Example sentences of "[pron] come at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bonanza Boy finished a remote eighth in the race and is 10lb worse off with Little Polveir but it is unwise to judge him on that performance which came at the end of a long season after some punishing contests . |
| 2 | In general , both leaders stressed their unanimity on all the main subjects , including the last-minute question of the Soviet ultimatum to Lithuania [ see p. 37361 ] , which came at the end of the summit and which both leaders roundly condemned . |
| 3 | We do not risk , as we would have done if we had handled the Bill in any other way , leaving those matters which come at the end of the Bill — as the Scottish provisions do — not to be debated fully . |
| 4 | Some who came at the outset no longer come to events , but others have joined since . |
| 5 | The next day , as you come at the problems with a fresh eye ( or at least from a slightly different angle ) , the notes look wrong again , but this time for slightly different reasons . |
| 6 | In the middle there is a little pond with a fountain , and the golden carp that swim in it are so tame that they come at the sound of Dennis 's voice . |
| 7 | Or complaint examiner , but even then the investment in that person if they come at the end of the year go , I I would say , what a waste . |
| 8 | They come at the whistle , not the sight of food . |
| 9 | It came at the end of a month that would send most managers as mad as a March hare , with a defeat at Oldham and points dropped to Villa , Manchester City and Arsenal . |
| 10 | It came at the end of a pretty miserable week for the Seasiders after their failure to reach the first round of the Cup Winners ' Cup in Cyprus . |
| 11 | Now this when when it comes at the end of a word |
| 12 | For example , the word ‘ of ’ has the weak form in the following sentence : ‘ I 'm fond of chips ’ but when it comes at the end of the sentence , as in the following example , it has the strong form : ‘ Chips are what I 'm fond of ’ Many of the words given below ( particularly the first nine ) never occur at the end of a sentence , e.g. ‘ the ’ , ‘ your ’ . |
| 13 | I see well it 's convenient that it comes at the end of a week 's holiday is n't it ? |
| 14 | Like the reader who finds that the chapters of his detective novel have been printed in the wrong order , we may only now be beginning to understand why from the point of view of ego- and superego-development the crime which should be at the beginning ( that of Oedipus ) comes at the end , and why what comes at the beginning ( the oral period ) leads unintelligibly into what should otherwise have been the conclusion of the story ( anal stage , latency ) ! |
| 15 | The greatest of the epilogues for me comes at the end of Don Quixote where Quixote says , ‘ I have battled , I have made mistakes , but I have lived my life as best I can according to the world as I see it , and now … ’ . |