Example sentences of "[modal v] come [adv prt] to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I shall ride up on the Norton , ’ he told her , and there was a difficult pause in which she waited for him to suggest she should come up to Liverpool in the New Year .
2 ‘ You were lucky , ’ she wrote to Molly once in answer to her sister 's repeated urgings that she should come over to Leeds where there were plenty of young Jewish men who were starting businesses and wanted wives to help them .
3 But defending Tory Tim Devlin , a fresh faced 32 , says the wartime Mosquito pilot should come down to earth .
4 I 'm not saying that negotiations should be completed by a certain date , but that the matter should come back to court by a certain date so that there is therefore er er is a time , an incentive for the
5 ( You must come up to Toad Hall , it 's a jacobean residence with a bit of Tudor thrown in .
6 From 1992 , all new cars must come up to USA standards for emissions ; this means that all new cars will have to be fitted with catalytic converters and subsequently will run only on unleaded petrol .
7 Even poets must come down to earth and to the bottom of their hills , and the long poem ends :
8 That 's the plans that we 've had for our children 's services , but I 'll come on to back to that in a minute .
9 ‘ It 'll come on to rain soon . ’
10 What we 'd like you to do and to consider , and I 'll come on to replacement soon , is to consider supplementing it with one of these types of locks .
11 The criteria which we 'll come on to debate , there is one criteria in there which I say overrides or is overriding in weight , and that is number eleven , to be consistent with regional and sub-regional policies .
12 Right erm we 'll come on to item three er , with the questions from the public and er Becky is going to talk to about er questions .
13 And we 'll come on to talk about that in a lot more depth during the presentation .
14 Well , perhaps she 'll come up to town then and pay me a visit .
15 P'raps you 'll come over to tea with us one of these days , and bring your Benjamin .
16 I 'll come down to Richmond and take you out for dinner , how does that sound ?
17 I 'll come back , I 'll come back to windmills. erm
18 Well that 's alright we 'll come back to Chris .
19 Right twenty second if there 's any difficulty I 'll come back to Paul and Keith cos to let everybody else know about any problems
20 I 'll come back to semantics a bit at the end .
21 I 'm based on the moons of Jupiter from now on , and the only time I 'll come back to earth will be strictly on a day-trip basis .
22 ‘ Oh yes , I 'm sure I 'll get a flat , but I 'll come back to St Mary 's , like other people come home from flats on holidays , ’ Eve said .
23 After all , there were only two ways that Harry could come on to Grace , the gangplank across from Maurice , on which Stripey lay digesting uneasily , or back to the wharf and round by the afterdeck .
24 There was a possibility that a recording of his might be used as theme music for a commercial — if he could come up to London in the near future this could be discussed .
25 Then he said , " In fairness to the Old Man , all the rest of it 's true ; I mean he did say you could come back to Drummonds later , for you to have fifty out of petty cash — which was where I was going to get it from to pay myself back "
26 ‘ There was no way we could come back to fishermen without the maximum available . ’
27 And once Hatchard , the CID man who 'd come round to Dwyer Street on the night in question , had done his bit and told the Coroner twice that he did n't suspect foul play , then most people seemed satisfied and I could get back to enjoying my hangover .
28 He 'd come round to Oscar 's side of the table and placed a glass of neat malt whisky in the executioner 's freshly wiped fingers .
29 They 'd come up to Hampstead to have coffee and we were to go to the Everyman , but the queue was too long .
30 Wishing desperately that she were able to defend her grandfather , but knowing that to explain would only cause more trouble until she 'd been able to speak with his mother , and fervently wishing she had locked her door when she 'd come up to bed , Ellie said tiredly , ‘ I do n't know why .
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