Example sentences of "come [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was the Masters ' Room on the ground floor — they took it out to put in a new directors ' lift — and whenever one of our ships docked in London her master would come for a drink and a chat with Mr.Andrew — like a sort of club , it was . |
| 2 | You knew immediately that Jancey had stuffed these guys into her flat because she knew I 'd come for a showdown , and it had to be tonight . |
| 3 | And then he let the tears come for a while , to trickle down his temples and wet his neck . |
| 4 | It does not come for a couple of times . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't come for a confession ! |
| 6 | Would you come for a walk with me on Monday morning ? ’ |
| 7 | May I visit you in the evenings , or will you come for a walk with me on Sundays ? |
| 8 | ‘ But actually , being in that situation really helped to develop my ear , because a guy would come for a lesson and ask me to show him a lick from some song or other , which kind of put me on the spot ! |
| 9 | Teacher : Can I come for a ride in your train ? |
| 10 | But it was a bit of a coincidence when she walked out that day and er she did n't come for a week ! |
| 11 | ‘ Actually , hard as it may be for you to believe , I did come for a reason . ’ |
| 12 | The University 's funding in future will come through a contract , awarded by the Universities Funding Council , to teach a certain number of students in certain subjects for certain prices . |
| 13 | It was always assumed that Urban Programme funding would represent only a proportion of total expenditure in the Partnerships — most would come through a diversion of mainstream budgets to the benefit of the older urban cores . |
| 14 | Much of the potential for transferability of good practice could come through a series of innovations which partnership might originate , provided it is prepared to transcend traditional structures . |
| 15 | I wondered what it was that could come between a husband and wife when their child killed herself away from home and in circumstances for which they could not hold themselves in any way responsible . |
| 16 | The firm 's crash will come as a blow to the Government 's rail privatisation plans . |
| 17 | Today 's news will come as a blow for British Agriculture minister John Gummer , who is just back from the US where he had been fighting to prevent the breakdown of the talks . |
| 18 | Today 's news will come as a blow for British Agriculture minister John Gummer , who is just back from the US where he had been fighting to prevent the breakdown of the talks . |
| 19 | This has all come as a bit of a shock . |
| 20 | So when women talk of coming out as a lesbian , I want to ask — can I come as a person first ? |
| 21 | While the problems of the overall balance of payments hardly came as a surprise ( though the speed with which Lend-Lease ended did come as a shock ) , the problem of the dollar was less readily anticipated . |
| 22 | It may come as a shock . |
| 23 | The list of libraries will come as a shock to anyone who is unaware of what has been happening . |
| 24 | It can come as a shock to have to buy every stamp , tube of toothpaste or bar of soap as well as to wash and press favourite clothes before going out , and to change and launder their own bed linen . |
| 25 | ‘ I know it must come as a shock to you . |
| 26 | It may come as a shock to most men , but pre-adolescent boys are more likely to have a higher orgasm rate than the mature members of their sex . |
| 27 | A spokesman said : ‘ Because of the current economic climate it did not come as a shock . |
| 28 | THE French love to smoke and it will come as a shock to them that they can no longer enjoy their Gauloises cigarettes in public . |
| 29 | All this could come as a shock to your system if you were the shy and reticent student who hid behind more extrovert col-leagues . |
| 30 | Backpackers should make sure they 're in good shape , though , as the scale of the climbs and descents can come as a shock to UK walkers . |