Example sentences of "came for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course his wife did visit me , but always with her daughters and other ladies who came for regular afternoon visits . |
| 2 | When the time came for constructive criticism of my sermon , my friend Hartmut Kopsch remained resolutely silent . |
| 3 | A few days later the call came for general mobilisation . |
| 4 | During the Battle of Britain , an urgent call came for quick production of Receiver and Transmitter Cabins — radio location or Radar . |
| 5 | The African Institution , when the time came for public agitation , was unfitted for the task because of its direction by ‘ men of rank and high position ’ . |