Example sentences of "come [adv prt] [to-vb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if that were an omen , the race itself went just as badly and after nine laps Jackie had to come in to change a deflating tyre . |
| 2 | It was also to be a welcoming home for John and Angela , who had come down to watch the final round and were staying at the Bell Hotel . |
| 3 | But when we tol When we told us they said Oh they 'd have come down to match the nearest competitor , and we thought oh why did he quote up there in the first place then . |
| 4 | By now the head has come up to witness the miserable result . |
| 5 | AN unusual opportunity has come up to buy an English vineyard . |
| 6 | By May 1989 , however , many of these critics had come round to praise the continued radicalism of the Thatcher government , in education , tax cuts , and further measures of privatization . |
| 7 | Parents , friends and students came along to see the many activities and interests available to the mentally handicapped in this part of Kent . |
| 8 | Then ( the 1970s ) double-digit inflation came along to bale the over-borrowed house-owner out . |
| 9 | Sometimes Soutine , who was living in the village , came over to enjoy a good chicken dinner , and after eating their fill the two artists reproached their host for living in such luxury . |
| 10 | Recently at an important business function several of the managers from the company for whom she works came over to take a closer look . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , she 's been here since the beginning of the year — she came over to start a new life after she 'd had problems back home . |
| 12 | ‘ We had outgrown our present building when the opportunity came up to purchase the adjoining freehold . |
| 13 | A hand came up to rumple the short hair at the back of his head , a gesture that betrayed his momentary awkwardness . |
| 14 | He came back to do a smashing job . ’ |
| 15 | Keeps bouncing back : dumped by the Chicago Cubs in 1985 after injury , but was reprieved by Pittsburgh ; lasted a mere 18 pitches against the Cubs in game two of the NL play-offs but came back to win the decisive game five . |
| 16 | THE OAKLAND Athletics came back to win the first game of the best-of-seven American League championship series with a 7-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays , on Tuesday . |
| 17 | Emily Lightbody came back to work the following Monday . |
| 18 | ‘ We came back to get the vital point . |
| 19 | She left the cubicle to find a blood test kit , and came back to find the new houseman , Joe Reynolds , ordering head X-rays and a neurologist 's opinion . |
| 20 | Mahmoud was n't there when he arrived , so he went inside to buy his stamps and then came out to use the wet roller hanging against the wall . |
| 21 | And on housing estates all along the line , residents came out to watch the strange scene . |
| 22 | And on housing estates all along the line , residents came out to watch the strange scene . |
| 23 | Humanity had brought many things along , inadvertently , when it came out to populate the stars-unseen stowaways like bacteria , flies , fleas . |
| 24 | And also , back in their team is erm Michael Lee who 's been banned for some years now , and he 's raring to go and erm I think they 're all coming down to prove a few points . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd better go , ’ Julie said , coming over to give the taller girl a quick hug . |
| 26 | ‘ Players like myself and skipper Alan McDonald can play our part by lending our experience to the young players coming through to form the next World Cup side . |
| 27 | This core of lava may continue to flow for a long while , but when the supply of fresh lava slows down at source , there will not be enough coming through to fill the whole volume of the core , so an empty space will be left , and this will form a long tube or tunnel running along the centre of the flow , sometimes for many kilometres . |
| 28 | Next year , I 'm coming back to finish the general SVQ , and I want to do Highers too . ’ |
| 29 | Also it was particularly strong in the latter years of the war , particularly in the last 18 months , when many , many first and second tour people were coming back to do a further tour , I have wept many a tear for some first class fellows that pestered me , pestered me beyond belief , writing to me every week . |
| 30 | Neil , coming back to keep the promised watch on his house . |