Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] come to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | My frustration came to a head when I read an advert in a well known weekly which was for an attractive 1948 Series One the price of which has VAT added How can this be ? |
| 2 | Her discontent came to a head with the beginning of spring . |
| 3 | Suddenly , the immense wall of molten lava bearing down from Mount Etna on to their doorsteps came to a halt . |
| 4 | ‘ I — I — ’ She blinked , her voice coming to a croaking halt . |
| 5 | Her thoughts came to a sudden standstill when , to her embarrassment , her tummy rumbled noisily . |
| 6 | Their objection came to a head on two points in particular . |
| 7 | Lucker points out that his contract comes to a close in Chicago and he is not being paid for anything he is n't doing , and he is not doing anything he is n't paid for . |
| 8 | His problems came to a head in 1927 when he was instructed by the Chinese government to collect surtaxes on foreign trade to which the treaty powers had not agreed , although the charges had been approved in principal during the Peking tariff conference of 1925–6 . |
| 9 | His leg comes to a sort of point , like the end of a pencil or summat and he tells me to shove it in the end of the false leg . |
| 10 | These were men unmarked by battle who screamed indistinguishable news as they rode , so that over the river and through the trees you could glimpse the turning masks of grinning enemy faces , while on this side of the river the King put up his hand and Tuathal and his men came to a halt . |
| 11 | Yet he must contain the depths of his feelings , his hatred , his fervent wish to see his stepson come to a sorry end . |
| 12 | After the wedding a large number of our friends came to a party at our house . |
| 13 | We want our children to come to a love and respect of all God 's people . |
| 14 | Our mystics come to a similar conclusion and try to help their readers to develop a quiet confidence based on an imaginative vision of an over-arching but indescribable benevolence that will ultimately make all things well . |