Example sentences of "come [adv prt] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But I 've come down a bit now . |
2 | But now it 's not increasing as quickly , its gradient has come down a bit . |
3 | I was going to say that , I mean if we do do that why do n't we move to a position when , I know it 's not finalized yet , the P As do the twenty six fives , and we try and adapt Sarah to do the whole s the whole of the four sub teams , ma maybe the threshold has to come down a bit , but but at least we 've got some sort of parity of working throughout |
4 | They 've got to a adjust the tie backs , they have n't put the tie backs up yet because they 've got to come down a bit , I just hung them up to let them drop a bit . |
5 | seems to have come up a bit . |
6 | It 's interesting that team briefing thing on there , because that 's come up a couple of times recently , people have mentioned about erm team briefing as a sort of management system . |
7 | I knew that she would be feeling timid , and it was rather a climb in any case : comforting for her to come up a flight of steps passing a trellis of gloriously flowering wistaria . |
8 | because it 's come out a lot in this discussion that is there 's a big gap between the biological , biological and medical knowledge that 's accrued in the last ten or fifteen years , and the actual social consequences of these developments and there has n't been enough discussion and consideration of what will happen . |
9 | ’ And I had to come out a minute early to pay it back . |
10 | ‘ A somewhat sadistic variation on Warner Baxter 's famous speech to Ruby Keeler in 42nd Street : ‘ You 're going out there a youngster , but you 've got to come back a star . ’ |
11 | I know that my hon. Friend will understand if I say that I had some difficulty in persuading everybody to come round a table when I was talking only to the parties in Northern Ireland . |
12 | Meanwhile , as Ladbrokes shortened Nashwan 's odds for next Sunday 's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe from 2-1 to 7-4 with a run , French Glory came down a point to 7-1 amid rumours that Pat Eddery would switch to him from Khalid Abdullah 's other probable runner , Assatis . |
13 | Husband Tony added : ‘ The results came through a lot quicker than we expected . |
14 | It came over a treat on the radio transmitter when I played it back … ’ |
15 | And then he came over a rise and saw the lake below . |
16 | The English came over a crest , face to face with the Lord Owen in open field . |
17 | They were just there , suddenly , as we came over a hill and saw a river below us . |
18 | Having a bit of a rest in the winter , I was able to relax a little bit more , so I think I came over a lot fresher than I normally do for the start of the season . |
19 | The noise was stilled as a voice came over a microphone . |
20 | If one analyses the appeal of desktop publishing the basic appeal is its capability to generate material that looks printed , not like something that came off a daisywheel or dot matrix printer . |
21 | The night shift volunteer was standing next to me getting ready to come on to the phones and as I came off a call he started to chat to me . |
22 | A suitable window frame came off a skip behind a local double glazing merchant , and was incorporated into the studwork . |
23 | ‘ The roof came off a woman 's house , and we all helped to save what we could . |
24 | The tailpieces look like they came off an Eko electric from the '60s , and they 've added squiggly wire designs that echo the famous ‘ R ’ tailpiece — from fifty feet , anyway . |
25 | I was a gambler on a winning streak : it did n't matter what number I placed my bet on , it always came up a winner . |
26 | Jonna 's chin came up a fraction and he looked his father straight in the eye . |
27 | God knows they have trouble enough so IBM would appreciate it if we were perfectly clear on a couple of points that came up a fortnight ago ( UX No 418 ) . |
28 | Yes we used to go to see her , and she came up a couple of times . |
29 | Her turn to act as hostess came up a month after Nora had returned to Northumberland . |
30 | He stretched out his hand and tried to pick it up , and the plank came up an inch with it . |