Example sentences of "[noun] came [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The technician 's reply came after a brief moment of hesitation . |
| 2 | But aid came from an unlikely quarter . |
| 3 | Thus Barbarossa came from a noble family , with a background that suited him to his eventual imperial career . |
| 4 | Before it struck home the chapter came to a hasty conclusion . |
| 5 | Consequently , once the northern campaign was resumed , on 20 April , the task of political reorganization came to a temporary halt . |
| 6 | Left : This ornate boudoir couch came from a stately home |
| 7 | Speech data came from a previous ESRC funded project ( Language use in British Black Community ) . |
| 8 | The upkeep of such a house would require a substantial income , she thought to herself ; she remembered that Veronica came from a wealthy family . |
| 9 | This time the interruption came from an unexpected source , as Lesley-Jane Decker leapt to the defence of her idol . |
| 10 | I removed the offending items , and before it had really begun Barny 's training programme came to a permanent halt . |
| 11 | Support for the reform programme came from a loose coalition of liberal and independent deputies which , in the past , had been highly critical of British policy towards Hong Kong . |
| 12 | Many of the speakers came from a local government background , having spent years in social services or as councillors . |
| 13 | Soon after 9 p.m. rally drivers came upon an unexpected road hazard as they steered into the narrow twisting lane — a barricade of wooden benches and almost a dozen seated householders ! |
| 14 | In his own attempt to ‘ map ’ the origins of life onto the individual psyche , Freud came to an unsettling conclusion . |
| 15 | Such is the standard of junior sides in this competition that the game appeared to be no more than a formality for us , so our 4–1 defeat came as a complete surprise . |
| 16 | The Uderzo-Goscinny partnership came to an abrupt end with Goscinny 's death in 1977 . |
| 17 | The car came to an abrupt halt . |
| 18 | The words came on a husky out-breath . |
| 19 | The last words came in a sardonic tone . |
| 20 | His last words came in a soft murmur as he stepped across the path to clasp her arm and swing her round to face him . |
| 21 | The words came in a curt manner . |
| 22 | The hacienda came as a total surprise . |
| 23 | Shampoo came from a communal bottle . |
| 24 | This result came as a complete surprise to me and everyone else , and it was greeted with general disbelief . |
| 25 | The light came from a long mirror surrounded by unshaded bulbs . |
| 26 | Dark because it had once been the attic of the house and its only natural light came from a tiny oblong of glass set in the sloping roof . |
| 27 | WHEN Al Haig 's brief and troubled spell at the State Department came to a sudden end in June 1982 , Ronald Reagan 's inspired choice to replace him was George Shultz . |
| 28 | As a serious force , Greek tragedy came to a sudden end with the death(s) of ( Sophocles and ) Euripides ( 480–406 ) at the end of the fifth century . |
| 29 | Barratt came from an old mining family and indeed , had been captain at Wheal Friendship , on Dartmoor , where his father , for years , had been manager . |
| 30 | Such a shocking change in weather condition came as a rude awakening to people who thought the North-East had escaped the clutches of winter for another year . |