Example sentences of "come [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I think it would now be most unlikely for a speculative proposal that had n't come through a planning system to succeed . |
| 2 | However in the past few days Hanley has come through a series of rigorous tests , and his return was hastened by the absence of Andy Goodway , who broke a finger at Headingley last Saturday . |
| 3 | ‘ George Graham has been very supportive in the last few years , during which I 've come through a lot of problems . |
| 4 | Nicky Summerbee has come through a fitness test on a leg strain . |
| 5 | Defender Adrian Whitbread has come through a fitness test , Micky Hazard could get a recall . |
| 6 | We have successfully come through a war . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've come about an apartment , ’ I said . |
| 8 | ‘ Far from departing from the traditional view of the relationship between ranks , the moment has come for a return to it , ’ said Mr Roach . |
| 9 | Branson wrote to Powell , agreeing that the time had come for a separation . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've not come for a drink . |
| 11 | It may be that by the end of the century , when we are carrying all before us , some fair-minded matron will survey her predominantly female team and announce that the time has come for a Ministry for Men . |
| 12 | Girls at the back of the room , we have n't come for a chat . |
| 13 | If you 've come for a session with Kafy , you 're out of luck she 's booked for the whole night by one of the priests from the Temple of Khepri . |
| 14 | Oh I was c come come for a holiday . |
| 15 | During these years before the war , each summer , the village would be invaded by Londoners , who had come for a holiday in the country . |
| 16 | ‘ But I 've come for a boy ! |
| 17 | Time has come for a change . |
| 18 | Hello there … welcome to Australia for a Central South sporting special … where we 've come for a race of the future … the Solar Challenge … sun powered cars racing through the wild outback … that 's our Friday Feature … first it 's back to Britain … for our football parade |
| 19 | Does he further agree that the time has come for a period of consolidation ? |
| 20 | They did n't often have a chance to leave the pub together , but this afternoon she was determined to have a family outing , so as soon as the dinner-things were washed up , they had come for a walk to the Island Gardens . |
| 21 | To be fair , it really did look as though Ipswich had come for a draw , but we should have more imagination , pace or something to break down teams like that . |
| 22 | He might as well have descended on the Palace , announcing that he had come for a stay . |
| 23 | It 's the least I can do for one who has come for a bush walk and then finds the project nipped in the bud by her own willingness to help . ’ |
| 24 | you know the , the things alone and I said get your hands off those doors I do n't like polishing , so he 's come for a cloth and the polish |
| 25 | Just the day before the fatal collapse Konstantin , Dmitri 's brother , had come for a meal . |
| 26 | Yorkshireman Martin Sterne , from Ripon , had come for a week 's golfing holiday with three friends , bringing their own golf professional with them from England . |
| 27 | As it is now three years since the present display team was formed the time has come for an audition to be held , this will be early in the autumn . |
| 28 | Back at Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire the Congregational Tabernacle 's Mutual Improvement Society resolved in November 1893 ‘ that the time has now come for an Organ to be obtained for the Tabernacle Services ’ . |
| 29 | One party had come as a dragon and were doing a conga through the dancing couples , tail disintegrating even as the giant head bobbed up and down . |
| 30 | Although the Aylesbury area still has an unemployment rate which is below the national average , the job loses have come as a blow , but the district council is already thinking about other uses for the site . |