Example sentences of "come for a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Far from departing from the traditional view of the relationship between ranks , the moment has come for a return to it , ’ said Mr Roach .
2 Branson wrote to Powell , agreeing that the time had come for a separation .
3 ‘ I 've not come for a drink .
4 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 .
5 Girls at the back of the room , we have n't come for a chat .
6 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 .
7 Oh I was c come come for a holiday .
8 During these years before the war , each summer , the village would be invaded by Londoners , who had come for a holiday in the country .
9 ‘ But I 've come for a boy !
10 Time has come for a change .
11 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
12 Does he further agree that the time has come for a period of consolidation ?
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 He might as well have descended on the Palace , announcing that he had come for a stay .
16 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 . ’
17 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
18 Just the day before the fatal collapse Konstantin , Dmitri 's brother , had come for a meal .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 ’ .
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