Example sentences of "come at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Unlike most catalogues today , the vegetables usually came at the front with similarly enticing but just as unbelievable pictures as we find in today 's catalogues . |
| 32 | The origins of this transformation may be traced back into the late 19th century but the upheaval finally came at the time of Vietnam , flower-power and the campus revolutions . |
| 33 | Michel Laclotte came at the time he was working on the Musée D'Orsay . |
| 34 | His first taste of Test captaincy came at the Oval in 1988 ; he was unable to stem the West Indian flood , but produced a battling second innings to make a game of it . |
| 35 | Leicester 's injury crisis came at the double when defender Richard Smith was carried off a minute after the break — and another trainee Neil |
| 36 | Her moment came at the end of the first course when , without any apparent signal , the parlourmaid came back into the room . |
| 37 | Everything was Nordic or Russian except the Lehar group that came at the end . |
| 38 | The almost unanimous passage of the decree , by 364 votes to 6 , came at the end of a day of turmoil at the Supreme Soviet sitting in the Kremlin . |
| 39 | But our real kick came at the end of the film when the lights went up . |
| 40 | Five of those minutes came at the end of the first half , allowing Hein to score the first of his morale-boosting tries for Oxford in the right corner . |
| 41 | Bonanza Boy finished a remote eighth in the race and is 10lb worse off with Little Polveir but it is unwise to judge him on that performance which came at the end of a long season after some punishing contests . |
| 42 | Perhaps for many of the fans the best moment of all came at the end of the fifth Test , when Tony Greig went out and ‘ grovelled ’ before them . |
| 43 | A note duly came at the end of September , hurtful in its brevity , frustrating in its lack of information : — thank you for the money sister which is put to good use your son being in need of shoes and all manner of apparel since he grows apace . |
| 44 | His impassioned speech came at the end of a day of increasing speculation over the likelihood that the Liberal Democrats could hold the balance of power after Thursday 's general election . |
| 45 | ‘ The interview came at the end of a long day . |
| 46 | The only account of William Green 's life came at the end of the 19th century and was written by Charles Roeder . |
| 47 | The killings came at the end of a weekend of racial violence in which a 27-year-old student was stabbed to death , more than 12 people seriously hurt and 25 arrested . |
| 48 | The series of hints came at the end of an extraordinary visit to South Korea . |
| 49 | Frederick came at the end of June , a broad , beefy soldier with a very big bottom . |
| 50 | The truly disgraceful bit came at the end , where it said , ‘ Rights Offered : First British Serial only ’ . |
| 51 | Go-ahead to start the final artwork came at the end of spring 1988 with an autumn deadline , providing the option to work from fresh material available throughout the summer . |
| 52 | The order came at the end of the summer term and , just as the holidays were beginning , the teacher who was going to replace my father arrived to see what kind of strange specimens he was going to land among and what sort of house he and his family were going to live in . |
| 53 | His first appointment as a royal justice came at the end of Henry III 's reign . |
| 54 | But the surprise came at the end . |
| 55 | It came at the end of a month that would send most managers as mad as a March hare , with a defeat at Oldham and points dropped to Villa , Manchester City and Arsenal . |
| 56 | In general , both leaders stressed their unanimity on all the main subjects , including the last-minute question of the Soviet ultimatum to Lithuania [ see p. 37361 ] , which came at the end of the summit and which both leaders roundly condemned . |
| 57 | The deal came at the end of the 20th annual session of the intergovernmental commission on economic co-operation between the two countries . |
| 58 | The overthrow of Siyad Barre came at the end of a month of intense fighting on the streets of Mogadishu . |
| 59 | The LDP leadership election of Oct. 27 came at the end of an unusually bitter political campaign , and many observers were surprised that Miyazawa did not obtain more than 285 of the 496 votes cast by the 395 LDP deputies and the 101 representatives from local party organisations . |
| 60 | The agreement came at the end of the third round of peace negotiations which began on March 15 in Algiers [ see p. 38709 for talks in January ] . |