Example sentences of "come [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can consider reasonably clear cut examples of the use of local landmarks and of home stimuli , but when we come on to a possible map sense we shall move into one of the more unsettled areas of the science . |
| 2 | Mrs Dass come on in a fluffy magenta dress and awarded the first prize to last year 's carnival queen and the second to Mr Swayles and the third to Mrs Muller . |
| 3 | And if I come down with a sore throat now , I 'll know who to blame . |
| 4 | Two streams come down from a hilly hinterland and after a sedate infancy suddenly leap in a happy frolic through verdant surroundings to reach the village where they converge as the River Greta . |
| 5 | They come in as a net fare operator |
| 6 | If relatives come in with a new resident , begin to get to know them as well . |
| 7 | Few are in any doubt that there is plenty more pain to come , and it may well be that the interim management is now expected to clear the decks , steel itself to announce another enormous net loss for the current quarter and let the new chief executive and team come in with a clean sheet . |
| 8 | May we , er , come in for a little while ? ’ |
| 9 | Like those boys that come in for a single rose as if nobody 's ever done that before . |
| 10 | ‘ Come along like a sensible girl and have a nice cup of coffee in the sitting-room , where we can talk . ’ |
| 11 | This registration procedure is part of the Museum and Galleries Commission work to ensure that all Museums come up to a certain level of competence , and to ensure the future well being of their collections . |
| 12 | A and I can get er Ken and my clerks to ferret through the old contracts , and all the variations that we 've had to date , and come up with a suggested erm latest remit for the project coordinator to approve . |
| 13 | what better way to sell yourself than come up with a contentious issue backed up by evidence that you |
| 14 | It is not surprising that two people , who have worked closely together over a period of time , come up with a similar approach to a problem . |
| 15 | The Wurzel is the most sophisticated and its inventor has studied heron behaviour and come up with a radical audible warn-off . |
| 16 | So unless you come up with a bloody good reason why you 're assaulting Virginia in broad daylight in the middle of a London exhibition I strongly advise you to get the hell out of here . |
| 17 | ‘ If you let people use their abilities , they will normally walk their way around their difficulties and come up with a straightforward solution , ’ says Neil . |
| 18 | functions and come up with a revised profit and loss . |
| 19 | Come up with a revised percentage . |
| 20 | How do the Garys and Larrys come up with a thousand quid ? |
| 21 | Next time you come up with a hypothetical outer limit of inanity , better check with Washington before publishing ; it may already be in effect . |
| 22 | I shall need a first-class advertising agency which can identify the main market and come up with a good campaign to target it , woo it with words and obtain a high conversion rate of sales . ’ |
| 23 | They rummage around and every so often come up with a new act . |
| 24 | For a department within C U and er we 've done this design on it , and come up with a new system , that we want to try and sell to other departments within the company . |
| 25 | But we would probably sell them the name if they come up with a reasonable offer . ’ |
| 26 | Unless and until scientists come up with a better way , the drug would probably have be administered by a catheter permanently inserted into the brain , a method currently used in treatments for inoperable brain cancer . |
| 27 | In keeping with the analogy , Campbell holds that the variations are ‘ blind ’ — that we come up with a particular hypothesis is not determined by our current experience , is independent of whether the hypothesis is in fact going to prove true or successful , and is not a correction of previous unsuccessful hypotheses . |
| 28 | They have cottoned on to the fact that the dealers come up with a different brand name every week . |
| 29 | If we come up with a different game each time we do drama , what are we teaching the children ? |
| 30 | So we think of them as being descriptive , but in reality , if you 're going to say to somebody , you 're very responsible , they 're probably not going to know what you mean , unless you come up with a few examples of what you 're talking about , of how they 've demonstrated that type of behaviour . |