Example sentences of "come to [art] [noun] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Major began to feel that Onyx Muggeridge was not quite what he had come to a Parents ' Evening for , and was quite grateful when the headmaster disengaged himself with palpable reluctance from the Fromes and sailed in his direction , exuding Manner . |
| 2 | In 1933 it first appeared in its present format , accompanied by the slim one-volume Supplement which added quotations , words , and meanings that had come to the editors ' attention after the publication of the relevant part of the Dictionary . |
| 3 | He had come to the comrades ' attention when he wrote an article in the journal of the Right-On wing of the Communist Party , Marxism Today , shortly before the £750 GLC pre-feasibility study was completed in November 1984 . |
| 4 | Urquhart had come to the Nowaks ' house , Blanche thought , for the same purpose as her — an illegal search for clues about Marek 's past activities . |
| 5 | Aunt Margaret came to the girls ' bedroom and unhandily undressed Victoria , although she could perfectly well undress herself . |
| 6 | Six minutes from the end Murdoch again came to the visitors ' rescue when he dived to block a shot from Hateley . |
| 7 | The Fijian captain , Waisale Serevi — whose side defeated the district of Suva 26-0 in the final — came to the Scots ' hotel to say ‘ thank-you , good-bye and good-luck , ’ to the teams who had ventured to Fiji 's first such tournament . |
| 8 | I think but continuing down the corridor erm which was all the Education Department , you came to the typists ' room right at the bottom of the corridor on the left |
| 9 | Apart from in scene nine , where Anderson displays occasional discomfort through his hesitations ( 4 instances , most notably when explaining to Sacha why he came to the Hollars ' apartment ( p. 81 ) , and when giving assurances of what he will do to help Pavel ( p. 83 ) ) , we find very few instances of hesitations or unfinished turns ( no more than one instance of each in scenes seven , eight , ten and sixteen ) . |
| 10 | He imagined a policeman with nothing more to go on than a tiny , once brightly embroidered , label , a square inch of bloodstained , earth-stained , half-rotted cloth , hawking it round boutiques in Kilburn and West Hendon , narrowing the field , finally coming to an importers ' warehouse … |
| 11 | The once-in-a-while reward is often used to deal with disobedience about coming to the parents ' bed in the middle of the night . |
| 12 | The man called Pratt who 'd come to the Dasses ' house on a motor-cycle did his imitations of dogs . |
| 13 | Ironically , the quest for profits may ultimately come to the dolphins ' rescue . |
| 14 | All right , they say , a wife is a wife after all , but when it comes to a parents ' decision … |
| 15 | Satisfied , she retraces her steps until she comes to a Ladies ' cloakroom . |