Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] came [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He laughed back when I told him that I came from a poor barrio in Britain and that we were no longer referred to as people either . |
| 2 | She told the poor people who had taken her in that the girl was illegitimate , and that she came from a bad family with an evil reputation . |
| 3 | Although they came from a different factory , their designer was the same ‘ Mac ’ Marshall , then freelancing , who had designed the other streamliners . |
| 4 | Whatever lies Buddie chose to tell about it , she and Frankie would tell everyone the truth : that it came in a big parcel from across the sea in America . |
| 5 | And an achene is a small , single-seeded fruit that does not open , which you might mistake for a nut unless you know that it came from a single carpel . ) |
| 6 | Every time I visited him he made me polish the dust off the bottle , so it came as a huge relief when we were finally able to open it . |
| 7 | I managed to hold the aircraft straight for a short distance , running on the nosewheel which , luckily , had escaped damage , but as the speed came off the aircraft slewed sharply left and I came to a slithering , steaming halt about 200 metres the other side of the dyke , well off the runway . |
| 8 | Nervously , I moved forward , fumbling round the battlements until I came to a protruding wooden pole . |
| 9 | until I came across a small display above bottles of castor oil , laxa suppositories and a well known laxative was a sign reduced for clearance ! |
| 10 | In my case you get pregnant at every verse end , cos I came of a big family you see , mm . |
| 11 | All went well until she came to a small boy in the second row . |
| 12 | By using the detachment technique during the course of the regression , it is possible for the hypnotherapist to ensure that you do not suffer in any way — if , for example , you are undergoing past-life regression and you came to a painful and untimely end in an earlier life . |
| 13 | A stitch seared her side and she came to a stumbling halt , pressing her palms to the painful place , waiting until the sharp sting had eased a little . |
| 14 | He was skiing like a demon and she came in a poor second . |
| 15 | If you came from a poor family the only way you could get secondary education was by gaining a scholarship . |
| 16 | It was a lesson on how to conduct yourself in huge menacing Dublin traffic if you came from a small place like Knockglen . |
| 17 | We returned to the car and drove on until we came to a small wooden bridge spanning a rivulet of water coming from a waterfall not far up the hillside behind . |
| 18 | We were examining the homework , sorting through the usual kind of difficulty but there was nothing to amiss , until we came to a light green garment . |
| 19 | At one point I was so inordinately shy of girls that I would blush and tremble if one came within a 50-yard radius of me . ’ |
| 20 | He pulled open the door , and they came into a tiny attic , with several large piles of typescript , and several files , neatly set out on the table . |
| 21 | They sailed round the shoreline of the harbour until they came to a small bay with a large waterfall over which cascaded the purest water . |
| 22 | And he went on his way with the youngest brother until they came to a long glade in the forest . |
| 23 | He led them along corridors and walkways until they came to a double set of metal-barred gates . |
| 24 | They stayed in the vent , moving along it until they came to a down tunnel . |
| 25 | Maggie was called to see Mr Parnham during the next morning and it came as a great surprise . |
| 26 | He was sort of evasive and fey and appeared relatively shy and my impression of him at the time was that he had little charisma , no star quality and not a lot of talent , and it came as a big surprise when he became as successful as he was . |
| 27 | I like to feel that if it came to a stand-up fight I would have a good chance of victory and escape . |
| 28 | If it came to a straight choice between a dolphin and Henry ( and in Henry 's view things had already got that serious ) he would go for Henry every time . |
| 29 | If it came to a straight cash contest , Blackburn can leave the rest standing . |
| 30 | I did not know whom I might meet there , and cramped as I as I did not fancy my chances at running away if it came to a straight chase on a hard surface . |