Example sentences of "they come [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But his interest in them came out in a unique way almost twenty years ago when he founded a shop that has become a fixture on Prince Street Untitled . |
| 2 | Discussions went on for a year and cost T&L about £500,000 in legal fees and other expenses , Vlitos says , ‘ but they came up with a strong agreement which protected T&L — a pygmy next to a corporate giant like J&J ’ . |
| 3 | They came up with a 230 horse power sports cruiser happy to have me aboard . |
| 4 | However , after a TOP Timeout , they came up with a real solution . |
| 5 | We went to the Hamble area 's Volvo agent , RK Marine , for an estimate of the likely cost and they came up with a worst figure of 42,520 including parts — which for any Volvo is very expensive . |
| 6 | They came up with a mock chat show programme in which Williams was being interviewed by Clement Freud , as lugubrious-looking then as now . |
| 7 | Predictably , they came up with a plot-line set in the professional reaches of the law , rather than in the more ‘ artisan ’ area of policing . |
| 8 | They came up with a visionary scheme to raise money for musical equipment . |
| 9 | They came up with a taxonomic hierarchy : phyla , class , order , sub-orders , genus ( or genera ) and species . |
| 10 | They came out into a wide waterway which ended in docks . |
| 11 | Two great doors stood open in an arched entrance and they came out into a cobbled courtyard . |
| 12 | They did not speak until they came out into a busy , noisy street . |
| 13 | Then , as they came out onto an open stretch of bitten turf at the foot of the hill where the rabbits were running , as though a signal had been given a universal clamour broke out , a clatter , a din of singing , from the unseen roof-tops of the village behind them , from the beeches on the Down , from the ash trees that stood like singing poles in the hedgerows along the hollow track , from every tree it seemed of the whole vast forest birds were singing and singing and demanding to be heard . |
| 14 | Suddenly the ground fell away before them and they came out on an open plateau with a floor of chequered marble , white on black , and a wide stone staircase with balustrades running down to the dried bed of an ornamental lake , which the mist turned to a bowl of milk . |
| 15 | But , kicking against the strong wind , the Oak defended well to keep the deficit to 1–0 and they came back with a strong display in the second half . |
| 16 | But we would probably sell them the name if they come up with a reasonable offer . ’ |
| 17 | Let's talk about horse racing , but before we do so , one last question about football pools and that is that some people have systems — they come up with a whole range of numbers and combinations of things — does that make any sense at all ? |
| 18 | ‘ I definitely wo n't be playing for Rovers on Sunday unless they come up with a satisfactory offer and there 's no chance of that . ’ |
| 19 | They come across as a splendid reminder of the days , only just past , when the English and Irish upper class had not become embittered and still looked on their poorer neighbours with sympathy and kindly humour . |
| 20 | They come in as a net fare operator |
| 21 | You 'd bloody like to go on holiday to America and they come back with an American accent I could shoot people who do that . |
| 22 | Well a cup of whatsername stuff I poured down the sink upstairs rather than get it kicked over because if they come back in a silly state then they 'll knock it all over books . |
| 23 | It 's like people sometimes have problems when they come out after a long stay in hospital — or the same sort of thing anyway . |
| 24 | They come home to a nice bathed kid and they do n't know how much shit you 've wiped up during the day … |