Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] came [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After entering I found it came from a little sister of those drowned Children , that was singing to a bundle of clouts , rudely put together to look like a Doll , which she held in her arms . |
| 2 | He says it came as a great shock , although when she was a drug addict they had wondered how she managed to pay for heroin . |
| 3 | It was er you know they came with a big traction engine and the thrashing mill and then they they got up early in the morning and there was the man that looked after the thrashing mill and fork from the carts onto the onto the mill . |
| 4 | It is an area I do not know and the reason for choosing it came from a close friend who has put up with the knowledge of my obsession for many years now and still remains the closest of friends . |
| 5 | I was about to return fire but saw it came from a Croatian position . ’ |
| 6 | She sucked again from the tea-bulb , feeling its plastic smoothness dent as it emptied , knowing it came from a floating colony like she did but not knowing why it should be used on a steady-gravity planet like Mars . |
| 7 | I mean he came for a flying visit and he went back did n't he ? he came for a flying visit and went back |
| 8 | ‘ They were afraid to put their heads out and when they did they came in a whole convoy , shooting at women and children . ’ |
| 9 | Banging the table , he shouted ‘ order ’ , and continuing in English — to the amazement of members — he said he came from a noble family in Normandy and in Normandy , they were used to doing things in an orderly way . |