Example sentences of "not come to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reconquest would take time , in particular if diplomacy did not come to their help . |
| 2 | They have a very lean time of it in winter , and if the spring grass does not come to their succour , they die in large numbers . |
| 3 | He did not come to her bed that night , nor for many nights after . |
| 4 | For when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat , when thirsty nothing to drink ; when I was a stranger you gave me no home , when naked you did not clothe me ; when I was ill and in prison you did not come to my help . ’ |
| 5 | Carey addressed the wealthy directly , quoting Jesus ' parable about the sorting of the goats ( the wealthy ) from the sheep ( the poor ) in St Matthew 's gospel : ‘ The curse is upon you … for when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat , when thirsty nothing to drink ; when I was a stranger you gave me no home , when naked you did not clothe me ; when I was ill and in prison you did not come to my help . ’ |
| 6 | We were sad because he could not come to my room and I could not go to his home , where it would have been difficult to explain our relationship . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's not true , ’ Davide began , but words would not come to his help . |
| 8 | A plaintiff has only four calendar months ( six if leave to serve out of the jurisdiction is required under RSC Ord 11 ) , in which to serve the writ and if he does not serve it within that period the fact that the last day is a Sunday , when it can not be served , does not come to his aid . |
| 9 | It did not come to his mind to murder any of them ; it was not his way , or the way he had been raised , to take life in cold blood , without a formal challenge or warning , without the necessary ritual preparation for combat and maybe death . |
| 10 | ( 4 ) The limiting words ‘ in his capacity as an officer or servant of the Crown ’ leave the court free to order a witness to give evidence notwithstanding that at the relevant time he was an officer or servant of the Crown , if the matters in respect of which he is to give evidence did not come to his notice in that capacity , for example , the civil servant who , when on holiday or at home , happens to witness a road traffic accident . |
| 11 | But the nuts did n't come to her house . |
| 12 | Did n't come to her funeral ? |
| 13 | Oh I suppose he 's invested it wrongly or whatever I do n't know I I can understand why they did n't come to his rescue , you know , I mean , they 've got their livelihood to think about and he was a bachelor where as they 've got children , or and he 's brothers and they 're |
| 14 | So she do n't come to your house ? |
| 15 | Pete if I do n't get , if I ca n't come to your house will you bring the tapes in ? |
| 16 | Defendant : It did n't come to my mind . |
| 17 | I refuse to stay and talk to you any longer , and do n't come to my room tonight for you will not be welcome . " |
| 18 | So they park that up on the pavement outside our wall did n't come to our gate but , and then did n't it obstruct Alan 's because they had it on the pavement , so anybody going down the pavement |
| 19 | How come Paul does n't come to our school then ? |
| 20 | It does n't come to our notice much . |