Example sentences of "come a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WHEN THE SIGNALS to cease battle had been exchanged , and there had come a respite in the noise , and the smoke was curling lazily into the blue where clouds flocked and billowed , the islanders fell back and took stock of their situation . |
| 2 | ‘ Along with the dominance of a masculine value system in art and art history has often come a blindness to female existence , even when the reality of women 's roles is well documented by the art of a given place or period ’ . |
| 3 | With the Scottish interests had come a stake in Border TV , which Lonrho kept . |
| 4 | Viruses have come a heck of a long way since we last took an in-depth look at anti-virus software back in November 1990 . |
| 5 | Lovers of freedom throughout the world looked to this vision with hope and it is with profound sadness that they see the vision momentarily dimmed , and with this dimming has come a confusion of purpose and a sense of despair that was never known before in America . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've come a hell of a long way , you know . |
| 7 | How come a club of United 's stature can no longer compete in the transfer market , and are now overshadowed by humble Blackburn when it comes to buying players ? |
| 8 | With improvements in educational technologies , more detailed understanding of how behaviour is controlled and developed , and a greater focus on curriculum planning has come a flood of new opportunities for people with learning difficulties . |
| 9 | With this effort to deploy support for the arts in New York has come a proliferation of arts alliances , organizations and advisory committee . |
| 10 | I 've come a cropper over this before , bemoaning the appalling performance of a 386/40 until I noticed that the tiny turbo light was off and , instead of running at 40MHz , the machine was running at 8MHz ! |
| 11 | Though they have done well in Germany and Belgium ( they now own one-tenth of all the office space in Brussels ) , Swedish investors have come a cropper in London . |
| 12 | Oxford again are a side with some scalps under their belts , Broughton Park , Solihull , Bury Hill — but you 've sometimes erm come a cropper against smaller sides have n't you ? |