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 He might as well have descended on the Palace , announcing that he had come for a stay .
12 Just the day before the fatal collapse Konstantin , Dmitri 's brother , had come for a meal .
13 ‘ Far from departing from the traditional view of the relationship between ranks , the moment has come for a return to it , ’ said Mr Roach .
14 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 .
15 These architects fervently felt that the time had come for a new type of public building .
16 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 .
17 We must recognize that the time has come for a national crusade against pornography .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 But many Americans thought the time had come for a political change to the safer conservatism of the Republican Party .
21 Branson wrote to Powell , agreeing that the time had come for a separation .
22 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 .
23 ‘ But I 've come for a boy !
24 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 . ’
25 The time had come for a deaf person to occupy it and Hudson 's chairmanship therefore lasted only three years .
26 Oh I was c come come for a holiday .
27 The time has come for a radical re-examination of the provision of services for this particularly disadvantaged group of people .
28 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 .
29 During these years before the war , each summer , the village would be invaded by Londoners , who had come for a holiday in the country .
30 If you 've come for a session with Kafy , you 're out of luck she 's booked for the whole night by one of the priests from the Temple of Khepri .
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