Example sentences of "come [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | However in the past few days Hanley has come through a series of rigorous tests , and his return was hastened by the absence of Andy Goodway , who broke a finger at Headingley last Saturday . |
| 2 | Poetry alone is worldwide and limitless ; and even through the mangling of translation , the images of beauty come through a hundred tongues unsullied . |
| 3 | ‘ We have come through a very critical emergency and come out in good shape , ’ aid NASA 's satellite programme director , Robert Adler . |
| 4 | ‘ George Graham has been very supportive in the last few years , during which I 've come through a lot of problems . |
| 5 | In the final , Cowan met up with Mark Schofield ( Lancs ) , the number two seed who himself had come through a tough semi-final meeting with fellow Bisham boy , Philip Fowler . |
| 6 | We have successfully come through a war . |
| 7 | And I think it would now be most unlikely for a speculative proposal that had n't come through a planning system to succeed . |
| 8 | Nicky Summerbee has come through a fitness test on a leg strain . |
| 9 | Defender Adrian Whitbread has come through a fitness test , Micky Hazard could get a recall . |
| 10 | Trained by Nicky Henderson and the mount of Richard Dunwoody , Flown has come through a satisfactory preparation for the step-up to the ultimate test today . |
| 11 | The characteristic heart-shaped facial disc had come through an almost golden colour , and her breast was a stunning white except for the top which had a very faint tint of golden brown . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've come about an apartment , ’ I said . |
| 13 | He might as well have descended on the Palace , announcing that he had come for a stay . |
| 14 | Just the day before the fatal collapse Konstantin , Dmitri 's brother , had come for a meal . |
| 15 | ‘ Far from departing from the traditional view of the relationship between ranks , the moment has come for a return to it , ’ said Mr Roach . |
| 16 | It may be that by the end of the century , when we are carrying all before us , some fair-minded matron will survey her predominantly female team and announce that the time has come for a Ministry for Men . |
| 17 | These architects fervently felt that the time had come for a new type of public building . |
| 18 | Yorkshireman Martin Sterne , from Ripon , had come for a week 's golfing holiday with three friends , bringing their own golf professional with them from England . |
| 19 | We must recognize that the time has come for a national crusade against pornography . |
| 20 | The most awkward joints were where the glazing bars met the curved members , any-way , after cutting about fifty joints in all , rebates for glass , slots for fielded panels , mouldings on corners and moulded glazing fillets the time had come for a complete dry assembly of the members . |
| 21 | Government spending had already been reviewed and cut substantially , but the time had now come for a great public gesture ; this was supplied by the appointment of the Geddes Committee , a typical Lloyd George manoeuvre using businessmen instead of MPs or ministers . |
| 22 | But many Americans thought the time had come for a political change to the safer conservatism of the Republican Party . |
| 23 | Branson wrote to Powell , agreeing that the time had come for a separation . |
| 24 | They did n't often have a chance to leave the pub together , but this afternoon she was determined to have a family outing , so as soon as the dinner-things were washed up , they had come for a walk to the Island Gardens . |
| 25 | ‘ But I 've come for a boy ! |
| 26 | The general opinion seems to be that since the bastard 's decided to stop shooting people , he can remain anonymous , stay at large , enjoy life and freedom , and laugh up his sleeve at an incompetent police force until he decides the time has come for a little more high-velocity fun . ’ |
| 27 | The time had come for a deaf person to occupy it and Hudson 's chairmanship therefore lasted only three years . |
| 28 | Oh I was c come come for a holiday . |
| 29 | The time has come for a radical re-examination of the provision of services for this particularly disadvantaged group of people . |
| 30 | She hoped it would throw Maurin off guard , persuade him she had come for a little of his flirtatious conversation at the least , a few more questions about Durance and Sabine Jourdain at the most . |