Example sentences of "[noun] came to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Trestle came to the Festival for the first time in 1986 , they were just beginning to make their name , and were virtually unknown in Belfast . |
| 2 | The imperial system of government was well established by the time Barbarossa came to the throne , with the established chain of command already described . |
| 3 | Tension between Iraq and Kuwait came to the world 's attention in mid-July when Saddam Hussein launched a fierce attack on the policy of those Gulf states , principally Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) , whose over-production of oil he blamed for a corresponding slump in world oil prices . |
| 4 | Paramedics came to the house in Thompson Street , Darlington , and struggled to revive her but it was too late . |
| 5 | When Millie came to the UK in 1964 on the strength of her huge hit ‘ My Boy Lollipop ’ , Edwards also arrived , and recorded under the tutelage of Chris Blackwell , Island 's Jamaican-born boss . |
| 6 | The Arundel-trained colt came to the course having shown up so well on his home gallops that he held a Royal Ascot date . |
| 7 | ‘ When Napoleon came to the boathouse , ’ I said , ‘ there was n't any sound of Harry battering his way out . |
| 8 | Unwittingly , Veronica came to the rescue . |
| 9 | The party boat came to the end of its song , and the party people gave themselves a round of applause . |
| 10 | Roy McCracken came to the Palace from Belfast Distillery in the summer of 1920 and , until he had the misfortune to break a leg in December , he was our first-choice right-half in our promotion-seeking team of 1920–21 . |
| 11 | A principal shareholder came to the rescue , injecting £21m , but the ensuing crisis of confidence lost the bank £30m in deposits and people are still waiting to see what structural and corporate changes will be made to safeguard future operations and ensure stability . |
| 12 | Actually , I think it was at the opening of Pork because Andy came to the opening and David had that song on the ‘ Hunky Dory ’ album called ‘ Andy Warhol ’ , so we made sure they met . ’ |
| 13 | Before 12 o'clock my horse came to the door , but I could n't put the book down . |
| 14 | He opened the door , took off his cap and threw it into the stall : ‘ If that 's welcome , ’ he said , ‘ so am I. ’ In a short time the horse came to the door : they put the bridle on him and shortly afterwards the Norfolk man was taking the horse to the smithy to be shod . |
| 15 | Seeing Margaret begin to pull herself up , Maura 's natural kindness came to the fore . |
| 16 | But as labour movements gained influence in their respective nation states , the nationalism implicit in their socialist goals came to the fore . |
| 17 | The Washington brothers came to the Bringtons from Sulgrave seeking positions on the estate of their cousins , the Spencers , the family of HRH The Princess of Wales . |
| 18 | Oldknow the man of romantic sensibility came to the fore . |
| 19 | When they arrived at Green Gables , Marilla came to the door to meet them . |
| 20 | David and Angie came to the opening night of Pork and to nearly every night thereafter and we became really good friends . |
| 21 | Because clearly in in debating this policy I think a number of the districts have also raised diff different points of interest in terms of what should be recognized as exceptional development and we we went down that that road a couple of years ago and unfortunately the districts came to the conclusion that it was n't appropriate to try and list the exceptional circumstances . |
| 22 | Artists and craftsmen came to the city , not only from northern France and Flanders , but also from England . |
| 23 | Nearer and nearer the squares came to the picture until there were only four left and Ferdinando made himself ready for the journey to Leghorn , where he would take over Gigia and Oreste from Mr Ogilvy , who continued to Rome , and see one to Florence and the other to Siena . |
| 24 | Silas had said he wished to leave for Hastings immediately after the meal , so Lucy came to the table ready to leave at a moment 's notice . |
| 25 | Roberts came to the door . |
| 26 | JOHN Gummer came to the despatch box to give the new guidelines for safe cooking using microwave ovens . |
| 27 | At one level , then , leading abolitionists in parliament came to the conclusion that the language of practicality , of plausible calculations about population increase in the future in the West Indies if importations from Africa were stopped , were more likely to be effective on their colleagues . |
| 28 | But MacLaren , who watched the ball very carefully , Kemble and Yates came to the assistance of their county to give the home side a 28-run lead on first innings . |
| 29 | The inspector from the education department who could be such a trial came to the opening ceremony . |
| 30 | With great reluctance , Bonhoeffer came to the conclusion that Hitler had to be removed from office and he became party to a plot to assassinate the country 's Führer . |