Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] come [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her eyes on where to place her feet , she failed to notice that Travis had come to a halt , and cannoned right into him . |
| 2 | For it had been when Ryan had died , three years ago now , that the situation between her and Jake had come to a head . |
| 3 | Mack Sennett had come from a New England working-class background and he had himself worked as a plumber 's mate . |
| 4 | Hayling had come across a man called Chris Walsh who was already getting funds from the GLC for his latest , faltering , business enterprise , a Third World Development unit based in Highbury , North London . |
| 5 | The BMW had come to a stop and the boy was climbing out , his Molotov cocktail now lit and ready . |
| 6 | Both Glovers had come to a halt now , mesmerised despite themselves . |
| 7 | Sex between Henry and Elinor had come to a halt some four or five years ago and , from what Henry could remember about it , it was something that was better discontinued . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They never thought for a moment about reverting to conventional agriculture , although Gareth had come from a research job with ICI . |
| 10 | The realisation of her feelings for Rourke had come as a shock , the more so because there was no chance he would ever come to care for her in return . |
| 11 | We might bc excused for considering that as far as the 18th century was concerned , mining in the Coniston Fells had come to a standstill , and indeed it might have , but negotiations were still being carried out . |
| 12 | Susie had come from a village ten miles from the Oxfordshire market town in which the school was placed : her previous village primary school had had two teachers ; her experience in that school at a younger more protected age seemed to her less interesting and more childish . |
| 13 | Guido had come to a halt , turning round to face her so that she almost ran right into him . |
| 14 | Defending solicitor Bob Emuss said that problems for Mrs. White had come to a head last February . |