Example sentences of "[pers pn] come to the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember learning this lesson painfully when as a new curate I came to the weekly staff meeting in Cranham . |
| 2 | The rooms could have been empty , it was impossible to tell , and in fact when I came to the special dining car I found a good number of the passengers sitting at the unlaid tables , just chatting . |
| 3 | I came to the rapid conclusion that anyone tackling it must be either incredibly brave , extremely stupid — or both ! |
| 4 | I came to the braided reaches of the river where it swung out over the sands , and adjusted my steps so that I cleared all the channels easily and cleanly , a leap at a time . |
| 5 | After the first week I came to the reluctant conclusion that Charlie Trumper was n't going to be pleased that I had sacrificed ten pounds of our money — six of his and four of mine — just to appease my female vanity . |
| 6 | ‘ Have I come to the right place ? ’ |
| 7 | just tw okay now , just keep , stand here and tell me when I come to the good bit . |
| 8 | Now I come to the main task of all . ’ |
| 9 | I come to the two-metre-high brick wall which surrounds the estate and feel my way along it , stumbling over piles of earth and building debris until I get to the corner . |
| 10 | Erm have I come to the wrong place then ? |
| 11 | ‘ You want gracious elegance , you came to the right place . ’ |
| 12 | There was a wee window you could look into before you came to the back door and she was always sitting reading the paper . |
| 13 | As soon as she reached the open deer-park she ran , and she hardly paused until she came to the broad track that sloped down to the marsh , smiling and vivid green in the late afternoon sunshine . |
| 14 | I did n't realise , by the way , that Kathleen was a ‘ rebel ’ , but if so , — apart from Winnie perhaps — she came to the right house ( or House ) . |
| 15 | She came to the spare bedroom , the one she had spent that first unforgettable night in , and slipped inside . |
| 16 | The moment she came to the top step , she realised what the matter was . |
| 17 | She ran along the line , stumbling over the planks , until she came to the old pit and the line of empty skips . |
| 18 | Then she swam along the bank until she came to the old pontoon . |
| 19 | We felt sure she 'd be preyed on when she came to the big city . ’ |
| 20 | ( ‘ Why did you come to the New World ? ’ one conquistador was once asked . |
| 21 | When you come to the small group session this week , you 'll need to bring with you your video tape . |
| 22 | Wander through the village and along the lakeside promenade , and you come to the small Schafbergbahn railway , which winds its way to the top of the Schafberg mountain behind the village . |
| 23 | This is the same as the main route until you come to the Great Moss area , but where you cross over the River Esk , continue to follow the river to its source at Esk Hause , where you rejoin the main route . |
| 24 | Next you come to the dark ride where history takes on a life of its own and light , movement and sound come together to give you a realistic living picture of the town and its history . |
| 25 | Next , you come to the Philosophical Library , evidently later in date ( 1782–4 ) . |
| 26 | , but then , when you come to the lunatic fringe then supervisor 's will cut an awful lot of corners to prevent them busting up the office or punching somebody in the nose , a real , I do n't mean people who are just stroppy , I mean the real lunatic . |
| 27 | When you come to the main track turn right towards Nenthead . |
| 28 | If you go out of the W door and immediately right you come to the fine cloister of St James . |
| 29 | At the end of Charles Bridge you come to the beautiful gateway into the Old Town built between 1370 and 1410 by the workshops of Peter Parler . |
| 30 | Unless she comes to the front door , and follows you down the path ; or comes to the back door and follows you into the garden . |