Example sentences of "[noun sg] come [to-vb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Wilfred Grenfell of Labrador came to speak at the White Rock Pavilion , Hastings , at his request . |
| 2 | The lift came to rest at the first floor and the door slid open . |
| 3 | At very low stepping rates the motor comes to rest at the appropriate equilibrium position after each excitation change . |
| 4 | In conventional language we talk of a pointer moving across a scale to come to rest at the mark saying " here " or at the mark saying " there " . |
| 5 | Earlier Kevin McNamara , Labour 's shadow Northern Ireland Secretary , described his own meeting on Ulster policy as ‘ overshadowed by a man coming to gloat at the scene of one the gravest blows to democracy carried out in these islands : the bombing of the Conservative Party conference ’ . |
| 6 | It rolled along the road coming to rest at the edge of the headlight beam . |
| 7 | When he and my mother came to live at the house he bought five Aylesbury ducks to swim on the pond and clear it of weed . |
| 8 | The bag came to rest at the small of her back . |