Example sentences of "come [prep] a [noun sg] " 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 He can come for an hour .
13 I 'm saying no matter what my mum would never let me come for an hour , two hour .
14 He asked the masters and they said you can come for an interview .
15 I was soon in Leicester Square , which was already packed with people who 'd come for an evening out .
16 He 'd come for an evening 's entertainment and , though the food was good , he 'd reckoned on stronger meat .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 The firm 's crash will come as a blow to the Government 's rail privatisation plans .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 This has all come as a bit of a shock .
24 So when women talk of coming out as a lesbian , I want to ask — can I come as a person first ?
25 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 .
26 It may come as a shock .
27 The list of libraries will come as a shock to anyone who is unaware of what has been happening .
28 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 .
29 ‘ I know it must come as a shock to you .
30 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 .
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