Example sentences of "coming [adv prt] [adv] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extraordinary thing was , you could see them coming down on to the leaves as you passed and waving their heads around , sniffing , and when you were underneath they would just drop and go straight down your neck , or on to your ears , hundreds of them . |
| 2 | Er , it 's been coming in gradually over the years , but there 's been an awful lot of , of er , resistance by some manufacturers on what they say on their labels , and what they say about what they 're selling us , and er , if they 're gon na do this , and I 'm getting a , a slight suspicion , and I think Mr is , that , that it 's got to be done eventually , and we , we have to be able , as a buying public , to understand exactly what we 're buying before we actually get it home . |
| 3 | And it makes it easier for the slash-and-burn cultivators to get in rather than sort of coming in gradually round the edges , there are now great swathes cut through tropical rainforest at Amazonia certainly , and the Trans-Scabon railway is about to be put through which again will make it easier for the sort of to come in , and I think that should be bourn in mind . |
| 4 | Dealers at this firm suffered the indignity of getting illegally fined for coming in late in the mornings , even if it was only five minutes after the starting time of 8.30 a. m … |
| 5 | we 're going to finish with motor racing … our Nigel Mansell competition is coming up hard on the heels of yesterday 's Portugese Grand Prix |
| 6 | Once you 've put the lid on you get smoke coming out all around the edges , well , actually , it 's steam you know . |