Example sentences of "come [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She had come on to Benedict 's from an interview with her bank manager .
2 Besides , it had come on to rain , and the prospect of arriving home soaking wet to find my housemates Trisha and Brian curled up in a post-coital stupor in front of the TV was more than I could bear , so I swallowed my pride and went back inside .
3 There is another possibility that they have n't mentioned because the book has n't come on to deal with it yet , but you should know what it is .
4 I think most people heard about it from r.s.s. , but I hope some have come on from TSB .
5 I think most people heard about it from r.s.s. , but I hope some have come on from TSB .
6 ‘ Andrew Impey has really come on in leaps and bounds since he first broke into the first team and Ian Holloway does a great job for us . ’
7 Sue Leggate says : ‘ Consumer rights have come on in leaps and bounds since Which ? first appeared .
8 Son Pardo has come on in leaps and bounds since finishing fifth on his debut at Newmarket on 2,000 Guineas day .
9 With the introduction of carbon fibre , rod development has come on in leaps and bounds .
10 The young members section has come on in leaps and bounds in the last few years .
11 ‘ He 's technically a very good goalkeeper and he has come on in leaps and bounds in recent weeks , ’ he said .
12 He has come on in leaps and bounds this season .
13 There were reports of other attacks to the north and west , but still no word had come in of Lionan or Mullach , and Murtach 's patrol had not sighted them .
14 And as if on cue , reports have just come in of tracks and sightings of live rhinos in two Sumatran reserves — Way Kambas and Berbak Game Reserve in Jambi — where they were believed extinct .
15 Mr Gonzalez has also come in for criticism from within his own party .
16 Mr Gonzalez has also come in for criticism from within his own party .
17 The UAE , one of the states indicted by Iraq in 1990 , had previously come in for criticism without any members finding it necessary to resort to violence to obtain redress .
18 The Court of Appeal has struggled to reconcile the two decisions but has come in for criticism .
19 She 's established herself as a writer with award winning novels including ’ I 'm the King of the Castle ’ and ’ Woman in Black ’ but Mrs de Winter has come in for criticism .
20 The force has come in for criticism in the past two months after figures released on the constabulary 's ‘ crime-free day ’ in April showed Cheshire had suffered the highest rise in crime in the country .
21 The police have also come in for critisism — for not providing enough officers .
22 So , if some italian club comes in for Macca at say 4M ( a definate possibility ) , and/or someone come in for Speed at say 3.5M , well have no fucking team left .
23 So , if some italian club comes in for Macca at say 4M ( a definate possibility ) , and/or someone come in for Speed at say 3.5M , well have no fucking team left .
24 No I 've come in for physio actually .
25 Defence policy , too , has come in for complaint .
26 Going down with my dad who had been president of the lifeboat here for about fifty years , to meet the lifeboat as come in with survivors , I was just a wee boy at the time but I remember the Icelandic trawler , the Geyser and one of the first to be put ashore off the lifeboat that night , was a wee lassie , and she came across the pier and she came to me , because I was the only kid down there that night .
27 Lessing consulted Dinah , who had come back tired from an evening full of accidents ; the scenery had fallen , the lesser lady had not come in on cue , the leading man had been a failure and she would have to find someone else .
28 And talking of detectives , are n't those two gentlemen , who have just come in like Laurel and Hardy , of that ilk ? ’
29 The senior man , who had come in from Los Angeles to E.B.I.H.Q. after Erlich had left Washington , he 'd be everybody 's friend , he 'd have them eating out of his hand down at Counter-Terrorism , he 'd probably take out citizenship .
30 His stage set , along with the thumping music , flashing lights , and dry-ice clouds that go with it , had just come in from Scotland , and was due to head south as soon as we television camp-followers had done our reports in front of it .
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