Example sentences of "come to [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | First-class writers can defy this rule-of-thumb , but anyone else doing so risks alienating readers who have come to them for a particular sort of entertainment . |
| 2 | Let's just tell you what you look like , you came to me for a job you would n't get it . |
| 3 | Some people came to us for a week , some for a month and a few wanted to be taught the essentials of the job in two or three days . |
| 4 | Yeah , the reason that happened was that there was no-one servicing holidays erm and they came to us for an allocation and and we gave it to them . |
| 5 | Sheila talks to her mother about the situation and her mother says the social workers are quite right ; Sheila was heavy-handed with the children and has had this coming to her for a long time . |
| 6 | The hon. Gentleman will know that any project in excess of £1 million must come to me for a decision . |
| 7 | And they used to and they if you had er good er breeding stock and that the the neighbours would come to you for a sitting on eggs . |
| 8 | So , the businessman goes across the road to the people running the schools , and says , ‘ These are the jobs we want filled , if you can teach the children these skills we will give them priority if they come to us for a job when they leave . ’ |
| 9 | This code allows you to actually record any production music before you come to us for a licence . |
| 10 | It avoids one of the most familiar classroom situations in the primary school — the child who comes to you for a word which is already written down higher up the page . |