Example sentences of "[conj] they came [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said , ‘ Remember the peasant dance where they came out in the long , hooped skirts and you ca n't see their feet ? |
| 2 | He thought , privately , that they might be very glad of the horses , because they might find that they came out of the Workshops much faster than they went in , but he did not say this . |
| 3 | It was not till 9.45 that they came out of the dining room after a breakfast of yoghurt , fried eggs , maize rolls and ersatz coffee . |
| 4 | A restoration lab was set up nearby to treat the bronzes immediately they came out of the water to prevent deterioration . |
| 5 | Donal Lunny came down , and Gerry O'Beirne and Mary Custy and Eoin O'Neill , my sister Mary , and Adam Calyton , Mike Scott and Steve Wickham had been over in Spiddal at the time , working with John , so they came over for the crack . |
| 6 | But no , Bill then gave them another chance and another meeting , this time 120 skaters went along , and they came up with the following ramps : 20ft wide 6ft tall spine ramp , with the spine itself being 12 ft wide [ the other 8ft bit being platform ] , and another 12 ft wide mini ramp , plus street stuff like fun boxes etc . |
| 7 | and what they wanted was the easiest ones and they came up with the answer economics Gerald simply , we Ge Gerry and I put our heads together and went bib bib bib bib bib , you know as good parents do and we both presented him with a fait accompli you either take an engineering degree , we do n't care what sort or you go out to work in a bank because economics you will not get a first because you are not reader and t to get a first in economics , which is what you 'll need if you 're gon na make any money out of it |
| 8 | And er Oh and if he If the time of the the er tinkers that they came round , if they came round about the time of the the pig killing they would look for the piece of bacon . |
| 9 | It was not until they came out into the clearing where the lame horse was dismally hobbling amongst the forest grasses that he became aware of what had happened . |
| 10 | The Sunday after they came back from the West Indies , he and Sara and his mother — who was living with them now in a room not much larger than a cupboard , although the view , as Simon constantly said , was staggering — went formally to lunch in their old house . |
| 11 | You were let out four times a day for slop-out , when they came round with the trolley and collected the plates . |
| 12 | When they came round in the valley , they were entertained with every delightful variant of wine , women and song promised in the holy scriptures to those who would go to Paradise . |
| 13 | MEMBERS of Southport Branch 's Service Circle each won 50 Ovations when they came up with the idea to give printed appointment cards to customers . |
| 14 | If the roads were clear when they came out of the meeting they would travel back that night . |
| 15 | It was a relief that he did not try to speak , and when they came out at the landscaped clearing with its wooden bench seat overlooking the water she had readied herself to speak first . |
| 16 | She smoked more than she had done before too lighting a cigarette with real hunger when they came out into the sunlight . |
| 17 | There was n't such a warm welcome though , when they came out onto the pitch a shortwhile ago . |
| 18 | They stood on their ends in the inward sloping shelves for a fortnight or so when they came in during the spring or early summer . |
| 19 | ‘ When they came back from the segregation unit they would thank us for getting the chance to get their heads together . ’ |
| 20 | George MacDonald saw the people from Strathnaver arriving at the sea : ‘ When they came down from the Strath to the sea-shore they suffered very much from want of houses . |
| 21 | Thousands of imported sheep had left their devastating mark and the latest ‘ crop ’ , the deer , finished off any saplings the sheep might have missed when they came down from the high tops in the winter . |
| 22 | As they came up into the May morning he hopped over the ditch and skipped into the long grass as blithe as a squirrel . |
| 23 | As they came up to the warren bank he suddenly caught sight of Fiver . |
| 24 | She said coolly as they came up to the stuffed spaniel , ‘ What do you call him , that very fierce dog ? ’ |
| 25 | As they came up to the gates , Aziz sidled up to the little boy with his mop , an ingratiating smile on his face . |
| 26 | The movement continued to grow and develop and to absorb new media as they came on to the market . |
| 27 | ‘ He does n't totally trust them either , ’ the Director said to Rostov as they came out into the open . |
| 28 | As they came out onto the path a muffled roar sounded from the football pitch . |
| 29 | As they came out of the house Philip saw two girls , quite old . |
| 30 | By the frequency of his visits he came to know most of the artists and was fond of addressing them in a loud voice by their first names as they came out of the studio . |