Example sentences of "[pron] come [prep] [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | . Orienting myself through a large cast of characters , several long flashbacks , and a variety of thrilling events in New York and Jamaica , I came across occasional reminders of the novel … |
| 2 | It was in this cave that I came across another example of Yorkshire wit : revealed in the light of a torch was a daubed inscription on the wall of the cave , ‘ J. CAESAR B.C. 44 ’ . |
| 3 | Thus it was with pleasure that I came across this series of ‘ cartoon stories for adults of any age ’ , created by French scientist Jean-Pierre Petit . |
| 4 | but erm then became , we got round to the erm question of getting the children into similar schools to the ones that they 'd been in and erm I came into this , in fact I came into all sorts of things erm well by accident then I suppose anyway not for any other reason but erm Mr erm who was the Secretary for Education , he had a Personal Assistant a chap named erm erm he was a very likeable chap erm and er a rather ec bit of an eccentric really because erm he 'd been erm , he 'd trained as a doctor and erm he 'd left the course before completing it . |
| 5 | Going down several inches I came upon some links of chain . |
| 6 | You have to remember that some of them came from remote parts of Scotland , and the stores catered for them . |
| 7 | The agreement , which came after five hours of talks , established ceilings for NATO and the Warsaw Pact countries which restricted each side to 20,000 tanks , 20,000 artillery pieces and 30,000 fighting vehicles . |
| 8 | C. All these factories were using wool , most of which came from other parts of Britain . |
| 9 | While a splendid Gris , the 1912 gouache-pastel-charcoal ‘ Nature morte avec bouteille et cigares ’ ( est. $300,000–400,000 ) inexplicably sold under-estimate for $280,000 ( £155,600 ) the work 's severity may not have endeared it to many people the biggest surprise was the prices paid for the Legers , which came from all points of the artist 's career . |
| 10 | They include inspectorates , audit bodies , scientific research bodies and management consultants , all of which come from different traditions of evaluation . |
| 11 | If you ca n't afford a copy of Norton Utilities , try using the similar ( though less sophisticated ) utility called Tree which comes with all versions of DOS . |
| 12 | But when she came to one edge of the paving slabs … she tripped and fell ; and it was common ground that there was a difference in height between the concrete and the paving slab of an inch and a half … |
| 13 | Bypassing the entrance to the huge living-room , which looked dim and shadowy in the faint glow from the circular night-lights sunk into the wooden-slat ceiling , she followed the passageway until she came to another flight of steps , which obviously led down to the lowest level of the house . |
| 14 | Wood 's match was of far higher quality , and although the Briton lost 3-6 , 7-6 , 6-3 to Amy Frazier she came within three points of defeating an opponent ranked 33 in the world . |
| 15 | If you come to this part of Canada , ’ they said , ‘ then you speak English . ’ |
| 16 | If you have a hundred people , as you say , well you can do all sorts of things ; you can take a vote , or you can argue it out , until you come to some kind of consensus . |
| 17 | I need to be able to read outputs of a maximum of 100A ( this may seem high but in my work you come across this sort of output ) . |
| 18 | As you come within two months of the examination period you should try to answer a complete past examination paper under your simulated conditions , which , by now , should be so familiar that all trace of tenseness and nervousness will have vanished . |
| 19 | It 's called the Hotel Leisure and Conference Centre , it 's actually based at Chorley or Charley if you come from that neck of the woods and er everybody that goes will be able to use the lagoon swimming pool er or challenge someone to a game of squash on one of our six courts . |
| 20 | Wycliffe said : ‘ You come from this part of the world , do n't you ? ’ |
| 21 | I soon discovered that a lot of the local children stuck together and that outsiders were n't made very welcome — even if you come from another part of Cornwall it takes a long time to be accepted . |
| 22 | Pointing to gaps in our knowledge , which itself comes from adequate understanding of sociological theory , is one of the most important parts of social research and brings out clearly the importance of the research worker having a good background of theory . |
| 23 | We came across many cases of schools using minimal resourcing to maximum effect ; and of schools with a substantial PNP staff enhancement manifestly failing to take advantage of what that enhancement could offer . |
| 24 | However , we came across many examples of teachers who had failed to tackle the imperative of genuinely shared planning ostensibly working alongside each other in pursuit of shared goals . |
| 25 | As PNP progressed , we came across many examples of collaborations which were clearly working well and which had liberated staff to work in new ways , to increase their understanding and skill , and to attend more closely to the needs of particular groups and individuals . |
| 26 | I hope that , when we come to that part of the Bill in Committee , the Minister will assure us that the association has been consulted and its fears allayed . |
| 27 | We come across isolated pieces of information and set out to link them up . |
| 28 | At the end of the day Child and I were cursing our luck and Douglas Hamilton was waxing lyrical about the placidity of the beasts , who had allowed him to come within six yards of them . |
| 29 | These Sephardic Jews did not take kindly to newcomers , especially to European or Ashkenazi Jews , unless they came with large sums of money . |
| 30 | Simmo , who has become a favourite of pupils of Hurworth Primary School , near Darlington , described the slow build up to the conflict and the dangers they encountered as they came within four miles of the Kuwaiti coast . |