Example sentences of "come [adv] [prep] [pos pn] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Striker Don Goodman is rated as doubtful with a recurring groin injury , and if he has to stand down again Hawke is likely to come in for his first game of the season probably as a partner for ex-England and Boro man Peter Davenport .
2 He began to whistle now , accompanying it with a little shuffle of his feet which brought a wide grin from Joe ; then becoming serious for a moment , he said , ‘ You knew , I do appreciate Martin getting leave to come home for my twenty-first .
3 About five weeks before that I had come home in my first university term , and got undressed for my bath in front of the bathroom mirror .
4 A NORTH Belfast student has come home from her first attempt at the British Long Distance Swimming Championships with a medal .
5 ‘ He appears to have come out of his last race at Haydock very well , ’ Gaselee said , ‘ and I am hopeful that he will run another big race next Saturday .
6 One of the recommendations to come out of our first extended patrols was that the crews should be allowed air travel to return home for rest days .
7 However , they agreed to come back for their next session , in which Tom said , ‘ We have thought about what you said last week , and neither of us likes the idea of having ‘ tartiness ’ in our relationship , as you put it .
8 One wonders just how furious : last week , back in Moscow to see her three-year-old son between performances , Semenyaka was having difficulties getting a visa to come back for her next role here , Cinderella , in only three weeks ' time .
9 And Keith Rowland looked comfortable when he came on for his first cap in the second half … another lad who can do a useful job for Northern Ireland in years to come .
10 The old , old fashion ! ( 2 ) The fashion that came in with our first garments , and will last unchanged until our race has run its course , and the wide firmament is rolled up like a scroll ( 3 ) .
11 He told ‘ er that , when he came home on his next leave , they were going to get married .
12 Lucinda came home from her first riding lesson and told her dad that she 'd had a great time .
13 A boy came home after his first rugby game with a broken nose , a torn ear and three loose teeth , but he could n't remember who they belonged to .
14 The new Tories talked of being ‘ on the side of the people ’ and when , in March 1954 the Television Bill came up for its second reading , they won the day .
15 When it came up for its third reading on 21 June it was referred to a select committee who on 18 July reported that they were of the opinion that the bill ought not to be proceeded with .
16 There was pressure from the Liberal Democrat leader , Paddy Ashdown , for Mr Smith to declare firmly which way the Labour Party would be voting when the bill came up for its third reading , which many of the rebels were targeting for a full-scale revolt .
17 When Re came out on his next daily journey , the serpent lay in his path and bit him .
18 ‘ What 's this , Sep ? ’ said Tom Tedder , coming in from his last class , and acting rather as if a load was now off his mind , or as if he was trying to conceal one .
19 It 's no stranger than joining the army and coming home on your first leave with a moustache .
20 I love the fresh smell in the air when everything seems to be coming to life again and I felt a natural surge of joy , as if in a few weeks ' time John would be coming home from his first trip away just as he should have done the previous April .
21 Dickens ' timeless story , now coming up to its 146th Christmas , has been adapted with affection by David Holman and directed with dash by Gwenda Hughes .
22 Well that would certainly be my favourite , we we 'll be coming up to our hundredth anniversary are n't we fairly soon ?
23 Dad had been improving daily — he was eating well , in good spirits and coming up to his eightieth birthday .
24 He was coming up to his twenty-seventh birthday and his face had already acquired some of the lived-in look that became one of his characteristics later in his career .
25 Mozart was then coming up to his eighteenth birthday , but already a mature master , and No 29 is both a great symphony and an enchantingly beautiful one .
26 No , you 're just coming up to your first round .
27 I was going to ask Jenette anyway , as it was coming up to my 40th birthday . ’
28 So it 's an ongoing process that the first medical pra or some medical practice booklets are just coming up for their second resale .
29 Unfortunately this did not resolve the problem and in January 1991 , when W. was coming up towards her fifteenth birthday , it was necessary to resort to in-patient treatment .
30 The words stuck in Folly 's mind , coming back to her next morning as she sat at the Rose Bowl 's work-table , preparing roses for conditioning by crushing the tips of their stems with a heavy mallet .
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