Example sentences of "come [adv] on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Mountbatten 's especial qualification in Attlee 's eyes for the job of viceroy was his success in getting the Burmese nationalists to come in on the British side in the closing stages of the war ; it was Attlee 's firm belief in later life , as indeed it was Mountbatten 's , that if Mountbatten had been left in charge in Rangoon , Burma would never have left the Commonwealth . |
2 | Yes they push er Crosby has gone up front erm with Collimore and Stone 's come out on the right-hand side . |
3 | What you have going for you is the ability to withstand whatever is dished up and to come out on the winning side . |
4 | I will want to come back on the same point that 's just been made , but if before I get to that there are some other points that I think I should make in explanation of the lead we have given , if I may call it that , in putting forward the distribution of the Greater York total . |
5 | And a similar state of affairs had meanwhile come about on the other side of the lines . |
6 | Then Handlebar 's cock suddenly jumped into the air , flew the distance that separated it from its rival and came down on the darker bird with its neck arched and talons open . |
7 | And then , at four-thirty when she was just contemplating going off shift , a call came in on the red phone that made her feel cold inside . |
8 | Her ancestors came over on the legendary vessel . |
9 | It came off on the playing field and so there was no way I could find the little screw . |
10 | He came up on the other side shaking dirt from his fine white feathers . |
11 | It were a bit charred by the lightning , but they plugged it in and music came out and the words to the music came up on the little television screen . ’ |
12 | Last time round they went to south east Asia , trekked in Nepal as far as the Everest base camp , saw Thailand and China then came back on the Trans-Siberian Railway . |
13 | I could n't imagine what she expected to tell them if they all came back on the same day . |
14 | They came back on the Northern Line , a tall handsome man in a long overcoat and a man whose face was mostly hidden by an upturned collar and a hat pulled well down . |
15 | When the trees broke , she came out on the uncut lawn of the heath . |
16 | But at last she came out on the other side and ran after them as before , calling out , " Hoo ! |
17 | Hazel came out on the farther side of the ilexes and followed the path round a bend . |
18 | France , Germany and Italy came out on the sceptical side , with the UK , the Netherlands and North America on the other . |
19 | Looking up at the north-facing slope ahead you would see snow and ice and you would tremble , but you would know that coming down on the other side , you would walk in sunshine , through green grass and sweet-smelling flowers . |
20 | Coming southwards on the main Arezzo — Lake Trasimeno road , just before Policiano , a sign points left and a straight avenue leads to this handsome country residence surrounded by cypresses , palm trees , bamboo cane , conifers and much tranquillity . |
21 | ‘ The first thing I want is a bath , ’ said Kenichi Horie after coming ashore on the southern island of Okinawa . |
22 | While Beck 's adventures were cut short , Nick Faldo , beaten by Lyle in last year 's final , went into overtime against David Frost of South Africa before coming through on the 38th hole . |
23 | ‘ Coming up on the first platform , Admiral . |
24 | And in addition to that , of course , they have copper , and coming up on the future horizon cobalt , and erm the possibilities of developing tourism on quite a big scale , as they were beginning to do in the nineteen sixties before Amin Amin took over . |
25 | This error is like climbing below a col , and coming up on the wrong side of it . |
26 | they booked a six week holiday coming back on the first week on boxing day they 've got free car hire for the whole six weeks , not the insurance . |
27 | Although striking an important psychological blow by coming out on the winning side against his main challenger , Wasps ' Steve Bates , he admitted : ‘ Even though I am the man in possession , it would be just as easy for the selectors to pick Steve . ’ |
28 | I make no impression on it and all the time I am afraid that its flapping tail will come down on the taut line and snap it like a dry twig . |
29 | And would be seriously undermined by any proposed road that will come in on the western side . |
30 | Other potential candidates , who were remaining loyal to Ted but who it was known would come in on the second ballot if Ted were defeated , were quietly being accused of cowardice by the Neave camp . |