Example sentences of "coming [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been coming as a mere visitor . |
| 2 | Well no , we got two in the sidelines , we got this Indian guy who was not coming for a second interview until we can say we 'll pay him |
| 3 | One of the men in the physiology department of the university here is taking them tomorrow as he is to stay with for a week , who is due home c. 13th and then the judge in whose house I so often stay in London IS coming for a long weekend c. 19th and then I have two or three B&B bods for Festival , giving up our bedroom ( UGH ) . |
| 4 | Rob and family are coming for a long weekend , so we sha n't have our usual Christmas Day picnic this year , but we 'd much rather have their company . |
| 5 | The other thing we do sort of every now and then , and next time will be Easter , we actually have some people in costume who actually reoccupy the house over Waster weekend in this case as as the household of William and they 've been coming for a long time now and they 've got set into the set into their roles quite well . |
| 6 | ‘ I believe the time is now fast coming for a fresh look at the way we grant planning applications , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Bearing in mind that if we do have the whole house then people are only coming for a few days or or even one night could no they had somewhere to stay . |
| 8 | and if you 're coming for a few days you 've , you 've bag carrying and all this in the business |
| 9 | COURTAULDS is coming through a difficult trading period in reasonable health . |
| 10 | But that machine can be doing , say eight curtains , coming off a bottom roller , being woven over and onto another one , till they 're taken off . |
| 11 | so that 's fine like if you 're coming off a dual carriageway , maybe you 'll see that |
| 12 | The girl felt a call coming like a flaming arrow across the dingy coffee bar . |
| 13 | Her voice was cracked , coming like a broken note from a rusty instrument ; and again she appealed to him as she watched him move towards the bedroom door . |
| 14 | Coming onto a new series for the first time could be a daunting prospect even to the acting profession 's hardy perennials . |
| 15 | Yes you were coming into a small bedroom with a |
| 16 | You could see that the ‘ rough and fearless ’ young rugby player , the suspicious street boy now , despite his pock-fretten skin , coming into a youthful handsomeness which men and women alike would call ‘ beauty ’ , would break like a wave on the serenity of Philip 's rock of scholarship . |
| 17 | People coming into a residential home are there because they are in need of care — they are not able to care for themselves . |
| 18 | People do n't like coming into a cigarette-filled church . |
| 19 | If you go to a restaurant , it is worth telephoning beforehand to inform the staff that you are coming with a disabled person , so that you can reserve a table at a convenient distance from the front door or the toilet . |
| 20 | It is possible that none of the top three will take the honours , for Edinburgh Civil Service are once again coming with a tremendous run , reminiscent of last season , when they fell at the final hurdle . |
| 21 | Got a couple of new doctors coming in a new practice manager can you leave it for three months . |
| 22 | BTW Gav … well be coming in a blue mini , not the escort … |
| 23 | ‘ Cocoa ? ’ she offered , coming in a little time later , carrying a small tray with three enamel mugs of steaming beverage on it , and a plate of Marie biscuits . |
| 24 | Engine trouble on the first leg did n't manage to stop him coming in a creditable second . |
| 25 | Sometimes the plates were even in a different format from the text , coming in a great atlas volume and making the work a nuisance to shelf . |
| 26 | And the new single , ‘ Certain People I Know ’ / ‘ Jack The Ripper ’ , will prove no exception to the rule , coming in a special promo sleeve which , so the Parlophone press office reckons , ‘ Has artwork similar to that which we used to use on T-Rex singles . ’ |
| 27 | By 1989/90 the Exchequer met only 43.4 per cent , with a further 4 per cent coming from a central grant that reimbursed authorities for part of the rate rebates that they gave to poor households . |
| 28 | It is coming from a third-party source that Data General declines to identify , and is already used in high-end sites . |
| 29 | We inspect the drains via three manhole covers and establish that the oil is coming from a certain area in which there are a number of cam-cutting machines . |
| 30 | Well coming from a rural community |