Example sentences of "come [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I think it would now be most unlikely for a speculative proposal that had n't come through a planning system to succeed . |
| 2 | ‘ George Graham has been very supportive in the last few years , during which I 've come through a lot of problems . |
| 3 | Nicky Summerbee has come through a fitness test on a leg strain . |
| 4 | Defender Adrian Whitbread has come through a fitness test , Micky Hazard could get a recall . |
| 5 | We have successfully come through a war . |
| 6 | But he had an appointment with a delegate of the Slaters union at the Freemasons lodge in the Imperial , but I persuaded him to come for a drink . |
| 7 | We have to come for a chat , we need to record it . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's awfully kind of you , and I should love to come for a couple of days , if I may . |
| 9 | Whenever he rang up he was welcome to come for a night , or meet them in London and have dinner . |
| 10 | With my form filled in , I phoned : ‘ I want to come for a fortnight , but the problem is , I have a book to finish . |
| 11 | Three patients declined to come for a check endoscopy immediately after radiotherapy as they had no bowel symptoms . |
| 12 | How would you like to come for a ride ? ’ |
| 13 | And then he said , ‘ You want to come for a ride in the car ? |
| 14 | There was indeed a steady brain drain ; and some , like Lieberich , had intended to come for a visit rather than to stay permanently . |
| 15 | One Sunday I asked Biddy to come for a walk on the marshes . |
| 16 | We saw them in Glasgow recently , and were the proudest of grandparents when Ewan consented to come for a walk with the two of us . |
| 17 | The conversation ended the official programme of the Leeds Congress , but there was more to come for a party of about forty participants , including the President and Professor Kerney and his wife , for whom an excursion into Wensleydale by train and horse drawn wagonettes had been organised . |
| 18 | He grinned at her and called up , " Like to come for a picnic ? " |
| 19 | This can include a reluctance to ask them to visit , or to come for a meal and even the fear , felt by some women , that a grieving woman may attract their own husbands . |
| 20 | ‘ I just meant , I mean , er … would you like to come for a coffee . |
| 21 | I no longer vociferously challenge those who insult ; instead , I may casually invite them to come for a coffee and see/meet some students . |
| 22 | Obviously you will only be asked to come for an interview if you have made an initial approach for a job . |
| 23 | In some cases the response to your letter or telephone call will be a definite appointment to come for an interview . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've come about an apartment , ’ I said . |
| 25 | ‘ Far from departing from the traditional view of the relationship between ranks , the moment has come for a return to it , ’ said Mr Roach . |
| 26 | Branson wrote to Powell , agreeing that the time had come for a separation . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've not come for a drink . |
| 28 | It may be that by the end of the century , when we are carrying all before us , some fair-minded matron will survey her predominantly female team and announce that the time has come for a Ministry for Men . |
| 29 | Girls at the back of the room , we have n't come for a chat . |
| 30 | If you 've come for a session with Kafy , you 're out of luck she 's booked for the whole night by one of the priests from the Temple of Khepri . |