Example sentences of "[coord] came to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems to me that it is impossible to say that in carrying out that exercise he misdirected himself or came to a conclusion to which he could not reasonably have come in the exercise of his discretion . |
| 2 | We had gone through Mullinavat and came to a village whose name I do not know — if it ever had one . |
| 3 | He walked up the main street for a hundred yards and came to a road off on his right labelled Buller 's Hill . |
| 4 | Stirling 's jeep was hit and came to a stop . |
| 5 | It swerved wildly towards the wall , bounced over the pavement and came to a stop four feet from the concrete wall . |
| 6 | The plane came off the end of the runway , skidded through the grass , and came to a stop on the Motorway . |
| 7 | Then they would have entered the conical shadow cast by the moon , and the stars would have become visible again for a brief time before the Lift sank beneath the surface itself and came to a standstill , its massive kinetic energy somehow conducted away from the lower terminus and stored in a way that Alex Bannen would have killed to learn . |
| 8 | A procession of blackclad dignitaries streamed down the road like a column of soldier ants and came to a halt on the bridge . |
| 9 | They yelled at each other until the car passed erratically between the electric gates of the elegant , much photographed Lewis home and came to a halt on the gravel before the porch . |
| 10 | The cattle-truck moved down the concrete road across the industrial estate and came to a halt beside the knot of boys outside the refrigerator warehouse . |
| 11 | A wide black shadow drifted over the treetops , and came to a halt . |
| 12 | But , incredibly , it stayed on the line and came to a halt a mile further on , dragging the mangled seats beneath the engine . |
| 13 | Dawson nosed the car out into the traffic and came to a halt almost immediately . |
| 14 | We smashed through it and came to a halt , a tangle of wire wrapped around the hood . |
| 15 | Half way to the door I swivelled and , as if simply following the script of this particular hangover , strolled back to the table and came to a halt with my hands in my pockets a few feet from Davis 's chair . |
| 16 | He strode away to the Bridge of Straw where sleek motor-launches jostled for position and came to a halt by one which was larger , sleeker and more opulently fitted out than the rest . |
| 17 | As she turned into the lane leading to the village , she gradually slowed and came to a halt as she saw Leo descend from the local bus . |
| 18 | The vehicle slowed and came to a halt . |
| 19 | The lorry , which was carrying tarmac , lost control on a bend , careered into a farmer 's field and came to a halt near a stream which feeds into a trout lake . |
| 20 | ‘ Enter , ’ said a bored voice and the two men marched in , took four paces forward and came to a halt in front of Captain Trentham . |
| 21 | Charlie marched into the tent and came to a halt in front of the colonel 's desk . |
| 22 | But the rivalry smouldered on and came to a head as the king advanced in years , without an obvious successor . |
| 23 | We soon reached the house , and came to a gate in the wall . |
| 24 | The grounds for relief were , inter alia , that Lautro failed to comply with the rules of natural justice and to act fairly in that it failed before the service of the notice to inform the applicant or Winchester of the allegations being made therein , failed to allow Winchester or its controllers , directors , senior management or authorised company representatives the opportunity of answering or responding to the allegations made against them , failed to take into account the interest of Winchester , its controllers , directors , senior management or authorised representatives when deciding to exercise the notice ; that Lautro acted unreasonably and came to a decision such that no person or body properly directing itself on the relevant law and acting reasonably could have reached in that it acted with bias against Winchester and its officials , issued the notice at a time its investigations were incomplete and on the basis of findings which were erroneous and provisional , and failed to conclude its investigations before serving the notice ; and that Lautro acted ultra vires and in error of law in that the rights of appeal applied to any person subject to the rules of Lautro whether or not members . |
| 25 | She turned and leant against the edge of the parapet , so that we were facing opposite ways , and came to a decision . |
| 26 | Léonie stared at the two shops and came to a decision . |
| 27 | I walked further along the edge of the sea , and came to a point where the shore steepened into cliffs and there were large colonies of gulls nesting . |
| 28 | We followed the noise of the fighting and came to a hill . |
| 29 | They went across the fields and came to a place where a few stones lay , giving no indication at all that they had once combined to form a dwelling for holy women . |
| 30 | Slowly , he walked on and came to a street with a lot of theatres . |