Example sentences of "come [adv prt] from [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reproaching herself for not having unlocked it when she had come in from the main door , she rose quickly and went to open up . |
| 2 | A lot of flood water had come down from the upper reaches of the Cherwell , and a body placed in the river , say , at Lonsdale Road … |
| 3 | How this name originated I have no idea , but I do know that it has been around for many generations for a jingle about this name has come down from the 19th century and it went : " Old Cribb , Young Cribb and Young Cribbs Son , if it had n't a been for Old Cribb there would n't have been none " . |
| 4 | Either a spark had come down from the old fellow 's hole up there or him with hobnail boots had trod on er black powder and set it off and his hole went out underneath his feet . |
| 5 | Sorry , the ghost has n't come over from the other side of the door , it just keeps moving by itself . |
| 6 | ‘ They seemed convinced a whole lot of people had come up from the big city to show off , to be grandees , which was far from the truth . |
| 7 | An Oxford aid worker who 's just come back from the Croatian capital Zagreb , says the situation there is getting out of hand . |
| 8 | ‘ Dear Loretta , ’ she read , ‘ I 've just come back from an official trip to Italy , and I squeezed in a visit to a peace camp while I was there . |