Example sentences of "[noun] come [adv prt] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Antrim 's new president collected 220 votes in all as the finances of the Association came in for some healthy but heated discussion . |
| 2 | Not to be outdone by their rival , Dottridge Brothers came up with some interesting designs too — from the simple ‘ Calais ’ in waxed elm , the ‘ Cairo ’ with its art nouveau grips , and the stolid ‘ Newman ’ in framed and panelled oak . |
| 3 | Your gear comes in for some heavy duty usage . |
| 4 | Jim came back with some clothes over his arms and stood at the door , while Bella very slowly told Albert to come and be interviewed next week for a job as a public-relations officer in their department store . |
| 5 | I remember a , I remember er an A H T came out with some figures five years ago which may have prompted some early retirements then . |
| 6 | Not surprisingly the concept of dominant ideology came in for some discussion . |
| 7 | This Bobby did , and was cautiously treating himself to oysters at the bar when Minton came in with some sailors and bade him join them . |
| 8 | Dagmar came up with some practical suggestions sometimes . |
| 9 | In late 1988 , Fairclough came up against some of the worst tunnelling conditions its engineers had ever encountered , in sandy ground beneath Tooting Bec Common , south London . |
| 10 | There 's a pause while a young constable comes in with some tea ; the man at the door gets his cup , and McDunn and I sip ours . |
| 11 | ‘ If Blenkinsop comes up with some facts , at least we 'll have something to go back to them on . |
| 12 | If I may , Chair , sorry , erm , if it proves necessary that twe less than twenty thousand pounds is , is requested because local businesses come up with some of it , therefore we presume on that basis we |
| 13 | So up we 'd go and we 'd have to keep the crowd back and the object was to wait for Mary to come out for some more beer which was the pub across the road , and when she did , grab her . |
| 14 | Harmonic choices like those shown above obviously allow Joe to come up with some very interesting chord voicings and sequences . |
| 15 | When the office lifers came the next day and tried to make the computer come up with some figures they wanted , what it printed out was this poet 's poetry instead . |
| 16 | For most of the week she 'd been seated at her desk , wading through piles of old G.W. design books , taking notes , making sketches , dashing off diagrams , in an effort to come up with some common thread in the mish-mash of styles that dragged dully across the pages . |
| 17 | Jenny came in with some flowers from the garden which she set in small posy bowls down the centre and James took the pink lustre candlesticks from the mantelpiece and set them among the flowers . |
| 18 | More than 80 children came along on some days , and many people said they hoped it would become an annual event , she said . |
| 19 | As well as composing , Lennox Berkeley taught composition on the Broadwood piano in the study : among his pupils were Richard Rodney Bennett ; John Manduell , now head of the Northern College of Music ; and John Tavener who , in a recent broadcast , remembered how his lessons were often interrupted , sometimes by Nicky , the Berkeleys ' youngest son — whose football might make an unscheduled appearance through the window , to Lennox Berkeley 's gentle consternation — or by Freda coming in with some latest gossip which would send the tutor ‘ running for the gin cupboard ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ Tell you what , I 'll have one of the men come over with some proper equipment . |
| 21 | The annual John Player Portrait Award comes up with some inspiring work . |
| 22 | ‘ This one 's waiting for a guy to come back from some big-shit business deal . |
| 23 | Her mother came in with some stewed plums in a bowl . |
| 24 | W H Smith came in for some surprisingly harsh comment from the financial press last week after the group 's interim results had revealed a 20% drop in pretax profits . |