Example sentences of "[noun prp] come to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Could a woman have beaten back the Scots , forcing King David to come to terms before he plundered the entire north ? ’ |
| 2 | In fact , on second thoughts , would it not be far more sensible to invite Emilia to come to Cambridge ? |
| 3 | The mission to invite Edward to come to parliament was prompted by Melton 's protest against condemning the king unheard and unseen ; the sermons of Orleton , Stratford and finally of Reynolds were not the spontaneous initiatives of these prelates , but clearly part of an opportunist programme coordinated by Mortimer and his allies . |
| 4 | He also thinks it is important to build such a museum , as Japan and Britain have a long historical relationship dating back to the seventeenth-century when William Adams came to Japan on a Dutch ship . |
| 5 | Partly as a result , Whitehaven came to prominence in the Virginia tobacco trade during the 1740s , although Lowther had only indirect links with the merchant community . |
| 6 | 685–6 when the pagan Caedwalla came to power , and the southern Saxons under a Christian king , Aethelwealh , but still otherwise largely a pagan people , appear to have been beyond the range of Theodore 's metropolitan power . |
| 7 | King Edward came to Stamford and summoned Sir Robert 's father , Lord Welles , and the King 's Champion , Sir Thomas Dymock , to appear before him . |
| 8 | ‘ Edward came to Corfe from a hunt , and while his attendants were seeing to the dogs she allured him to her with female blandishment and made him lean forward . ’ |
| 9 | When President Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in Moscow in early 1985 , Mr Husak became one of the disoriented old men of Eastern Europe , and when Mr Gorbachev reached Prague , in the spring of 1987 , Mr Husak looked out of his depth . |
| 10 | Nearly six years since Mr Gorbachev came to power , it is still unclear what sort of future he has in mind for the Soviet Union . |
| 11 | The best brains and resources had gone into military research and development until Gorbachev came to power . |
| 12 | The report suggested that the Bulgarian leadership did not give up the idea until Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the Soviet Union in 1985 . |
| 13 | Opposed by Soviet intellectuals such as writer Valentin Rasputin , if was finally dropped when Gorbachev came to power . |
| 14 | I T N obtained an exclusive interview with the K G B in which the Soviet Security Department admitted actually stepping up their activities since President Mikhail Gorbachev came to power . |
| 15 | Since Gorbachev came to power , thirty spies have been arrested in the Soviet Union and all but a few executed . |
| 16 | Will and Deirdre came to supper recently — poor dears it was an uninspired meal but their visit cheered me immeasurably … |
| 17 | GINA WAS INDEED PERFECTLY NICE AND POLITE WHEN ELEANOR came to tea . |
| 18 | When , for example , Alexander Gordon of Strathdon came to Elgin on 5 November 1539 to bind himself in manrent to George earl of Huntly , promising to serve him in peace and war , give him counsel , and protect him against harm , he was only one of many hundreds of men throughout the country during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries making such an obligation , and thereby creating strong personal relationships based always in theory and normally in reality not just on mutual self-interest but on mutual loyalty and trust . |
| 19 | Jefferson came to Church youth work with very solid credentials . |
| 20 | When Ramond de Carbonnières came to Campan , in the later eighteenth century , he saw it as an Arcadia , both for the excellence of its pasture and for the independent spirit of its peasantry , whose self-sufficiency seemed a model to this fundamentally democratic man . |
| 21 | When the latter siege had ended successfully , Molla Yegan came to Mehmed II to congratulate him and remarked that his prayers had continually been with him . |
| 22 | By good fortune , not to mention cool-headed driving , neither the deer nor the Mercedes came to grief . |
| 23 | Dr Hursthouse came to Somerville to do the B.Phil in Philosophy . |
| 24 | I smile and drink my champagne , remembering when Andy came to Stirling for Yvonne and William 's party , five years ago . |
| 25 | The nearest Hounslow came to scoring was not until the eightieth minute when Keith Hoad headed narrowly wide from a Mark Francis cross . |
| 26 | In September 1981 the newly elected President Mitterrand came to London . |
| 27 | Elfriede came to England at the age of three and stayed with the Lewis family in Newport , Monmouthshire . |
| 28 | Mauro Ferri came to Easington in 1939 with his mother and brother to visit his sister who had married another Italian , Dennis Donnini , who was a fusilier in the British Army . |
| 29 | After leaving school , Neil came to London to join a course in graphic design . |
| 30 | Alan reached his 100th League game for the Palace when Arsenal came to Selhurst Park on Faster Saturday 1990 , can always be relied upon to give one hundred per cent in the Palace cause and is now a firmly established 1st Division player . |