Example sentences of "come [prep] [noun sg] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the early decades of the century it had been widely assumed that the distinct geographical provinces of the modern world had only come into existence quite recently in geological terms . |
| 2 | They seemed to come into focus only slowly , a silent mass of tightly packed yellow faces glistening with perspiration ; scores of dark eyes had been watching him unwaveringly all the time , but their expressions remained uniformly blank . |
| 3 | Though earlier examples may be found , those of the eighteenth century are more likely to come to hand fairly often , e.g. , The Tatler , begun in 1709 , The Spectator ( 1711 ) and The Guardian ( 1712 ) . |
| 4 | The man had come to life very considerably in discussing his job and a formidable personality was emerging . |
| 5 | An incident more affecting adult death education worth mentioning has come to light more recently . |
| 6 | ‘ The nearest I 've come to celebrity so far is sharing canapés with Samantha Fox on the Jonathan Ross show . |
| 7 | In some countries Marxists have come to power either constitutionally or through nationalist liberation movements as opposed to revolution . |
| 8 | Their plans have come to fruition rather sooner and more dramatically than expected . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , the idea ( which many people have held at different times ) of a national ballet for South Africa has not come to fruition even now , four decades later , any more than the dream which John cherished when working in Germany of forming a national company there . |
| 10 | Since , in the last stage of the reform 's passage , the State Council reduced the maximum size of peasant allotments to a point where many existing peasant holdings exceeded it , the provision for " trimming " came into operation very frequently . |
| 11 | Like the other Pyrenean divisions , Béarn is medieval ; this was once the largest of the furiously independent mountain states , a viscounty which came into existence as early as 820 , was at different moments of its history the vassal of Aragon and England , became joined by marriage with the powerful viscounty of Foix and with Basse-Navarre , and finally , when Henri IV , ‘ le grand Béarnais ’ , became king of the whole of France in 1589 , was integrated with the Crown . |
| 12 | Cairns-Smith 's view of the DNA/protein machinery is that it probably came into existence relatively recently , perhaps as recently as three billion years ago . |
| 13 | When it came into focus once more — the unmistakable beat of a new life , amplified by modern technology — Faye 's face spread in the widest smile Belinda had ever seen . |
| 14 | Secondly , he ignored folk memory of the English and the noble Scottish and their depredations : à propos , a story came to light much later , and recurs in local annals and in the works of many Johnsonian students |
| 15 | Curiously enough , an unidentified author ( William Nesbit ? ) in the second ( 1818 ) edition of Authentic Memoirs , biographical , critical and literary , of the most eminent physicians and surgeons in Great Britain , included Coleman as ‘ Royal Veterinary Professor ’ and refers to the College as ‘ the Royal Veterinary College , Pancras ’ ( for many years of its life , the College was known as the St Pancras School , the term ‘ Camden Town ’ coming into use much later ) . |
| 16 | Goes in smaller flocks than most species , and inhabits wide range of dry open country from desert to fairly thick bush , coming to water both quite late in the morning ( after 0800 ) and in hot weather sometimes again in the evening . |
| 17 | Ballymena are the chasing club in the league race , but they will come under pressure tomorrow as many of their young team are heavily involved in school competitions and exams . |
| 18 | The company may suffer because , as we have seen , unless such rights have been most carefully drafted , they will not come into operation so long as no action regarding registration is taken by the personal representative and because , if the company had only two members and directors , the death of one may mean that no quorate meetings can be held , and the company may face a petition to wind it up . |
| 19 | The Americans hoped that it would come into force as quickly as possible , allowing German military forces to be recruited . |
| 20 | In the siding , the carriages would be unheated and unlit and would come to life again only about an hour before we left on the day after tomorrow . |
| 21 | So how do interest groups come into existence as often as they do ? |
| 22 | I come on stage too late , or too soon . |
| 23 | I come to town quite often at the weekends , when a lot of trouble is expected . |
| 24 | Intensively reared piglets are weaned at two to four weeks old , so the sow comes on heat again as soon as possible . |
| 25 | It is actually my experience that even the most difficult and complex modern poem , especially if you have read it beforehand , comes to life quite magically when it 's read alone . |
| 26 | You should have some success when dealing with practical or financial matters at the start of the month , but what comes to light either personally or at work on the 12th or 16th may leave you feeling deflated . |
| 27 | An aircraft accident investigation is a long , painstaking process in which the sometimes complicated sequence of events comes to light only slowly and frequently in the wrong order . |