Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] come [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Music , therefore , should always come from a single source , not a single loudspeaker but a group of speakers close enough together for the natural sound to leave the platform at the same time as the electronic sound . |
| 2 | For even taking into account my employer 's generous offer to ‘ foot the bill for the gas ’ , the costs of such a trip might still come to a surprising amount considering such matters as accommodation , meals , and any small snacks I might partake of on my way . |
| 3 | Mungo Stone had the sensation that instead of threading on to the horizon , at any moment the ever-narrowing rails might simply come to a dead end among the trees . |
| 4 | So , if we knew that P was the first letter of a word we would know that the second letter could only come from a small group , and that A , E , I , O , and U are the most likely candidates , H and S are less likely but possible , and F and N very unlikely , but not impossible . |
| 5 | So , in a week that found Hooker registering his fourth UK album success , it could hardly come as a complete surprise to find ol' John Lee celebrating 43 years of chart activity by appearing on Top Of The Pops . |
| 6 | When you consider all the privileges of being a lodge owner — the exquisite luxury , the excellent facilities , nd not least the sheer exclusivity of the location the actual purchasing price may well come as a pleasant surprise . |
| 7 | I hope the current wage negotiations will shortly come to a satisfactory conclusion , ’ said Hartington , adding a warning to owners that they must expect higher training fees to permit lads to be properly paid . |
| 8 | I hope the current wage negotiations will shortly come to a satisfactory conclusion , ’ said Hartington , adding a warning to owners that they must expect higher training fees to permit lads to be properly paid . |
| 9 | The poor astronaut who falls into a black hole will still come to a sticky end ; only if he lived in imaginary time would he encounter no singularities . |
| 10 | Nonetheless it said that a relatively small licence ( for the code to be implemented for a single architecture , for example ) will still come to a six-figure dollar sum . |
| 11 | Vaccines will undoubtedly come as a practical development , and with efficacy against mucosal transmission . |
| 12 | " A tomboy 's like a whistling woman and a crowing hen , who can only come to a bad end . |
| 13 | As the final sentence of the chapter puts it , The belief which inspires every paragraph of the present Report is that this much-desired spiritual unity in the nation and the equally necessary uplift in the whole level of the popular imagination can only come through a general acknowledgement of the paramount place which the native speech and literature should occupy in our schools and in the common life of our people . |
| 14 | These can only come in a planned economic system and will never come through the irrationalities of the market . |
| 15 | The regional tourist boards should now be strongly supporting the need for the national framework , for guidance and assistance that can only come from a central body — yet they dare not speak too loudly for fear that their reduced funding will be cut even further if DoNH reallocates it to the national level . |
| 16 | True knowledge and true understanding , it is implied , can only come from a divine source . |
| 17 | I believe that it is as close as we can ever come to a universal truth in the history of prisons — that lack of work for prisoners is the greatest cause of indiscipline , unrest and unhappiness among the prisoners . |