Example sentences of "come [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it not the case that although the wage increases of British workers have come down the benefits of that have been dissipated , and that due to the recession induced by the Government productivity has gone down although it has gone up in Germany and as a result unit labour costs in the year to the second quarter of 1991 went up by 3 per cent . |
| 2 | The news of the day was that British tanks had got across the Irrawaddy near Meiktila , having come down the Chindwin valley . |
| 3 | And they said we do n't mean to be over the men , but what we mean is for you to come down the office , no what the office wants as regards orders , and be responsible and pass them out to the men who you 'll think who 'll do the job best and all that , and that 's what we mean . |
| 4 | The barges used to come down the Leeds and Liverpool canal right down to Tate and Lyle 's , where they had chutes that came down from the building into the barges and the coal was sucked up because the coal was very fine ; and the poor people there — they 'd be on the other side of the canal and one would perhaps get on a barge and throw two or three pieces of coal and then scamper up . |
| 5 | If you were to come down the Cowley Road — I invite you to come down and and come and see the situation , because , you know , if I said okay anyone can smoke or drink in the church or churchyard in Saint Mary and John , the building would be full , not full literally , but we 'd have people all day in there smoking and drinking and there would be nowhere quiet for people to pray . |
| 6 | May I , as someone who has recently come off the dole , comment on Donald Gould 's article ( Forum , 20 January , p 180 ) . |
| 7 | He said ‘ The RS/6000 is not big now in Hungary , and it has only recently come off the Comecon list . |
| 8 | Although Vinny Samways has now come off the transfer list , Spurs look light in the key area . |
| 9 | I 've now come off the pill without telling my boyfriend . |
| 10 | Unfortunately for our timing one of the hosts suddenly said , ‘ I 'm sure you do n't want any coffee , Prime Minister , you 've just come off the plane . |
| 11 | The tot , Britain 's most premature surviving child , had just come off the danger list after a three-month fight for life . |
| 12 | The front of the jeep was as clean as if it had just come off the boat from Japan . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've just come off the Isle of Man boat . ’ |
| 14 | At last the restoration was completed and R5868 looked as if it had just come off the production line , a fine tribute to F/L Peaple and his team . |
| 15 | He has not yet come off the fence and told us whether he supports the barrage project . |
| 16 | feeling as it were ready to come up the way you were swallowing it you could feel it . |
| 17 | If he happened to come up the way . |
| 18 | Just needs a string of natives bearing head bundles and brollies to come up the footpath . ’ |
| 19 | Yeah , mm , now do you want to come up the town ? |
| 20 | She had emigrated with half her family to England when a baby , but they had all come back the night an auntie 's house in Derry had been seen on TV news , with the sofa flying from an upstairs window and loyalist thugs pouring petrol on the geraniums . |
| 21 | Erm , and it 's quite an early start so it 's , it just makes it such a late night to for eating by the time you 've come out the cinema it 's erm |
| 22 | In 30 years no band has ever come out the system alive . |
| 23 | The Sunday newspaper articles had come out the week before last , and were still bringing in letters . |
| 24 | give us time to get dressed , she says oh hurry up now and we 've just come out the bath |
| 25 | We 'll go out for a drive probably out an hour , whereas years ago the horse used to come out the stable at seven in the morning he would n't go back till probably five at night . |
| 26 | But you were n't allowed to come out the pit , I mean you had to wait until knocking off time you see , before you were come out , Anything like that I mean er unless you 've got broken legs or anything like that . |
| 27 | We did , we did the Merry Widow and we had , th the Gazettes they 're called , th the Gazettes and er they used to come out the wings with all this , you know ? |
| 28 | No it 's bad for you wo n't be half busy to come out the Sunday before Christmas wo n't it ? |
| 29 | The train slowed down as it reached the next station and the Punk stood up and came down the aisle towards them . |
| 30 | She had caught his eye as she came down the aisle . |