Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] come [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had already come across a congratulatory account of this transformation in Jules Verne . |
| 2 | Government spending had already been reviewed and cut substantially , but the time had now come for a great public gesture ; this was supplied by the appointment of the Geddes Committee , a typical Lloyd George manoeuvre using businessmen instead of MPs or ministers . |
| 3 | Her life had simply come to a full stop . |
| 4 | He had never come across an electric cooker before , as in the Netherlands the cooking and heating are done by natural gas . |
| 5 | He said he had never come across a clearer , more perfect case , with so many vital details so well remembered . |