Example sentences of "[pron] to come [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inspired , yes , by a bus run , but the booler is definitely my own husband who is devoted to sport and allows nothing to come in the way of his bowls , both indoor and outdoor bowling . |
| 2 | Fred joined them and urged them to come to the cemetery in the funeral cars . |
| 3 | We fought for them to come to the Assembly , where they could speak their minds and meet the Africans they never meet , and together listen to the Almighty Who might know better even than they what is best for the country . |
| 4 | On the Sunday following the manor fire , as Tom , Seb , Dolly and Carrie left Swinbrook chapel after the morning service , Christian asked them to come to the farmhouse . |
| 5 | Wiping her eyes once more with a sodden hanky , Evelyn waited for them to come into the room . |
| 6 | When the public respond to your advertisements or because they have heard that you do personal injury work , it is not enough just to tell them that you do and expect them to come into the office . |
| 7 | they 'd like , like them to come from the floor and not from another from a committee member says , yeah I sponsor Billy , and another committee member says I |
| 8 | I doubt if they would in this well I would n't want them to come in the fog |
| 9 | ‘ This woman told me to come to the church and do some healing . ’ |
| 10 | Yeah well it 's rare for me to come to the doctor 's but last three week I 've been here like every week , kind of thing . |
| 11 | ‘ Bob , ’ said Tessa , when he had put the phone down again , ‘ do you want me to come to the funeral or not ? ’ |
| 12 | After a short , complicated conversation in our melange of languages , she left me to battle with my clothes and the shower , returning only to tell me to come to the house of Sheikha Grandmother . |
| 13 | You do n't know how many girls have begged me to come to the Casablanca Club , and you are the only one I have asked . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Exactly as he phoned me last night , and told me to come to the wedding . ’ |
| 15 | He said he 'd flown over urgently to see me and asked me to come to the Cheshire Cheese , that pub in Fleet Street , at ten o'clock that night . |
| 16 | The teachers were in on my research from the beginning , erm I originally gained the co-operation of the headmaster — he allowed me to come into the school — and then I found the teachers enormously co-operative , in fact , far more cooperative than I had a really had a right to expect . |
| 17 | I originally gained the co-operated of the headmaster , who allowed me to come into the school , and then I found the teachers enormously co-operative in fact , far more co-operative than I really high a right to expect . |
| 18 | He had no answer , but in the meantime the manager appeared and asked me to come into the office . |
| 19 | Now listen , I want nobody to come over the step because you 're trailing these covers and you 'll get them wet , so inside ! |
| 20 | It 's quite possible that there are one or two old gentlemen , but when one wants to find a new operative , one really is looking for somebody to come in the trade who will be with the firm , all being well , for a number of years . |
| 21 | If you 'll be Confirmed in Faith I 'll never ask you to come to the church again . |
| 22 | I would like you to come to the Incident Room on the Wharf later today . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ That is precisely why I did n't want you to come to the hospital . |
| 24 | Why , why do I ask you to come to the marathon ? |
| 25 | I want you to come into the market . |
| 26 | But perhaps it would be nice if somebody gave you a gift voucher for Christmas and it said an eyebrow trim , and you were dying to have an eyebrow trim but you did n't know where to come , and perhaps you were a little bit frightened about having one , so , it might , you know , get you to come into the salon . |
| 27 | It did n't happen because there was no need for anybody to come into the room . |
| 28 | That 's why I telephoned Eleanor last night and asked her to come to the house this morning . |
| 29 | ‘ Then why did you ask her to come to the house ? ’ |
| 30 | He watched her walk away without speaking and enter the hall again ; he had expected her to come to the table to supervise Mary packing up the food . |