Example sentences of "[verb] come [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 HONG KONG has stepped up the pressure on China , promising to publish democratic reform legislation soon unless Beijing agrees to come to the negotiating table .
2 The decision by a court that a particular situation was not intended to come within the ambit of a statute , though within its words in what may be their most obvious meaning , does not deny the supremacy of Parliament , for if Parliament disagrees with the decision it can pass another Act dealing specifically with the type of case .
3 Ideas , materials and methodology used all tend to come into the country from outside .
4 ‘ Midlife is a time when suppressed emotions tend to come to the surface .
5 My examples tend to come from the part of the world where I live , but the same principles apply wherever you happen to be .
6 The majority of funds tend to come from the banking sector , although commercial bills are also important .
7 We do appreciate the efforts you make to come to the meeting and in case you were worried the bar will be open in the Oak Room now .
8 ‘ When I saw him , but he must 've come on the bus it 'd stop at the turn an' 't was about the time .
9 He could 've come in the shop and bought them , yeah .
10 For a moment I felt better , then my face chanced to come alongside the face of a three-foot-high king in a crown — I 'd been pushing down hard on the bishop 's corpse memory , now he reared up again …
11 They agreed to come to the negotiating table and Robert Carnwath , with their counsel , drafted terms of agreement under which a settlement could be worked out .
12 I went to see a debt counsellor and she agreed to come to the bank with me .
13 It means that pupils must both want to come to the unit and eventually , to leave it .
14 Mm broccoli does n't want to come on the fork .
15 Right y your day off , well that means you do n't want to come into the school ?
16 No , but you can , you can build any amount of hostels you like that could accommodate all , all the people that there are , but you would still find a proportion of those who do n't want to come into the system , so , you know
17 Want to come for the run .
18 The on Thursday at one o'clock if you want to come to the meeting .
19 ‘ And I want to come to the wedding , whenever it is . ’
20 Kopyion had tried to persuade him that he did not need to come to the hoverport .
21 The nursery ‘ customers ’ are expected to come through the RSPCA , from an area stretching from Darlington to Whitby .
22 Often , people who hesitate to come into the world of education — perhaps because English is not their first language , because education has not been highlighted as important in their households or because they missed an opportunity earlier in life — can come into adult education , not necessarily taking vocational courses in the first instance , but going on to take such courses , which provide them with the training and self-assurance they need .
23 The Philistines ' camp is close enough for them to hear the noise , and when they learn its meaning they are afraid and say , ‘ A god has come into the camp . ’
24 She has come into the Chamber in the past five minutes .
25 The one thing its citizens have in common is that God has come into the life of each one and given a love for him and for each other which no human or political institution can ever produce .
26 Whether the parents planted a cedar tree in honour of the occasion , as another custom dictated ( girls only got a pine tree ! ) we do not know , but we can rest assured that the salutation-prayer was made with particular relish for this first son of a first son : ‘ A boy is born into the world ; a blessing has come into the world . ’
27 Christ has come into the world .
28 With our family and friends we sing our praises to God and in our prayers we say thank you that Jesus has come into the world to be with us for ever and ever .
29 With our family and our friends we sing our praises to God and in our prayers we say thank you that Jesus has come into the world to be with us for ever and ever .
30 New blood has come into the industry , and many of the companies now have the opportunity to become independent production companies .
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