Example sentences of "come [adv prt] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was also to be a welcoming home for John and Angela , who had come down to watch the final round and were staying at the Bell Hotel . |
| 2 | But when we tol When we told us they said Oh they 'd have come down to match the nearest competitor , and we thought oh why did he quote up there in the first place then . |
| 3 | By now the head has come up to witness the miserable result . |
| 4 | By May 1989 , however , many of these critics had come round to praise the continued radicalism of the Thatcher government , in education , tax cuts , and further measures of privatization . |
| 5 | Parents , friends and students came along to see the many activities and interests available to the mentally handicapped in this part of Kent . |
| 6 | Then ( the 1970s ) double-digit inflation came along to bale the over-borrowed house-owner out . |
| 7 | The freshmen , on Middlesex , were named after Foinavon , the 100-1 outsider that came through to win the National after most of the runners had fallen . |
| 8 | ‘ We had outgrown our present building when the opportunity came up to purchase the adjoining freehold . |
| 9 | A hand came up to rumple the short hair at the back of his head , a gesture that betrayed his momentary awkwardness . |
| 10 | Later she came back to thank the major for her punishment . |
| 11 | Keeps bouncing back : dumped by the Chicago Cubs in 1985 after injury , but was reprieved by Pittsburgh ; lasted a mere 18 pitches against the Cubs in game two of the NL play-offs but came back to win the decisive game five . |
| 12 | Australia though came back to win the decisive fifth match by 47 runs , to take an eventful and exciting series 3–2 . |
| 13 | THE OAKLAND Athletics came back to win the first game of the best-of-seven American League championship series with a 7-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays , on Tuesday . |
| 14 | He fell heavily when 4–1 down in the first set , needed several minutes of treatment before deciding to carry on , lost the first set , but then came back to win the next two — all the time nursing his knee with an ice-pack between games . |
| 15 | Emily Lightbody came back to work the following Monday . |
| 16 | ‘ We came back to get the vital point . |
| 17 | She left the cubicle to find a blood test kit , and came back to find the new houseman , Joe Reynolds , ordering head X-rays and a neurologist 's opinion . |
| 18 | Mahmoud was n't there when he arrived , so he went inside to buy his stamps and then came out to use the wet roller hanging against the wall . |
| 19 | And on housing estates all along the line , residents came out to watch the strange scene . |
| 20 | And on housing estates all along the line , residents came out to watch the strange scene . |
| 21 | Humanity had brought many things along , inadvertently , when it came out to populate the stars-unseen stowaways like bacteria , flies , fleas . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd better go , ’ Julie said , coming over to give the taller girl a quick hug . |
| 23 | ‘ Players like myself and skipper Alan McDonald can play our part by lending our experience to the young players coming through to form the next World Cup side . |
| 24 | This core of lava may continue to flow for a long while , but when the supply of fresh lava slows down at source , there will not be enough coming through to fill the whole volume of the core , so an empty space will be left , and this will form a long tube or tunnel running along the centre of the flow , sometimes for many kilometres . |
| 25 | Next year , I 'm coming back to finish the general SVQ , and I want to do Highers too . ’ |
| 26 | Neil , coming back to keep the promised watch on his house . |
| 27 | Wright will have a key role in Vilnius tomorrow as Northern Ireland begin what has been disparagingly described as the ‘ battle of the also-Manager Billy Bingham is unlikely to make many changes from the team which lost 3–1 in Spain last month ; Iain Dowie should come in to replace the injured Philip Gray . |
| 28 | And yet we want to be able to exploit new opportunities and new technologies as they come along to get the best out of our systems for our businesses . |
| 29 | When you come out to do the same session two weeks later , you know that you can do it , so you can afford to go a little faster . |
| 30 | If so , stop , take your eyes off the book , take a deep breath , allow your face muscles to relax and then come back to read the next sentence with even keener interest but with less strain . |