Example sentences of "had come [prep] [art] head " in BNC.
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| 1 | Defending solicitor Bob Emuss said that problems for Mrs. White had come to a head last February . |
| 2 | Recently matters had come to a head . |
| 3 | Matters regarding the Grammar School had come to a head . |
| 4 | This issue had come to a head in July , with the tabling of a no-confidence motion in parliament , and the live broadcasting of the July 18-20 debate on national television . |
| 5 | The Spratly Islands were claimed by three ASEAN members — Brunei , Malaysia and the Philippines — and by China , Taiwan and Vietnam ; the dispute had come to a head in early 1992 after China and Vietnam awarded contracts separately to Western companies to drill for oil in the disputed archipelago [ see p. 38768 ] . |
| 6 | And so it had started ; and now it had come to a head . |
| 7 | For it had been when Ryan had died , three years ago now , that the situation between her and Jake had come to a head . |
| 8 | Things had come to a head in 1990 when a release extenxded a shut-down by several days at a cost of £250,000. a CAT , involving a wide cross-section of disciplines , was set up and reviewed incidents from 1987 onwards . |