Example sentences of "[noun] come [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A professor came down from the university to investigate the project . |
| 32 | Richard came on to the terrace . |
| 33 | Grandson Richard came out of the shower-room with a towel around its waist . |
| 34 | ‘ Did you care when you walked out on me the day that you told me about the notes and the wine glass , and then Rebecca came back to the office ? |
| 35 | The ninth bomber came out of a lightening sky at six o'clock exactly , and though she sat there for another hour , it was the last . |
| 36 | The Bomber came down in the middle of morning service . ’ |
| 37 | This may sound harsh , but it seems to me that when we lost our empire our eyes came down from the horizon and looked at our feet . |
| 38 | Several times Paul Guillaume came back to the house to have his portrait painted in a discreet , dark suit , starched collar and tie , jaunty trilby hat , a gloved hand languidly holding a cigarette and thinly parted lips which seem to be saying ‘ I am a man of exquisite taste ’ . |
| 39 | Speed came on towards the end , but did n't have chance to make much of an impact . |
| 40 | Erm , it was called the Marseillaise , erm , because the volunteers from Marseilles came up from the south , and entered Paris and they were singing , erm , this one . |
| 41 | One evening Rosslyn 's horse came up from the paddock as usual for his dinner , but instead of practically knocking her over like he normally did in his enthusiasm to get at the food , he stopped quietly at her side and put his head in her hands , saying non-verbally : ‘ I hurt ! ’ |
| 42 | But I can remember one thing that happened in in that respect was that the superintendent came down to a meeting or he wanted to see us after nationalization . |
| 43 | The lads came up from the gill with buckets of water and stood a-row along the brink . |
| 44 | So as an aircraft came out of the engineering wing I gave it a test . |
| 45 | The aircraft came down during an attempt to land in bad weather . |
| 46 | A moment 's thought told him that this system worked only because two-thirds of the expected total of a Yeo Davis partnership came out at an amount well in excess of his salary , or that of any public servant of his age . |
| 47 | However , the Scots launched a spirited recovery in the second half against a very powerful side made up of former and future Wallaby internationals and , especially after David Sole came on as a replacement prop , they took complete control of the match , running in four excellent tries in an exciting 24–24 draw . |
| 48 | ’ The car came up to the standard required . |
| 49 | David came up with the name Depeche Mode after seeing the french magazine of the same name . ’ |
| 50 | The evening light came through the skylights high overhead , glossing the scurfy backs , the sores , the scabby manes , and a soft echo came back from the walls of the vast , bare concrete building of animal content , feeding . |
| 51 | As each slightly shamefaced figure came up to the table , she peered intently at the face , muttered ‘ Sweet or dry ? ’ and then poured from one of her bottles as if administering Syrup of Figs or Cod Liver Oil to the infant sick . |
| 52 | He had reached the corner of his street and was searching in his pocket for his key , when a dark figure came out of the shadows and crossed the road towards him . |
| 53 | Fortunately , those 600 were the last for those shoes as Nike came round with a pair , but Zarei did seem disappointed at the lack of regular sponsorship . |
| 54 | The words came out on a sneer . |
| 55 | The words came out in a rush and she felt her face flame . |
| 56 | The words came out in a rush . |
| 57 | The words came out in a rush , and with an infuriating blur of tears she thrust her wine glass into Anneliese 's hand , spun on her heel and walked swiftly away . |
| 58 | Caroline could almost see her building up her courage , and then her words came out in a rush . |
| 59 | Gilbert forced himself to become calm , drew a deep breath and then the words came out in a torrent . |
| 60 | His words came out in a stammer . |