Example sentences of "come [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Dessie Edgar corner was neatly side-footed home in 79 minutes by Victor Welch who had just come on as a sub . |
| 2 | Peter Foley , who had come on as a substitute struck the upright with a powerful drive , for the ball to rebound clear . |
| 3 | Zeyer had come on as a defender to protect the score when Kaiserslautern levelled at 1–1 , but his role changed dramatically when Wednesday immediately hit back to make it 2–1 . |
| 4 | At £17.50 a ticket , I expected the band to come on for a bit longer or were they all dashing off to see Lady Chatterley too ? |
| 5 | Because we do send people erm er sorry send , we ask people to come on to a training course which we fully expense . |
| 6 | Please note that we have arranged a special performance on Saturday at 5.00 pm — to help our patrons who wish to come on after a matinee , and/or go on to another evening performance . |
| 7 | As soon as a real therapeutic advance occurs , there is a great temptation for a competitor to come along with a drug differing slightly in chemical composition which can then be marketed without patent infringement . |
| 8 | See if you can get one to come along to a Brownie meeting and tell you more about what being a Guide is like . |
| 9 | ‘ And — ah — I shall be in my study , and delighted to meet any of you , should you care to come along for a chat , ’ said the headmaster , very much as an afterthought , and clearly hoping they would n't . |
| 10 | However , the Green Paper has come in for a variety of criticisms and there is little evidence that its recommendations will be acted upon in the short- or medium-term . |
| 11 | If the literary establishment had thought to compare notes they would have realized that every male aura on and off Fleet Street had come in for a bashing . |
| 12 | He had come in for a book of stamps , and when he had got it he joined Breeze , who was waiting on the Green . |
| 13 | The successful receptionist models could be used to devise special training to enable CAB receptionists to ascertain the depth of a problem ; they could serve the dual function of assessing which clients have just come in for a form or a local address and they could make appointments for others in person or by telephone and smooth the queue . |
| 14 | JACQUES Delors has come in for a lot of flak for the collapse of the Gatt world trade talks . |
| 15 | The prince has come in for a lot of criticism from the UN and the West for spending most of the past few months in China . |
| 16 | When Rachel was finally writing up her reports at the end of the morning , Nina suddenly called her and asked if she could come and look at a young man who had come in with a skin rash . |
| 17 | It would be a superior tramp to have come in with a key . |
| 18 | ‘ She might have come in with a boyfriend . |
| 19 | There was nothing to worry about : if there had been , the fuzz would have come in with a warrant . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're really down , are n't you ? – said Felix 's wife , who had come in with a jar of instant coffee and a jug of water no more than fairly hot , which increased Stephen 's worry that many things were falling behind . |
| 21 | I see , I mean it 's good to see really that er test match has been dom well almost dominated at the moment , by , by a slow bowler , it 's an ideal situation for in England , batsmen done their job , England are in command , got lots of runs to play with , but it 's definitely the left arm spinner who 's causing the , the greatest problem out there , he 's , he 's landing it in the right place , he likes variation in that over , confident enough looks very tempted , always very difficult to come in at first twenty minutes as a batsman , when you 've come in on a turning wicket , a very , very , difficult . |
| 22 | Just before airtime , a story had come in on a drug bust : space was hastily made for this . |
| 23 | An elderly female novelist had come in at a quarter to six and Penelope had found herself trying to explain why her latest novel had not been reviewed in the Sunday Telegraph , why it had not been advertised more widely , why copies had not been displayed on the bookstall of a friend 's local station , why it had not yet been reprinted . |
| 24 | But one of them is a copy-editor , I think that is what he is called , and he told me that he thought the item had come in from a friend of Leila 's . ’ |
| 25 | She opened the door before Massingham had time to ring , her handsome shield-shaped face composed under the light brown fringe , and looking in her shirt , slacks and leather jerkin as elegantly informal as if she had just come in from a country walk . |
| 26 | The puppy was probably encouraged to jump up when he was small and everyone thought it was quite fun , but now he is large , and has probably just come in from a swim in the pool and Aunty is standing there in her Sunday best . |
| 27 | In Jones & Smith [ 1976 ] 3 All ER 54 ( CA ) , the occupier 's son had general permission to enter the house but he did not have permission to come in with a friend to steal two televisions , despite the father 's saying that his son would never be a trespasser in his house . |
| 28 | Hello er , I 'm phoning on behalf of Mrs Ada er she 's got to come in for a scan on the fourth of February , nine o'clock , now we 've only just got back from the hospital today , cos she oh , she had to go today for one , yeah , and we 've just |
| 29 | She had asked Elizabeth and Dr Wyn to come in for a drink that evening . |
| 30 | Unable to come in for a presentation , Archie was visited at home to be given a retirement gift from the company and one from his colleagues . |