Example sentences of "come [prep] [art] [adj] end [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | he had instead been cultivating his acquaintanceship with Mercer , a game plan that would have come to an abrupt end if the Lorrimores had deserted the trip , which they would have done at once if the Canadian had ploughed into their home-from-home . |
| 2 | David Lawrence , whose first overseas Test came to a tragic end when he broke his kneecap while bowling . |
| 3 | Her swift rise to ministerial office — and public notoriety for blunt speaking — came to a sudden end when she was forced to resign in December 1988 after provoking a catastrophic slump in the British egg market by saying on television that ‘ most ’ egg production was infected by salmonella . |
| 4 | It 's working ! ’ and it was , but it all came to a crashing end because the matron on duty that night called the cops . |
| 5 | The bawling came to an abrupt end as Thomas frowned first at him and then down at his hand . |
| 6 | The trials came to an abrupt end when local fisheries officers found the frozen remains of common dolphins and pilot whales on board the fishing boats . |
| 7 | Most of the daughters ( except Rose , who lost an eye ) soon married , but Minnie 's marriage to Abe Greenbaum came to an abrupt end when she did a ‘ bunk with Claud ’ — a doctor she met on a visit to London . |
| 8 | Subsequently , in 1899 , Carter was offered the position of Inspector General of Antiquities for Upper Egypt , but his post with the Egyptian Antiquities service came to an abrupt end when he was held responsible for a near diplomatic incident in which disgruntled French tourists assaulted some guards at a site . |
| 9 | Ironically his own tour of New Zealand with Ireland 12 months ago came to an abrupt end when he sustained a broken jaw in the first of two internationals . |
| 10 | STEFAN Edberg 's hopes of a third successive US Open crown came to an abrupt end when Karel Novacek pulled off a shock victory at Flushing Meadow . |
| 11 | TAKE That 's heart-throb Robbie Williams come to a sticky end as he celebrates his band 's latest hit , A Million Love Songs . |