Example sentences of "come on [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Bigsun will have come on for High Easter run
2 I think we owe it to people like or at least to give them another crack at the whip to see if they 've come on in that interim period cos it 's a good six months since we interviewed
3 Also available from Bisque is the battery-powered , remote-control Bagno-Stat , which allows you to pre-set the towel radiator heater to come on at specific times and maintain required temperatures .
4 But if he was to come on at three o'clock in the morning , the other man called away would n't be replaced .
5 At times like that , you call on your mates , and Kenny Everett kindly got us out of a spot of trouble there and agreed to come on at short notice .
6 I have still not managed to find another young horse to come on with young Basil .
7 Yes , it might , it might , but , but , but now you 're getting a little bit , you 're getting a bit too , too sophisticated now , we 're going to come on to that later .
8 Erm , and I I would like to come on to that immediately if I may , but again it does indicate erm , a movement , in the right direction of getting more er women employees into higher management levels .
9 I know we 're going to come on to this again later .
10 See basically what you 're talking about is , you know when you close somebody , and I 've got to come on to this , because this is the , this is the key to selling deals .
11 As the sun began to set over Auckland they took a short flight on a tiny seaplane , and the gold light enhanced the aerial view of Auckland as the lights began to come on in white wood houses , skyscrapers , hotels .
12 I came down to earth a bit when Harry Enfield came on to thunderous applause .
13 The boy rolled over and came on to one knee in a single lunge , and hurling himself at the man , caught him round the thighs with both arms , and swept him with him through the opening .
14 He came on for one match at least .
15 Robert was a replacement in the Currie Cup final and came on for young Johan Roux in the second half .
16 If the green light came on for either project , the paper would go straight to capitalization as a commercial company .
17 jostein was back in action last night for sheff utd after a long injury — came on on 2–0 to scum .
18 But I , I liked the the first outfit she came on with that sash wrapped round her
19 Harvey produced a key for the third and a red light came on over each lock .
20 I do n't think anyone would argue though , that the true stars of the event came on at mid bill , at 6.30pm .
21 There was no sort of law against erm employing people without a certain amount of rest and erm that was employed , er that was occupied that office from first thing in the morning when the bus went out from five o'clock and erm he would , the depot clerk would go off round about dinner time , there 'd be his relief who came on at nine o'clock and worked with him until dinner time and he 'd carry on till five and then we had , what was called , the cashiers come on duty then , there was a cashier and erm a hand .
22 It might not be in strain-on-your-meat-pies Trideocolor or go on all night like America 's bloody buggering 119 channels , but at least some nice bint like his old French teacher came on at ten-thirty and said good night as you drank your bloody buggering Ovaltine and waited for the shipping forecast .
23 Then , as she watched , a light came on in one of the upper rooms , and she shifted uneasily as she recognised Luke as he came to the window and looked out .
24 But er we went from erm Quay , we did stay at Belfast for a about erm just er a few hours , picked up the Belfast passengers , they , they , we did n't dock there , we they came on by tender .
25 He came on after 51 minutes to replace the injured Francis , then was hauled off 11 minutes from the end in favour of Nigel Pearson .
26 ‘ Yes , I 'm coming on to that .
27 Nice to see the kitchen 's coming on at last .
28 You had to get everything done by the day staff coming on at seven .
29 I would n't want to be a defender and see him coming on with 20 minutes left after being run ragged by Ian Rush , ’ he said .
30 God , we 've only just met and you 're coming on like some rampant nut-eater .
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