Example sentences of "[noun] came on [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Valencia trainer came on to the pitch and was ushered back towards the tunnel by Fernando Giner , a home defender .
2 Richard came on to the terrace .
3 Speed came on towards the end , but did n't have chance to make much of an impact .
4 If you were in a wine bar with ferns , mellowed out on red wine and having a really sloppy kissy kissy lovey dovey ooghy woogy dinner with your lover and Blueboy came on as the cabaret , you would go berserk and slash open their gizzards with the cake fork .
5 His appetite whetted by this auction , he was a natural target for Sotheby 's when Irises came on to the market .
6 Whole farms and landed estates at the edge of urban areas came on to the market ; suburban land prices therefore were very low .
7 He turned as McKenzie came on to the bridge : ‘ And how are our oil-stained survivors , Chief ? ’
8 He switched on the refrigeration unit , and as it shivered into life the counter lights came on under the glass .
9 Lights came on in the Mootwalk shops as one by one they began to open .
10 Suddenly , all the lights came on in the hospital and they eventually opened a side-door and let her in .
11 People came on to the terrace .
12 There seemed only one answer , for India had seldom boasted fast bowlers of sufficient quality to operate much beyond the first half-dozen shine-removing overs before the spinners came on for the rest of the innings .
13 Kenny Wilson moved up and Henry Edwards came on to the flank and the disruptions partially explained why Boroughmuir were unable to generate forward momentum .
14 When Christine came on to the stage , her face was white and she looked afraid .
15 We were feeling rather disgruntled at how many good films we 'd obviously missed when a man came on to the stage to read the nominations for one of the categories .
16 A FURTHER tranche of fixed-rate mortgages came on to the market this week following last month 's cut in official base rates from 7 to 6 per cent .
17 When Granby House came on to the market early in 1983 , it looked more promising .
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