Example sentences of "come to the [adj] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | A nice enough chap and he was knowledgeable in theory you see , but when it come to the practical experience and the practical doing of the work , he would just say , Well what did you do the last time Jimmy ? |
| 2 | Both parents had come to the open evening and she had been able to talk to them . |
| 3 | There the Welsh and English school timetables differ , so that when a morning of Medau was started at the town hall , English-speaking mothers came to the first session and Welsh-speaking ones to the second ; she was therefore obliged to give the former in English and the latter in Welsh — surely a triumphant example of good public relations and adaptability — though Wynne claims that she is still having a struggle to master Welsh . |
| 4 | The wife came to the first cavern and saw the dreadful dragon , stretched out all along the sea , shooting out foam and spume from her nostrils , lashing up the waves with her tail . |
| 5 | According to the former , Molla Edebali , a native of Karaman , came to the Ottoman lands and there won the complete confidence of Osman so that the latter " used to refer to him problems in the Seriat and to consult with him in matters of government " . |
| 6 | She came to the last button and , plucking up all her courage , slipped the dress off her shoulders and let it drop to the floor . |
| 7 | She ran along the line , stumbling over the planks , until she came to the old pit and the line of empty skips . |
| 8 | There was a wee window you could look into before you came to the back door and she was always sitting reading the paper . |
| 9 | Jitka turned and put her fingers to her lips as they came to the main bedroom and they tiptoed passed . |
| 10 | And above all , if the head , inside the school , is seen as someone who has a calm and consistent view of the rapidly changing priorities of school management , there is a chance that parents will come to the same view and will feel the same trust . |
| 11 | He had probably come to the same conclusion and if she tried to give some kind of explanation he would raise his eyebrows and look at her in astonishment , and she would feel utterly foolish . |
| 12 | ‘ If Esau comes to the one company and destroys it , then the company which is left will escape . ’ |
| 13 | Unless she comes to the front door , and follows you down the path ; or comes to the back door and follows you into the garden . |