Example sentences of "come [adv] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not like the graphic novel , and for a new work from a successful author to come only in this form seems to me a shame . |
| 2 | But now I have , and I see what I should have seen a long time ago , the selfish , arrogant , unscrupulous fixer who has been quietly feathering his nest in London for the past ten years at our expense after turning his back on us as though we were n't good enough for him , who could n't even be bothered to come home during this ordeal but just flew over on a weekend return when the mood took him , when he had nothing better to do , like the tourist he is ! |
| 3 | The only group to have come close to this sort of vetting of its members is the charity Action for Victims of Medical Accidents ( AVMA ) . |
| 4 | " Well , then , " she continued , with what seemed to her to be the very height of aware sophistication , " why ever did you want to come here on this sort of trip ? " |
| 5 | I should say that you should think , well those of us that are healthy any way , we should be glad that our body 's have stood us this length of time and have allowed us to come here to this programme and to take part in it , I 'm certainly delighted that mine 's a , gave me three children , nothing to complain about . |
| 6 | Rozario on the near post Chettle also has come forward for this kick and it goes in towards that near post area where Oldfield takes no chances . |
| 7 | She came downstairs with this garment , triumphant , not unwilling to please with pleasure so cheaply bought . |
| 8 | So I came away with this sort of inside information |
| 9 | Russell first read mathematics at Cambridge and then , in the second half of his tripos , philosophy , and he then came strongly under this influence . |
| 10 | ’ If you have been attending to it for twenty four years , I came here into this church as a choir boy . ’ |
| 11 | I came across on this trip . |
| 12 | The revised 1928 Comintern theses on Latin America , as indicated above , came closer to this position , although differences remained over the nature of Latin American development and the issue of the possible coexistence of feudalism and capitalism . |
| 13 | Two worlds were coming together in this place , the Creator-man world — the world I make — and the world that is . |
| 14 | The inhabitants of Northern Nigeria , however , though coming close to this standard , had with few exceptions to be cured of a certain lack of forthrightness . |
| 15 | We intend to participate fully in the promised review of housing revenue account expenditure which is er coming later in this year . |
| 16 | It was the first time she 'd ever spoken to Aunt Sarah and come away with this feeling of no comfort , no help , weighing her down as if the big brass door stop from the porch had got lodged inside her . |
| 17 | I expect you 're tired — you generally have a sherry and a nap when you come home at this time , and , besides , there are those papers to correct and I hoped you 'd help me unpack . |
| 18 | There are some yachts which come close to this spec : the FF boats of Holland ( only 30 and 35ft ) ; the X119 , but I do n't think this is suitable for two and its bulb keel with forward protrusion seems to me to be dangerous in our net-infested waters ; the Dehler db36 is interesting , though ugly and over-designed . |
| 19 | So I come there at this morning with cramp in my leg and I said I 've hardly had that , |
| 20 | According to Hulme and Blyth ( 1984 ) , reclaimed peatland in Harris and Lewis is characterised by pastures with Trifolium repens , Holcus lanatus , Agrostis canina and Anthoxanthum , which comes close to this sub-community . |
| 21 | No other poet in the century comes close to this representation . |
| 22 | ‘ If Molly comes home to this mess at Christmas , then I 'm sorry for her , ’ asserted Mrs Tilling . |