Example sentences of "come [adv] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | BELVILLE : I have had the mortification for some weeks past to come home to a very different Pamela than I used to . |
| 2 | However , they have come home to a safe place where they know they are loved and that it is safe to have their tantrums . |
| 3 | Several times on my pilgrimage through Biomorph Land I seemed to come close to a precursor of my insects , but , then , in spite of my best efforts as a selecting agent , evolution went off on what proved to be a false trail . |
| 4 | There was nothing revealing about Culley 's pause — the surprise was genuine , as if Sanchez had come straight to a point that Culley had intended to arrive at slowly . |
| 5 | We had come now to a poor area . |
| 6 | Business had come almost to a standstill and the newspaper was adversely affected to an increasing degree . |
| 7 | And er and then there used to be some houses what er we did n't live in one of them but there used to be a lot of houses what used to be railings round , and there used to be steps and you 'd go down the steps , into the And they used to c they used to live downstairs and then well of course when you 're in the house in the side the room they used to have another flight of steps to come upstairs to a l a front room or a lounge or whatever you mind to call it . |
| 8 | Moreover , some of the new units will be designed for one or two persons , so that it may be possible to come closer to a one for one replacement on cleared sites than would be expected by past experience . |
| 9 | As the freight train came slowly to a halt at the loop stop signal near the box , the fireman told the signalman of their problem who in turn reported the incident to the train control . |
| 10 | They came finally to a gap in the hedge on the left-hand side of the road where there was a five-barred gate . |
| 11 | A breathless Charlie managed to catch him up when he came finally to a halt behind a tree . |
| 12 | Evenings she came home to a stack of manila envelopes with folded papers lettered in scarlet and black . |
| 13 | But he came home to a recession . |
| 14 | In March 1982 , matters came further to a head when the ILEA informed the polytechnic that it was withholding its block grant for 1982–3 until the financial crisis had been resolved . |
| 15 | Greg Thomas came close to a wicket three times in his first over in Test cricket , but Greenidge and Haynes survived to give their usual start before Greenidge had to retire with a cut forehead after mishooking Botham . |
| 16 | In chilly conditions , P. McReynolds came close to a personal best with a time of 1 hr. 6 mins. 31 secs . |
| 17 | The writing of that book in hospital , I now realise , came close to a meditation . |
| 18 | Somerset seamer Neil Mallender came close to a surprise Test cap in New Zealand recently |
| 19 | With regard to Calvinism , Ewing had joined Thomas Erskine [ q.v. ] of Linlathen as early as 1836 in opposing predestination , and he later came close to a doctrine of universal salvation . |
| 20 | They held on , kept Millwall out ; came close to a fourth but that would have flattered Swindon : 3-1 and a happy new year at the county ground . |
| 21 | He took avoiding action but came close to a third . |
| 22 | Middlesbrough came close to a breakthrough in the 63rd minute . |
| 23 | Hard-running Cambridge came close to a goal after 24 minutes . |
| 24 | Jamie Pollock came close to a late equaliser only to be denied with a brilliant save by James . |
| 25 | She probably had enough cash for a taxi , but the taxi habit still came hard to a girl from the sticks who was n't even used to being able to afford bus fare . |
| 26 | In the first week a German dairy was pillaged , two Germans were battered and an Austrian student was surrounded by a hostile mob , whilst traffic came almost to a standstill . |
| 27 | Fishing effort in the North Sea which had been slowly increasing as engines and gear were developed , came almost to a standstill during the war and , in consequence , the sea-bird populations flourished as fish stocks increased . |
| 28 | Anglo-Scottish trade came virtually to a halt , and did not begin to pick up again until the late sixteenth century . |
| 29 | He came closest to a silver pencil , he thinks , with a submission made five or six years ago . |
| 30 | Ant Everard put down his paper , looked at his daughter , his face a supplication of mercy from her ; he looked back again at Miranda , and his concern turned into a frown , and he came visibly to a decision . |