Example sentences of "come for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He might as well have descended on the Palace , announcing that he had come for a stay . |
| 2 | Just the day before the fatal collapse Konstantin , Dmitri 's brother , had come for a meal . |
| 3 | ‘ Far from departing from the traditional view of the relationship between ranks , the moment has come for a return to it , ’ said Mr Roach . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | These architects fervently felt that the time had come for a new type of public building . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We must recognize that the time has come for a national crusade against pornography . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But many Americans thought the time had come for a political change to the safer conservatism of the Republican Party . |
| 11 | Branson wrote to Powell , agreeing that the time had come for a separation . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ But I 've come for a boy ! |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | The time had come for a deaf person to occupy it and Hudson 's chairmanship therefore lasted only three years . |
| 16 | Oh I was c come come for a holiday . |
| 17 | The time has come for a radical re-examination of the provision of services for this particularly disadvantaged group of people . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | During these years before the war , each summer , the village would be invaded by Londoners , who had come for a holiday in the country . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It 's the least I can do for one who has come for a bush walk and then finds the project nipped in the bud by her own willingness to help . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 've not come for a drink . |
| 23 | Does he further agree that the time has come for a period of consolidation ? |
| 24 | Mandela had urged the EC to refrain from lifting any sanctions for two or three months ; he told the ANC consultative conference that the time had come for a " re-evaluation " of sanctions , but the 1,600 delegates voted to push for their retention . |
| 25 | Everyone had come for a good time , and they did not want it spoiling by some wildmen . |
| 26 | Bevin , impressed by Soviet intransigence during the foreign ministers ' conference at the end of 1947 , decided that the time had come for a more overt display of Western unity . |
| 27 | To be fair , it really did look as though Ipswich had come for a draw , but we should have more imagination , pace or something to break down teams like that . |
| 28 | Time has come for a change . |
| 29 | Hello there … welcome to Australia for a Central South sporting special … where we 've come for a race of the future … the Solar Challenge … sun powered cars racing through the wild outback … that 's our Friday Feature … first it 's back to Britain … for our football parade |
| 30 | After a hundred years of ambling forward in happy confusion , the time has surely come for a new broom or brooms to sweep clean . |