Example sentences of "[adv] come [adv prt] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stoddard Carpets eventually came out on top in this ten man team Stableford Competition . |
| 2 | He had not come up on deck when the P.L.A . |
| 3 | Although Ernest Bevin 's Transport Workers had not come out on strike the real opprobrium of the Labour movement was held for Jimmy Thomas , the railwaymen 's leader , whose opposition to sympathetic strike action had been vital to the collapse of the Triple Alliance . |
| 4 | Lessing consulted Dinah , who had come back tired from an evening full of accidents ; the scenery had fallen , the lesser lady had not come in on cue , the leading man had been a failure and she would have to find someone else . |
| 5 | ‘ You had best come up on deck if you are to be sick . |
| 6 | The student body thereupon came out on strike . |
| 7 | And that 's And er it was the railway men not coming out on strike that caused the collapse of the strike . |
| 8 | Housing benefit will not come in on top of the rates . |
| 9 | And he 'll not come out on strike . |
| 10 | ‘ I think about it , and then it just comes out on paper . ’ |
| 11 | He has survived bankruptcy , libel , and having to resign as deputy chairman of the Conservative Party , and he 's still come out on top . |
| 12 | Sunderland had a new manager to show off … a big crowd to shout them on … and the bounce of the ball … but Swindon still came out on top … mind you when Shaun Taylor gave away a penalty in the first half … things looked a bit dodgy … |
| 13 | There was a bet of £1,500 to win £18,000 , so someone also came out on top there and will no doubt be feeling far from harshly treated . |
| 14 | The Corrado also comes out on top for its firm and consistent braking — the Calibra 's pedal has an excess of free travel before anything happens — but the overly heavy servo action loses the VW some points . |
| 15 | For sheer quality of string sound the Juilliard Quartet probably comes out on top . |
| 16 | With its current penchant for clamping down on perceived violations of its copyright , AT&T 's Unix System Laboratories Inc is now coming down on Unix Solutions for its use of the Unix logo in its company name . |
| 17 | So what you must do , and it is not easy , is to create a clown-like detective hero who has a core of toughness , of shrewdness even , which will allow him in the end plausibly to come out on top . |
| 18 | It 's the first time in his career he has n't come out on top . |
| 19 | I have been listening in to the E-Mail for some weeks , and in fact even coming in on weekend to pick up the results and comments . |
| 20 | ‘ It was the best match I have ever played in and proof that the underdog can sometimes come out on top . ’ |
| 21 | The software , due in June , will initially come out on Sun Sparcstations , SGI 's Iris machines and HP Snakes . |
| 22 | The hero or heroine must ultimately come out on top . |
| 23 | I either come out on top or I get unstuck and get caught . |
| 24 | Overseas runners drown by the lure of the pound will inevitably confuse the equation of who eventually comes out on top . |