Example sentences of "we came to the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 After 15 minutes we came to the comforting realisation that the phone had come unplugged from its socket .
2 Someone whistled them out when we came to the narrowest place , bows strung and shafts fitted , shouting to us to halt .
3 There is nothing new in that ; we came to the same conclusion earlier when studying the field of a line charge .
4 Eventually we came to the Old Mill area where there were no railings at the waterside , making the mill pond quite a frightening place for small children .
5 But when we came to the Old Town , the Marshal and Sapt moved nearer to my horse , and I could see that they were afraid for me .
6 When we came to the German trenches there was nothing to see .
7 When we came to the third hole I thought we were going to need some of that cushion .
8 We look like we came to the wrong party — like we brought our adopted son to his friend 's birthday , and called at the wrong address .
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