Example sentences of "[noun prp] come [prep] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his own attempt to ‘ map ’ the origins of life onto the individual psyche , Freud came to an unsettling conclusion . |
| 2 | Barratt came from an old mining family and indeed , had been captain at Wheal Friendship , on Dartmoor , where his father , for years , had been manager . |
| 3 | Nutty came to an agonised halt . |
| 4 | It is important here to draw attention to d'Indy 's political and religious beliefs - beliefs remarkably similar to those of the Action Française , an authoritarian , ultra-nationalistic and counter-revolutionary movement formed soon after the Franco-Prussian War.D'Indy came from an aristocratic family and , apart from an early flirtation with Bonapartism , he remained throughout his life an ardent Royalist . |
| 5 | 2 years ago , a 5 month occupation of houses on hospital grounds at Malvern Wells came to an abrupt end . |
| 6 | The publication of Humani Generis came as an especial shock to the Catholic world because the theological developments it criticized had passed largely unnoticed . |
| 7 | Most of the daughters ( except Rose , who lost an eye ) soon married , but Minnie 's marriage to Abe Greenbaum came to an abrupt end when she did a ‘ bunk with Claud ’ — a doctor she met on a visit to London . |
| 8 | Donald came from an industrial town about fifty miles down the coast . |
| 9 | In 1990 Lancaster came to an initial agreement with the Bembridge Education Trust for the future transfer of the key Ruskin collection formed by the Trust 's founder , J.H. Whitehouse , to a proposed new purpose-built Ruskin Library at the university . |
| 10 | The R4000 SuperMax comes in an eight CPU configuration and incorporates up to eight disk controllers , 20Gb disk and can support up to 1,000 workstations — prices start go from £30,000 to £300,000 . |
| 11 | Mrs Goreng came from an aristocratic family . |
| 12 | It is much more likely to be no more than a reflection of the fact that almost everything we know about Richard as Duke of Aquitaine comes from an English chronicler , Roger of Howden , and Roger only has information when he has access to the reports sent by Richard to his father , that is to say when Henry is in England . |
| 13 | ‘ ANTA comes from an architectural term for a pillar that does n't conform to classical rule , ’ explains Annie . |
| 14 | Thus , the decision by the county at the end of the following season not to re-engage him and Garner came as an enormous surprise and caused a furore ; from the emotional angle it was poor reward for years of devoted service , but rationally , since the opportunity to sign up Martin Crowe of New Zealand , who promised so much , had either to be taken or lost , it was a sensible move . |
| 15 | The two men were born in the same region , the Transkei , but whereas Mr Mandela was a distinguished personage of royal blood , Mr Sisulu came from an impoverished peasant family and engaged in politics as a consequence of his exposure to the daily indignities of life for blacks through his work in a dairy , a bakery , in mines and factories . |
| 16 | The United States decision in July 1990 to withdraw its support from the seating of the rebel National Government of Cambodia at the UN and to enter into dialogue with Vietnam came as an immense shock to the ASEAN members [ see p. 37598 ] . |
| 17 | ‘ Aye , again on the grounds that a legitimate nephew of King Henry came before an illegitimate son . |