Example sentences of "[vb base] come [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here users tend to come from a wide variety of backgrounds , and press for an equally wide range of requirements . |
| 2 | There have been numerous clashes between land-owners and new-age travllers in the county — last October two farmers lost 10 sheep in several attacks by dogs which they say came from a nearby travellers encampment . |
| 3 | None of your exotic flavours in those days and the salt I remember came in a small piece of blue paper in the bag . |
| 4 | Freight trains are a mile long and their lonely whistles do blow whoo-whoo in the night ; Coney Island hot dogs do come with a million toppings ; hamburgers are gigantic . |
| 5 | ‘ And so you 've come on a friendly visit ? ’ |
| 6 | I 've come to a tremendous decision today . |
| 7 | And then we go back to the point which Mr Cunnane wanted to raise and they 've had their lunchtime discussions , see whether you 've come to a some form of agreement or resolution on that . |
| 8 | ‘ You see , ’ the chief inspector went on , ‘ I 've come to a dead end . ’ |
| 9 | I feel I 've come to a full stop and so does Toby . |
| 10 | ‘ He 's rather busy — you 've come at a bad time , I 'm afraid , Miss Holbrook . |
| 11 | You have left a place where you are loved and accepted and have come into a strange environment where you do n't belong to a family unit anymore . |
| 12 | The apostle Paul , answering the anxious questions of Christians whose loved ones had died , reminded them that Jesus ' own victory over death makes it certain that those who have come into a close relationship with him will share his new , full life which goes beyond the grave . |
| 13 | You have come into a classical company which makes sense of that training but what other ingredients do you think vital ? |
| 14 | ‘ Not that I have any wish to flatter you , but I have to admit that your sometimes acerbic comments have come as a welcome change . |
| 15 | Many of the proposals in the recent Inland Revenue consultative document , A Simpler System for Assessing Personal Tax ( see ACCOUNTANCY , December 1992 , p 129 ) , have come as a welcome step towards simplifying the tax collecting process — not least the proposed ending of the schedular machinery of assessment and the introduction of a self assessment system for individuals . |
| 16 | I tell him I am a writer and that I was robbed in Cuzco Airport and lost camera , films and all my writing , so I have come to a tranquil place to try to remember . |
| 17 | From this experience we have come to a new recognition of the marginalisation of North American cultural and ethnic groups . |
| 18 | Of course , many people concerned with language teaching have come to a similar conclusion . |
| 19 | TIMES may have been tough in recent years but matters have come to a fine pass when this distinguished theatre feels obliged to assemble a posse of actresses and two actors to perform what is basically a rather vulgar sketch and present it as a front length drama . |
| 20 | They have come to a full stop . |
| 21 | In the name of Allah , things have come to a pretty pass if the tabloids are influencing England 's selection policy . |
| 22 | But things have come to a pretty pass when obesity is confused with the wobbly bits the good Lord designed for girls — the bits that should stick out at the front and back of a strapless ballgown . |
| 23 | If you have come with a particular ache or pain , do not expect it to disappear straight away . |
| 24 | ‘ I have come on a scientific investigation to rectify the freak effect which brought those poor unfortunates , ’ he waved at the screen , ‘ to this forsaken place . |
| 25 | If I add that the majority of Cubists were formerly considered to be Fauves , I can demonstrate how far these young artists have come in a short time and the logic of their vision . |
| 26 | Those who have been successful in their applications to the GEP have come from a wide range of backgrounds . |
| 27 | The South Americans have come from a five-nation tournament in Hamburg , where they beat Spain 2-1 and lost to Australia 3-2 . |
| 28 | The most elaborate shells in the collections held in the British Museum ( Natural History ) have come from a sub-littoral population of Rhoscolyn ( Anglesey ) . |
| 29 | They have come from a war-ravaged country where their parents or friends have thought the best thing to do is to get them on a plane to some safer place . |
| 30 | Those who have come from a joint family in India , Pakistan or Bangladesh to live alone with their husbands in Britain suffer most . |