Example sentences of "come [adv] [adv] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is done to allow them time to come back gradually to a state of full alertness without any sense of shock — but it would be just as effective if I were to snap my fingers or even simply to tell them to ‘ wake up ’ . |
| 2 | Only two days after meeting Julie by the Serpentine in Hyde Park matters had come very quickly to a head . |
| 3 | Although Palmer 's theory of the physics of colour was mistaken ( he held there were three discrete forms of light ) , it is remarkable that this entrepreneur and tradesman came so close to a modern account of the physiology of colour vision . |
| 4 | A few weeks after his escape from a film disaster , Dustin came shatteringly close to a disaster of a more fatal kind . |
| 5 | The group came even closer to a Top 40 spot with their next single , ‘ Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now ? ’ . |
| 6 | Let me come on , let me come on then to a more disgraceful excuse er that er the leader of the council talked about . |
| 7 | In fact it comes remarkably close to a conceptualisation of Susan Brownmiller 's famous assertion that ’ Rape is a conscious process of intimidation by which all men keep all women in a state of fear . ’ |
| 8 | Nothing in life is perfect , nor is it desirable that anything should be ; but this book comes as close to a perfect one-volume reference on the USSF as is humanly possible . |