Example sentences of "come [adv] [prep] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The oldest Classic has come in for its usual share of criticism in the past few weeks , largely due to the disappointing number of entries . |
| 2 | Since covering the restoration of the Benson Gustav in the July issue , much feedback has come in from our ever-vigilant readers . |
| 3 | One balade , addressed to ‘ Maister Carpenter ’ , has come down in his own hand , with a marginal list showing that the poem , which is a begging letter , could be recycled , and addressed to a new recipient on each occasion . |
| 4 | You think I 'd have screwed up my own life like this if you had n't come along with your cap-twisting routine and your sob story all about how you were losing your little baby girl ? ’ |
| 5 | He had come not from his own No. 2 dressing-room but from the floor above . |
| 6 | AS THE deadline approached for this quarter 's issue of Wood News , there was a certain amount of nervousness at John Wood House , since only a few stories had come through from our new network of Correspondents . |
| 7 | Kalchu 's younger brother had come over from his neighbouring hut and the two men sat spinning , talking and looking after the small children until their wives returned . |
| 8 | His hooked nose and moustache looked like the plastic variety that would have come off with his thick-lensed spectacles . |
| 9 | His words have really come home to me this week . |
| 10 | About five weeks before that I had come home in my first university term , and got undressed for my bath in front of the bathroom mirror . |
| 11 | A NORTH Belfast student has come home from her first attempt at the British Long Distance Swimming Championships with a medal . |
| 12 | She had not travelled for pleasure since she had come home from her long sojourn and she had wiped out of her memory the simple delights of hot sun and cheap wine . |
| 13 | Imagine that you have just come home from your hard day being an Environmental Health Officer , and your neighbour , who happens to be a builder or bookmaker or something , invites you down to the pub , and over a pint he says , ‘ I heard something on the radio about some story . |
| 14 | It struck me he might have come up with something one day that was n't just embarrassing but downright scandalous . |
| 15 | Meanwhile state-owned energy monopolies have come up with their own solution to generating more electricity without angering local environmentalists : moving their power stations to Eastern Europe . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , Stornoway Branch has come up with its own solution : the women have purchased identical matching blouses and cardigans and the men have bought what 's been dubbed as the ‘ Stornoway Corporate shirt ’ . |
| 17 | USL has come up with its own desktop version of Unix for Intel and other architectures , SVR4.2 , and via its partnership with Novell Inc in Univel Inc has recently brought to market the NetWare network-enabled version of SVR4.2 called UnixWare ( UX No 406 ) . |
| 18 | In his darker moments Rincewind had come up with his own explanation as to why even minor spells refused to stay in his head for more than a few seconds . |
| 19 | Then the answer is to combine a fitness routine with something you 're doing already — and that 's why we 've come up with our great series of supermarket trolley exercises ! |
| 20 | so all that writing is actually surrounding your picture is n't it , you 've come up with your sensational picture and then you surround your sensational picture with your writing , I was saying to him with these little sub-headings like trapped , right , cost , holiday , okay which actually keep your reader hooked and make them want to read on . |
| 21 | I had a young fellow come up to me one day — he had eighteen months ' service . |
| 22 | I am told that other people have had similar experiences but are not prepared to enlarge on their stories ; perhaps they had seen a ghost of a long-gone railwayman who had worked in the area years ago and had come back to his earthly place of employment ! |
| 23 | When she had once laughingly asked , ‘ Who supplies the meat , Father , and the clothes that go between the hats and the shoes ? ’ he had come back with his usual answer to her , ‘ You 're too sharp by half ; you 'll cut yourself one of these days . ’ |
| 24 | The callous incident of the heat sink … but then : hands linked in the Tunnel of Terror … the upper-habber had come back for his two companions , for whatever reason … |
| 25 | I explained that this had come out during my long interview with Inspector Drew last night . |
| 26 | So anyway , after fucking weeks and weeks and weeks I had come out to me one day , and Mr came out and he said to me he had a wee bucket and shovels and he says er bring me down to the first floor so I opened to let him out and he gets out and he says to me , now take her half way between the first and second floor and stop her . |
| 27 | Maybe something pretty wonderful had come out of her shattered dreams for one perfect , shining summer after all . |
| 28 | Like so many boys who had come out of their National Service I had changed . |
| 29 | ‘ He appears to have come out of his last race at Haydock very well , ’ Gaselee said , ‘ and I am hopeful that he will run another big race next Saturday . |
| 30 | Overall , the most interesting examples of Stannard 's treatment come out of his own field of physics . |