Example sentences of "come [adv prt] on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I quite see that you need someone to come in on a practical issue like what to do about his tenants . |
| 2 | And really I 'm going to start off and then Liz is going to come in on a particular aspect of this . |
| 3 | In terms of progressing or taking part in the discussion , can I suggest that if you want to come in on a particular item , you put your name board up like that , so that we can readily observe it er and equally , our friend who is looking after the microphones can make sure that the vol the volume of your microphone is turned up at the appropriate time . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Erm the volume i i is tremendous and er one worries about the effect of the surging waters on such an old construction , now we far worse than and consequently the emergency services have had to consider all sorts of alternatives , some of which you see now with the piping on , on the surface of it 's been having a good result the immediate problem , but you ca n't stop there and the emergency team have given consideration to all sorts of other possible temporary solutions in the event or that the pumping failed and er I think that 's possibly where this rumour about erm the railway line arrived but er I think Chairman I 've said enough , we all , we would all agree I think that the emergency workers have performed er I think we 're all pleased to see the army coming in erm and doing what they 've done and erm I certainly er appreciated the opportunity to come in on the old A Twenty Seven through West it took my mind back er many years I can tell you and erm I , I think congratulations all round are due , but I come back to what 's all saying and which I support as it would be a folly when the dust has settled erm to really take a an objective er position and see that er arrangements are in hand channels and things like that will not again be supercharged in the way they are . |
| 6 | We had come out on a broad dirt road . |
| 7 | Yes they push er Crosby has gone up front erm with Collimore and Stone 's come out on the right-hand side . |
| 8 | What you have going for you is the ability to withstand whatever is dished up and to come out on the winning side . |
| 9 | And a similar state of affairs had meanwhile come about on the other side of the lines . |
| 10 | Two czarist officers , bulky in their comic-opera uniforms , solemnly played Russian roulette , each downing a drink every time the firing pin of their revolver came down on an empty chamber . |
| 11 | I thought you said there 'd be no problem if I came in on a six-month permit ? ’ |
| 12 | Seve Ballesteros , who had shared the overnight lead on 67 , was making no further progress and was still five under par as he came in on the closing holes . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Her ancestors came over on the legendary vessel . |
| 15 | It came off on the playing field and so there was no way I could find the little screw . |
| 16 | Sal sent the sack up on a bight of slack , then came up on a tight rope and the sling . |
| 17 | There consul in Rome came up on an official visit and there was nearly a diplomatic incident when he got thrown out of the new university canteen he come to expect . |
| 18 | He came up on the other side shaking dirt from his fine white feathers . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | Upon reaching retirement age Len found that he missed the job so much he came back on a part-time basis . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | When the Friar left the children beneath the tree he went hurriedly but surprisingly lightly for a man of his bulk through the bushes until he came out on a narrow path that twisted this way and that into a deep ravine both sides of which were dark with yews . |
| 24 | MH : Yes , we came out on a real high . |
| 25 | The words came out on a shaky laugh . |
| 26 | Suddenly the ground fell away before them and they came out on an open plateau with a floor of chequered marble , white on black , and a wide stone staircase with balustrades running down to the dried bed of an ornamental lake , which the mist turned to a bowl of milk . |
| 27 | When the trees broke , she came out on the uncut lawn of the heath . |
| 28 | But at last she came out on the other side and ran after them as before , calling out , " Hoo ! |
| 29 | I came out on the Good Friday and , on the Saturday morning , stitches still in and everything , I got up and thought to myself : ‘ I 'm going to have a smoke ’ . |
| 30 | France , Germany and Italy came out on the sceptical side , with the UK , the Netherlands and North America on the other . |