Example sentences of "come [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , well there were n't much to see if your hopper was full , you ai n't got far to go cos they only come about a foot off side , you see you could just kneel down there and catch 'em . |
| 2 | She had also come through a baptism in front of Britain 's most demanding audience . |
| 3 | erm I 'm not sure that Anne , erm with her special knowledge of French politics , would n't be better at this than me , but these thoughts come through a historian 's head . |
| 4 | Let me just it 's nothing special , it 's only a circle , but if you were to take that for a , as , as an example if you like as a picture of God 's purposes for us , you see the circle is , is , geometrical it 's , it 's , it 's perfect , there is nothing that is odd about it , there is nothing er , there 's no difference about it , it is perfect and that was God 's purpose and God 's plan for you and for me , that our , that our time , our being should be perfect in , in harmony with him , you think of all the things in your life personally , and then think of all the things in the , in the life of your com of our community , those things that mar it , those things that spoil it , those things that stop today be the perfect day for you that 's not God 's purpose for you they 've all come as a product , a direct result of sin , it was n't how God intended it , it was n't how God made it , his plan , his purpose for you and for me was to live and to dwell together with him in perfect harmony for ever , and there |
| 5 | Under normal circumstances , the time-cues come as a package and is not particularly useful to separate out any one from the group ; all play a role and act in harmony to adjust our daiLy rhythms . |
| 6 | Come off a panel . |
| 7 | Come for a bit of pocket money ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Then come for a drive , if you will . |
| 9 | Rufus said , Hi , and come for a swim , so Adam took off his shorts and went into the water in his black nylon underpants . |
| 10 | ‘ 'Ello , 'ave yer come for a cuddle , then ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You really come for a cup of de-caff , Angel ? |
| 12 | ‘ Wanda , come for a ride . |
| 13 | So saying , when my wife Catherine died of cancer , Anthea sent me persistent invitations to spend a few days at her cottage , or even just come for a meal . |
| 14 | Come for a walk with me in the park . |
| 15 | Come for a walk with me and we 'll see if we can find something good to eat . ’ |
| 16 | if they come for a win , itll be a win gained from getting us on the break . |
| 17 | You just get in , have your tea , and Alexandro 'll come round , come for a beer . |
| 18 | Sinton 's views come after a summer of intense transfer speculation when he was linked with Blackburn , Arsenal and Manchester City . |
| 19 | with Mr Ross and is expected to succeed him as chairman , stressed that the board changes come after a review process started last September . |
| 20 | All the time yes , apart from say about six weeks , used to come in in the winter to repair the do maintenance on the dredger and then the old harbourmaster would say right , we should have been here for six weeks , he come after a month , he 'd say , paint the cover the rust up he said and bugger off out again . |
| 21 | ‘ Efter we get alang here a wee bit , ye come tae a loch , then roon' the bend is a castle , then we cairry oan up the road a bit till we cam tae anither loch … ’ |
| 22 | Come over here and join us by all means — but not too many of you , so we 'll vet you as you come in ; and not make getting in pleasant or easy ; and just please stick to your own districts , and keep your own religion and dance away to tambourines , or bow to the East , or whatever you like to do to remind you of home — or home as it used to be a hundred years ago but certainly is n't now — and are n't we clever , and kind , and good , the way we give you your roots back ? , and with any luck your children will grow up well-behaved and pleasant ; ours certainly are n't ; because your children come of a society which , being somewhere else and a long time ago , is probably better than ours . |
| 23 | Also , they come of a class of person frequently on the move from household to household so a great deal of time was wasted by officials seeking to interview relatives who were in fact temporarily with other members of the family in another part of the country , where , of course , the authority I am representing has no jurisdiction . |
| 24 | Here they come like a swarm of ants . ’ |
| 25 | that 's what I said , so that come like a prayer from heaven it did |
| 26 | I come like a bandit |
| 27 | The cutbacks come against a background of tension within Greenpeace , with some staff arguing that its " direct actions " have of late degenerated into photo-opportunity style publicity stunts , unlikely to cause any direct embarrassment to polluters . |
| 28 | Or 'ave you just come into a bit of money ? ’ |
| 29 | At like , like you 're it 's , you come into a bend and you 've got to watch it and I er just had a quick glance at it like , is n't it , you know ? |
| 30 | One might suppose that since they now come into a court with an equitable jurisdiction , the equitable doctrine must be applied . |