Example sentences of "[not/n't] come [adv] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She learnt that these plates did not come up to the manufacturer 's high standards and would go back into the melting pot . |
| 2 | Ruth would almost certainly not come up to the flat . |
| 3 | The game of persuasion did not come easily to the interrogator . |
| 4 | She left the Tyne yesterday for six days of sea trials and ‘ our worry is that it will not come back to the river but will be completed somewhere else in the UK ’ , he said . |
| 5 | The Environmental Health Officers who are highly trained in all aspects of health and hygiene , are ‘ in the business of changing people 's behaviour — as hygiene does not come naturally to the majority of people ’ . |
| 6 | The personal skills necessary to conclude negotiations successfully in Japan do not come naturally to the Westerner . |
| 7 | He does n't come up to the desk straightaway , but gives me a nod and starts looking at the flowers , really closely , like he really knew about them . |
| 8 | ‘ No , do n't come up to the door . |
| 9 | Certainly as far as Americans are concerned , a lot of our hotels do n't come up to the standards of service that they are used to , and certainly they do n't think they 're value for money . |
| 10 | No , no they just take your word for it and now I have got as I said , I 've got that , I 've got to paint that over and reseal and I 've got to make sure that nobody makes a mess in there , but the plumber said what you really need to do is to get rid of this cheap and tatty , horrible plastic tray which does n't come right to the edge of the tiles |
| 11 | She said if he ca n't come out to the children And he has good as told her that he had n't got much time for children , visiting children . |
| 12 | Do n't come down to the kitchen . |
| 13 | I guess he heard Barbara and me discussing the good time we had with you , and he kind of picked up on it , and he wondered why he could n't come down to the Bahamas and isolate himself from drugs . |
| 14 | He wo n't come close to the lodge . |
| 15 | Having said that , lately I 've heard him and he 's trying to get back some of his fire , but the originals , the ‘ Disraeli Gears ’ album and the Bluesbreakers … he does n't come close to the fire that 's on those songs any more . |