Example sentences of "[vb past] come [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I have already discussed the notion of relative novelty in the course of an analysis of habituation ( Chapter 2 , pp. 44–5 ) and failed to come up with hard evidence that might require us to accept its reality .
2 At times like that , you call on your mates , and Kenny Everett kindly got us out of a spot of trouble there and agreed to come on at short notice .
3 Objective probability applies to those events which have been tested previously and found to come up with consistent results .
4 Last autumn he won round one when President Bush appointed him to lead a cabinet ‘ empowerment task force ’ , told to come up with specific proposals .
5 As the sun began to set over Auckland they took a short flight on a tiny seaplane , and the gold light enhanced the aerial view of Auckland as the lights began to come on in white wood houses , skyscrapers , hotels .
6 Reports began to come in of successful strikes on other vehicles .
7 Then offers started to come in from other amp and electronics companies , asking me if I wanted to branch off and do some design work for them , which I could see the advantages of — plus I wanted to have a life !
8 But the attempt to remove the deer failed in both forests , because fresh stock kept coming in from adjoining woods .
9 Continuing that theme , would it not be right to say though that Plato only gave to come back into human form to those people such as philosophers and that most other people would come back as some other form .
10 By the end of the year the UDC , which in the summer had fully backed Leeds and urged its local branches to support the establishment of Workers ' and Soldiers Councils , had come round to full support for the Labour Party .
11 She and her companion had come up under full sail to my table .
12 D Rae new machine working well , but he had come up against MS-Works limitations .
13 She had come in with fresh water to bathe his back and hands , and stole extra time to finish the job , because he was conscious and willing to lie still .
14 By that date Moscow had provided a mere three and a half million roubles , and one million had come in from other gubernii .
15 The waiting-room was moderately full and there were several clients who had come in from neighbouring villages .
16 Right off the bat Dan agreed , detailing this as the one criticism that had come back from American TriAxis users .
17 Having a parasite is a very special , very intimate experience , as Bill Cater learned when he interviewed scientists and wildlife cameramen who had come back from exotic parts to discover that they 'd acquired various new things to share their lives with .
18 In voting overwhelmingly on Nov. 14 for the debate , the Supreme Soviet had come out in open revolt against its legislation being either ignored or countermanded because of administrative chaos and the so-called " war of laws " with the republics .
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