Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] come [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is more , the old iron trucks with their armour plating are still lying rusting beside the old Kubri road just where they came to a halt in 1948 , the wheels stripped of their tyres but their iron bullet shields still intact . |
| 2 | It took the three of them over an hour to reach the bottom of the slope , where they came to a halt . |
| 3 | It was an extraordinary development in an extraordinary saga and striker Gary Bull said : ‘ This has taken us all by surprise , although nothing comes as a shock at Barnet anymore . |
| 4 | Although she came from a financially privileged background , her education was superficial , governesses being followed by day-schools , a brief interlude at King 's College , London , where she possibly read Latin , continental history , mathematics , and elementary science for two terms , and a year in Dresden . |
| 5 | It looks alright on the surface , you 're not going through a hassle at the moment , and our memories are short , fortunately and once we come into a calm patch the hassles of yesterday are quickly forgotten . |
| 6 | Although they came from a different factory , their designer was the same ‘ Mac ’ Marshall , then freelancing , who had designed the other streamliners . |
| 7 | than they come to a halt , as if obeying |
| 8 | Yes in the sense that although he comes from a peasant background originally , it 's a rich peasant background and he himself had er a reasonable education and subsequently erm built on the education that he was given becoming in part self-taught . |
| 9 | Every time I visited him he made me polish the dust off the bottle , so it came as a huge relief when we were finally able to open it . |
| 10 | Kat 's songs have been described as ‘ virulently anti-male ’ , so it came as a surprise when she said : ‘ Who said I was angry about men ? |
| 11 | She 'd been used to hopping around and flapping about wherever she pleased , so it came as a bit of a shock to find her freedom of movement restricted by the jesses . |
| 12 | Now an enzyme is more than what comes with a pack of washing powder . |
| 13 | If I come to a word like meteorological , that is apt to give me trouble , I discreetly rephrase ! |
| 14 | I can get a lot more atmosphere if I come to a place like this and actually draw what I see . ’ |
| 15 | I 've knocked about a bit in the last few years I suppose , but I was always restless until I came to a very ordinary house in a rather dingy London suburb , where there was a large and interesting family who had been in the same place for a long time . |
| 16 | Nervously , I moved forward , fumbling round the battlements until I came to a protruding wooden pole . |
| 17 | As the sun began to go down , I wandered happily through the ruins until I came across a band of Timurid star-vaulting in one of the side chambers . |
| 18 | until I came across a small display above bottles of castor oil , laxa suppositories and a well known laxative was a sign reduced for clearance ! |
| 19 | I giant-stepped for a mile or two until I came upon a picture that is for ever engraved on the goggles of my mind . |
| 20 | In my case you get pregnant at every verse end , cos I came of a big family you see , mm . |
| 21 | if somebody comes as a resident to one of the developments that you now presently run are they there normally for years or for months ? |
| 22 | All went well until she came to a small boy in the second row . |
| 23 | And she brushed past him and continued down the road until she came to a place where two paths crossed and there was a little clearing . |
| 24 | It was not until she came across a book by Sylvia Crowe , who pointed out how often the English countryside is spoilt by gardens blazing in colour which intrude on the natural backdrop , that she realised her mistake . |
| 25 | She takes the lift to the seventh floor and walks along a carpeted corridor until she comes to a room whose door is slightly ajar . |
| 26 | Satisfied , she retraces her steps until she comes to a Ladies ' cloakroom . |
| 27 | Then stride joyfully along the path , until you come across a waterfall in the depths of the forest . |
| 28 | Upstairs , walk past the monks ' cells , until you come to a massive door . |
| 29 | The track continues until you come to a ford . |
| 30 | When the track meets a road turn left and go along it for 150yds until you come to a bridge made of railway sleepers which crosses the stream on the right . |