Example sentences of "came [to-vb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon after the Second World War , in which he worked with ENSA ( or ‘ Every-Night-Something-Awful ’ , as he called it ) , he came to work for the music publishing firm of R. Smith and Co Ltd and served as editor of British Bandsman ( the brass band world 's leading newspaper since 1887 ) for 15 years . |
| 2 | Though a fictional character , Cu Chulainn came to stand for a very real sense of patriotic courage and self-sacrifice . |
| 3 | As with the word ‘ church ’ , the synagogue came to stand for the building as well as the people meeting there . |
| 4 | His greatest wall had been built when Mr Fractor came to look for a book on logarithms . |
| 5 | It was difficult to raise the vein as the filly staggered around , but she came to rest for a few seconds and I dug my thumb into the jugular furrow . |
| 6 | ‘ Punishment enough , I think , ’ he said softly , as his hands traced a deliberately sensuous path over the clinging wetness of her shirt and came to rest for the briefest of moments on the raised outline of her breasts . |
| 7 | After 1760 , with the acceleration in turnpike trust formation and the advent of the canal age , investment in transport came to account for a substantial fraction of total capital investment in Britain . |
| 8 | After two decades cotton came to account for a third of the increase in manufactured exports from 1784 – 6 to 1794 – 6 . |
| 9 | But when Katherine came to dress for the party , her dress was nowhere to be found in her wardrobe . |
| 10 | A few days before Michael came home , our daughter-in-law Pippa came to stay for a few days , bringing Emily , who was to go to a boarding-school in Yorkshire . |
| 11 | Mrs Parkin came to stay for a week and went after a day . |
| 12 | The hon. Member for Garscadden quoted COSLA as being concerned about what would happen if someone 's aunt came to stay for a couple of months . |
| 13 | John , of Pontypridd , Mid Glamorgan , said yesterday : ‘ It was n't until I came to pay for a car at the auction that I realised what I 'd done . |
| 14 | When she came to pay for the bill , she found that it had already been paid . |