Example sentences of "we come [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not always as simple as following the chain back until we come to a name or a noun . |
| 2 | But if we react too strongly to fear , the brake is applied so hard that we come to a standstill , and fail to grow — which means a wasted lifetime . |
| 3 | We come to a river , absent from my map , where suddenly I see the plains and both banks smeared with colour . |
| 4 | It , there is no waste to that product , it is knitted and when we come to a part where you want it to be narrow , the machine shapes it . |
| 5 | We come to a thicket under the trees ; a cluster of rhododendron and bramble bushes . |
| 6 | But if to an alehouse they customers be , Then presently with the ale wife we agree ; When we come to a reckoning , then we do crave Twopence on a shilling , and that we will have , By such cunning ways we our treasure do get , For it is all fish that doth come to our net . |
| 7 | Flight We are in the mountains , on an expedition/fleeing a tyrant/trying to find somewhere safe to live after an earthquake has destroyed our town ; we come to a ravine . |
| 8 | Finally , we come to a group of countries in which state policy on education is not only constrained by external economic and political pressures but also starkly reflects the priorities of a small and exclusive élite . |
| 9 | Yes , colleagues , er colleagues who 've attended conference before will know , that whenever we come to a conference town to have our Congress , we always like to leave something behind as a gift to the local community . |
| 10 | We continue now along the Rua da Carreira , past the many small restaurants and bread and cake shops until we come to a street on the right called Rua do Quebra Costas which will take us to the English Church , hidden behind a high wall in a large garden . |
| 11 | Now we come to a time when relationships can give extreme joy or extreme pain . |
| 12 | Would not a moral lead to be to make sure that those people are paid while we come to a conclusion with the legislative committee about whether that piece of legislation was expedient ? |
| 13 | Our conclusions for what they are worth are set out and we come to a figure of about forty five thousand . |
| 14 | When we come across a victim then , we should never attempt to solve their problems for them , since this only reinforces the idea that they are helpless victims of circumstance , with no strengths and resources of their own ; it disempowers them still further . |
| 15 | ‘ Now all this basic planning does take time , which is why it is essential that we come onto a programme during its very early planning stages . |
| 16 | But your er basic style of steering , and naturally we come from a training establishment , we think and we practise the push-pull method . |