Example sentences of "come [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The semi-final between Anatoly Karpov and Artur Yusupov has come alive following Yusupov 's win in the fifth game . |
| 2 | Adam Smith of Annadale set produced a 13.59 triple jump to come second to Micky McDonald of Ballymena and Antrim who recorded 13.76 metres . |
| 3 | Thiam , 58 , a former banker , named a 27-member power-sharing government the following day , bringing in opposition figures including the controversial Abdoulayé Wade , leader of the Democratic Party of Senegal ( PDS ) who had come second to Diouf in the presidential elections in both 1983 and 1988 . |
| 4 | The Workers ' Party ( PT ) , whose leader Luís Inácio da Silva ( " Lula " ) had come second to Collor in the December 1989 run-off presidential elections [ see pp. 37117-18 ] , made significant gains , but lost control of the local government of Sao Paulo and failed to win the mayoralty in Rio de Janeiro . |
| 5 | Twice he had come second to Martin Potter , once at Lacanau and again at Biarritz . |
| 6 | In fact , Luke could hardly go to greater lengths in stressing that the Age to Come dawned with Jesus ' birth . |
| 7 | Suckers tend to come loose with age . |
| 8 | twisted , warped , it 's in a sense it 's exactly the same as the circle , you know you draw the circle it 's a line that starts there and goes perfectly round and comes back to the starting point , it 's exactly the same as that , but it 's been pushed out at the edges , it 's been dented in here , it 's not recognisable now as that same circle , although it 's what it is , and you see what , what has happened is although we 've sinned , although we 've come short of God 's plan , God has n't destroyed the whole thing , he could so easily just taken up the human life and crumple it up and thrown it on the heap , said finished with them , ca n't be bothered , I 'll start all over again with new people , I 'll have a new creation , well he did have a new creation , but he kept that same creation , he said I 'm gon na work on it , I 'm gon na do something with it , I 'm gon na restore it , I 'm gon na ransom it , I 'm gon na redeem it , I 'm gon na make it again , not just like it was , but I 'm gon na make it even more wonderful and more beautiful . |
| 9 | I have watched student teachers attempting dramatic role plays of the Vikings , only to come unstuck with parts for girls ; not really able to encourage them to be raped or pillaged , the only alternative is , as one student hastily improvised , for them to be ‘ Viking wives at home ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ Adults have always come first in tennis clubs , ’ says Lawson . |
| 11 | It is not clear why the theft or robbery count should be considered before that of handling except that the theft or robbery must have come first in time . |
| 12 | And he 'd be forced to come clean to Georgina , as well . ’ |
| 13 | LABOUR were furious yesterday over the Government 's refusal to come clean about plans which they suspect could cut the number of people entitled to invalidity benefit . |
| 14 | With international competition and new entrants , national monopolies such as France 's will at least have to come clean about costs and pricing if only to prove that they are not breaching the Rome treaty 's clauses against unfair competition . |
| 15 | SENIOR consultants have challenged management to come clean over changes to health care in the NorthEast . |
| 16 | PM told to come clean over claim of sell-off hitlist |
| 17 | She glanced around the room , there was n't a man here to come near to Craig for looks and presence . |
| 18 | I have to point out that she is wasting her life caught up in waiting for her thoughts and ideas to come true in reality . |
| 19 | A dream come true for Katharine Mahoney recently when she won a lesson with Britain 's most successful dressage rider , Jennie Loriston-Clarke , in a Today 's Horse competition . |
| 20 | It had come true in Jesus himself . |
| 21 | A stake in the business , which has come near to bankruptcy , is put up for sale . |
| 22 | Finally it was time to tackle the design of the hotel 's talking-point — the vast fresh-water swimming-pool Stephen planned to construct to cater for guests who , having come thousands of miles to see the Caribbean , decided they did n't actually want to swim in it . |
| 23 | If not , it is their loss , for it is the catholicity of the education to which I was exposed that I have come most to value . |
| 24 | ‘ I came complete with luggage ? |
| 25 | Their applications came complete with curricula vitae and official Discharge Certificates and Conduct Assessments . |
| 26 | Ian Spiro was splashing out £3,000 a month to rent the house which came complete with swimming pool , stables and garages for four cars . |
| 27 | A remarkable £3,800 was paid by a racing car museum for Bachem Ba 349 Natter replica , which came complete with transportation trolley . |
| 28 | They came complete with David Ward 's recommendation , and an assurance that the price , though never publicly disclosed , was ‘ generous ’ . |
| 29 | As the commitment came due in July , the exchange rate had climbed above $1.40 to the pound , leaving Virgin with a loss of £0.5m . |
| 30 | As I came nearer to Lilliput , I saw the King and all his lords and ladies standing on the beach . |