Example sentences of "the [noun sg] have come to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The carriage had come to a standstill |
| 2 | Well , the SAAF has come to a conclusion that others have long held — the only replacement for a Dakota is another Dakota ! |
| 3 | Now that the group has come to a better understanding about some aspect of these problems , how can they feel Empowered to act for change ? |
| 4 | Now , as a letter to the Times pointed out last week , the word ‘ train ’ is being replaced by ‘ service ’ — as in ‘ Please do not open the doors until the service has come to a complete standstill . ’ |
| 5 | The landlord had come to a halt . |
| 6 | And what more could Miss Waters do but affirm that if one could not perform one 's Christian duty without being treated as a busybody then the parish had come to a sorry pass ? |
| 7 | Before the stone had come to a halt it was pounced upon by the entire family who gleefully heaved the unfortunate lump of granite out through the back door and out of their lives ! |
| 8 | 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 ] . |