue ( while we have it , let's press the advantage home ) , ‘ you know as well as I do that these couplings between the separate spheres always come to grief in the end . ’ |
| 4 | Cases frequently come to light in which submissive children have been treated literally like household slaves , often into late middle-age , by domineering parents . |
| 5 | Some of us are more mentally productive before midday ; others only come to life in the second half of the day . |
| 6 | The Swifts then came to life with Beattie 's 25-yard free kick just over and Robinson 's forward burst barely cut out on time . |
| 7 | For Russell , this was an exceptional opening into the mysteries of the craft , whilst for the College of Arms it was a great mistake as their involvement in funerals quickly declined , the embers briefly coming to life with the public obsequies of Queen Mary in 1695 . |
| 8 | The crimes only came to light in 1990 when one of Oldfield 's victims , then an adult , was himself charged with indecency to children . |