Example sentences of "[vb past] come for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three patients declined to come for a check endoscopy immediately after radiotherapy as they had no bowel symptoms . |
| 2 | We saw them in Glasgow recently , and were the proudest of grandparents when Ewan consented to come for a walk with the two of us . |
| 3 | ‘ Actually , hard as it may be for you to believe , I did come for a reason . ’ |
| 4 | He might as well have descended on the Palace , announcing that he had come for a stay . |
| 5 | Just the day before the fatal collapse Konstantin , Dmitri 's brother , had come for a meal . |
| 6 | These architects fervently felt that the time had come for a new type of public building . |
| 7 | Yorkshireman Martin Sterne , from Ripon , had come for a week 's golfing holiday with three friends , bringing their own golf professional with them from England . |
| 8 | The most awkward joints were where the glazing bars met the curved members , any-way , after cutting about fifty joints in all , rebates for glass , slots for fielded panels , mouldings on corners and moulded glazing fillets the time had come for a complete dry assembly of the members . |
| 9 | But many Americans thought the time had come for a political change to the safer conservatism of the Republican Party . |
| 10 | Branson wrote to Powell , agreeing that the time had come for a separation . |
| 11 | They did n't often have a chance to leave the pub together , but this afternoon she was determined to have a family outing , so as soon as the dinner-things were washed up , they had come for a walk to the Island Gardens . |
| 12 | The time had come for a deaf person to occupy it and Hudson 's chairmanship therefore lasted only three years . |
| 13 | She hoped it would throw Maurin off guard , persuade him she had come for a little of his flirtatious conversation at the least , a few more questions about Durance and Sabine Jourdain at the most . |
| 14 | During these years before the war , each summer , the village would be invaded by Londoners , who had come for a holiday in the country . |
| 15 | Mandela had urged the EC to refrain from lifting any sanctions for two or three months ; he told the ANC consultative conference that the time had come for a " re-evaluation " of sanctions , but the 1,600 delegates voted to push for their retention . |
| 16 | Everyone had come for a good time , and they did not want it spoiling by some wildmen . |
| 17 | Bevin , impressed by Soviet intransigence during the foreign ministers ' conference at the end of 1947 , decided that the time had come for a more overt display of Western unity . |
| 18 | To be fair , it really did look as though Ipswich had come for a draw , but we should have more imagination , pace or something to break down teams like that . |
| 19 | Through Hoskyns he had come for the time under the influence of the leader of anti-rational European theology , Karl Barth , who at this moment was back in Basle after being expelled from Germany by the Nazis . |
| 20 | Most of the local men who had come for the conventicle , had come armed in case of a surprise attack , and many of the others agreed to arm themselves , but additional men would be required if the Dragoons were to be confronted . |
| 21 | Lotus was also in trouble and Mr Chapman decided that the end of the road had come for the Seven . |
| 22 | The favourable response to Labour 's initiative in circles well removed from the Party 's normal supporters helped to persuade Lloyd George that the time had come for the Government to reassert its authority . |
| 23 | It looked as though the end of the trail had come for the tiger . |
| 24 | Now that the time had come for the depleted garrison to shrink back inside the new fortifications , accommodation had to be found for the ladies displaced from Dr Dunstaple 's house . |
| 25 | By this time , according to Dyos and Aldcroft , most of the potential for river improvement had been exhausted and the time had come for the deliberate making of waterways , a step which , though it was a natural development from a learning process on the rivers , was yet one of great import . |
| 26 | By 750 the time had come for the caliphate itself to be transformed and for the Umayyad regime to be dislodged . |
| 27 | However , Furness and District reluctantly concluded that the time had come for the introduction of an annual limit ; whilst Cardiff and District suggested that the question of re-insuring the compensation fund liability be reconsidered . |
| 28 | Ann Wigglesworth observed that when Augustine and Indir Borde had come for the Church of Scotland there had been a considerable delay and difficulty in getting their work permits and Ros Lyle brought evidence from the Welsh Presbyterial Church and Council for World Mission , where political pressure was needed in order to secure a permit for someone . |
| 29 | To our relief , she missed out on all the formalities except for a perfunctory cry of ‘ GamBei ’ ( ‘ Down the hatch ’ ) and ‘ Greetings to our British friends ’ , and concentrated on tucking into the excellent meal — she gave the impression that she had come for the food and drink and nothing else . |