Example sentences of "[noun] come [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 They were afraid of their shite to come out of the towns .
2 The door opened , and Georgina came out with the police .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 Again , the light level was subterranean , but there were no curtains so a fair amount of yellow light came in from the streetlamps outside .
6 Donna came out into the arrivals concourse at Heathrow wearing Day-Glo cycling shorts , a shiny purple baseball cap and a big T-shirt emblazoned with the words KEYCUTTERS DO IT WHILE YOU WAIT .
7 Many of today 's athletic superstars , such as Linford Christie , Colin Jackson , Roger Black , Sally Gunnell and Liz McColgan came up through the ranks of schools athletics .
8 Every brook coming down from the heights was swollen into a torrent , every valley river gulped these tributaries into its heart , and burst out over the narrow meadows into languid shallows , while in the centre it rushed ahead with treacherous force .
9 He rang off , and it was only minutes before they heard the chug of the engine of his jeep coming down from the hills in the still of the morning .
10 I inspected the room in the faint light coming in around the shutters .
11 By the Canal Turn he was second , and he kept up his gallop as the field came back towards the stands , taking up the running with three fences to go .
12 Mum came in from the shops and gave us the news that , starting from September , we are to have 2 morning services .
13 Pooley came in with the drinks .
14 his feet came down to the knees on it
15 A little boy came out of the woods opposite and began skiing down the slope towards the road .
16 That night El-ahrairah came out of the marshes of Kelfazin and went secretly up to the great ditch .
17 The mine captains came up from the ranks , having been tributers and tutworkers themselves .
18 It was still warm during the day , and the sun came in over the trees of the forest outside the camp .
19 The winter sun came out over the signals aerials on the top of the regimental headquarters and I warmed my neck , rubbing it against the collar of my knitted undershirt .
20 I tried to stop him , but it were Mr Benedict coming down through the kitchens in such a bang and shouting for his groom that started it . ’
21 In spite of the worry at the back of her mind , she sat down beside her patient and said gently , ‘ As I sat having my breakfast to the sound of church bells , with the sun coming up behind the hills , I think I felt the sort of affinity you must have with Samana .
22 Theda came to herself to find that she lay in a large four-poster bed , with the curtains drawn back , and the weak autumn sun coming in at the windows .
23 Some of the older blokes , they come out , and they started fighting as well ! ( laughter ) One bloke come down from the flats with just a pair of trousers and a vest on and he started having a go !
24 This proved to be one of the sources of its downfall : there came a point when failure to come up with the goods , rationalised by ‘ the need for more research ’ , began to sound a little hollow and begged the asking of more fundamental questions .
25 You know people who 's coming in from o the outside to come on to the flats , they 're the people at risk .
26 Thousands of ethnic Serbs came on to the streets in their support .
27 These primates came down from the trees and gradually learned to walk upright .
28 As the smoke cleared and the dust settled , two fighter planes came in over the fields and circled the remains of the barn .
29 A single-glazed window has a ‘ cold zone ’ around it where you 'll get convection draughts ( as well as the draughts coming in through the gaps ) .
30 Moran said : ‘ Director Jack Walker 's money has enabled the manager to put down a good foundation and if we can get Roy coming in alongside the likes of Alan Shearer , the club will really be going places . ’
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