Example sentences of "to come [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 This can include a reluctance to ask them to visit , or to come for a meal and even the fear , felt by some women , that a grieving woman may attract their own husbands .
2 I no longer vociferously challenge those who insult ; instead , I may casually invite them to come for a coffee and see/meet some students .
3 Obviously you will only be asked to come for an interview if you have made an initial approach for a job .
4 The only permissible course is to issue a subpoena for him to come as a witness or to produce the documents to the court ’ .
5 I was going to ask Mike if he wants to come as an observer because he 's never been to conference and erm
6 If God intended that parents should not be permitted to come between a husband and a wife , then surely football pals or the darts team , the sports club , or any other activity should not be allowed to be an obstacle to this new relationship .
7 She considered it an impertinence to come between a reader and her literary taste .
8 P O A by the way , another thing I 'm thinking of doing is saying , if you want a net price enter in there , it has to come through a manager or
9 There used to be a man used to come with a horse and dray selling greengroceries and his name was , T .
10 ‘ People would expect me to come into a room and crack them up , ’ Rowan , 36 , told Cosmopolitan magazine .
11 But when it when a bill came up and it would take away the money that we 'd saved for Kelly 's new school uniform , so it always seemed to come in a rush and there was always something needed like you know .
12 To provide an illustration , a child who gets into trouble is much more likely to come before a court if he or she is from a poor home and has parents who do not get on with the welfare authorities or the police , than if his or her family is prosperous , respectable and willing to co-operate with the police and social services .
13 Beyond the farm buildings , the waterfalls path is joined and briefly followed to the left until a path forks to the right to come alongside a wall that will be a constant companion for the rest of the journey and in misty conditions must be kept in sight .
14 If Labour wants to attack ‘ greedy investors ’ by using regulation to cut ‘ excessive profits ’ , then capital spending will fall — or it will have to come from a government that can ill afford it even on Smith 's numbers .
15 Every living thing was to come from a seed or an egg .
16 Then there was an unannounced shock of antique sound , a rapid arpeggio , far too real to come from a radio or record .
17 He knew he had to come to a decision before he went back down , he wanted to come to a decision before he went back down .
18 He knew he had to come to a decision before he went back down , he wanted to come to a decision before he went back down .
19 Naidoo reiterated that the NSC was expecting Sacu to come to a decision and could not ease it for them by offering guarantees of future tours .
20 He seemed to come to a decision and stared hard at Jack Stone .
21 The British politician Geoffrey Howe said in an interview on television : ‘ We thought it was right to come to a decision when I next met them last night . ’
22 He argued that to implement a ‘ Non-Alignment Pact ’ in a civil war between an incumbent government supported by one Great Power and insurgents supported by another Great Power ‘ a coalition government must be formed comprising those elements of both Government and insurgent forces which are prepared to come to a compromise and work together in the context of non-alignment ’ .
23 As in so many debates on the nature and location of power in Britain it is not possible to come to a firm and lasting conclusion as to the nature of prime ministerial power relative to the position of the cabinet since Prime Ministers have always differed in their degree of command of the cabinet .
24 It 's very difficult to quantify those sorts of effects and er to members and the decision makers have to come to a judgement as best they can , given the information that 's before them .
25 The decline in house prices is likely to come to a halt as vendors become more reluctant to accept distress prices .
26 There has been some focusing on why people may not be able to come to a CAB and which groups may be affected .
27 We want our children to come to a love and respect of all God 's people .
28 It only needs one horse to come to a stud or livery yard premises incubating the disease to start a large outbreak .
29 A talk to probation officers will indirectly reach a section of the community — prisoners — who are not able to come to a bureau and may be seriously in need of a bureau 's services , as was seen in Chapter 3 .
30 And then you will tell him to come to a place that I will tell you of and at a time that I will tell you .
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