Example sentences of "only come [prep] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had most of the presents and all the adults to himself , and it only came to an end for him when he was very sick late in the morning , but whether from too much excitement or too many sweets , nobody could tell . |
| 2 | The miners ' action , based on demands for higher wages , better conditions and changes in the national political leadership , only came to an end on May 10 when a decree was issued transferring the control of the mines in the Russian Federation to the RFSFR government [ see p. 38204 ] . |
| 3 | Opals were totally unknown to the early civilizations of the Old World and only came to the knowledge of the Mediterranean peoples as an outcome of Roman military expansion into the Balkans . |
| 4 | The Official Solicitor answered the call of the court within minutes and , although this application only came to the notice of the court officials at 1.30 p.m. it has come on for hearing just before 2 p.m. and now at 2.18 p.m . |
| 5 | ‘ I only came for a glass of water . |
| 6 | This china lived in the sideboard in the dining-room and only came into the kitchen to be warmed before a meal and washed up afterwards . |
| 7 | The connection with sectarianism was made gradually and only came after a succession of similar events . |
| 8 | The battle for respectability led to better cinemas but it was always conceded that real victory would only come through the production of better films . |
| 9 | She had not been able to hold down a job because of her phobia — no one is really willing to employ someone who will only come into the office on fine days , particularly in England ! |
| 10 | If the case had been one of estoppel , it might be said that in any event the estoppel would cease when the conditions to which the representation applied came to an end , or it also might be said that it would only come to an end on notice . |
| 11 | Visual information does not only come in the form of specific letter identification . |
| 12 | Such lèse-majesté could only come from a member of the public . |
| 13 | Such a deeply mistaken belief can only come from a citizen of a country with a disciplinarian attitude to politics . |
| 14 | It gets its name from the belief that such a flower could only come from the home of a god — Mt Parnassus . |
| 15 | There was practically none of the systematic planning and oversight which so characterised Bath and many other spas : that could only come from the implementation of a single plan by a great landowner and architect , and Brighton had a few of these . |
| 16 | No , well there were n't much to see if your hopper was full , you ai n't got far to go cos they only come about a foot off side , you see you could just kneel down there and catch 'em . |
| 17 | They only come to the surface after dark , and so you 'd never know you had then without a torch . |