Example sentences of "come [adv prt] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ninety-two coins spun consecutively have come down heads ninety-two consecutive times … and for the last three minutes on the wind of a windless day I have heard the sound of drums and flute … |
| 2 | A spectacular vindication of the principle that each individual coin spun individually ( He spins one ) is as likely to come down heads as tails and therefore should cause no surprise each individual time it does . |
| 3 | Bill had come up trumps . |
| 4 | Once again BOND have come up trumps . |
| 5 | DELL HAS COME UP TRUMPS AGAIN , THIS TIME WITH A NOTEBOOK COMPUTER THAT 'S CHOC-A-BLOC WITH USEFUL FEATURES . |
| 6 | You 've come up trumps , Derek . |
| 7 | On reflection Eire Og will probably feel they should have come up trumps , but they were never able to put enough daylight between themselves and their opponents . |
| 8 | She is full of praise for the invaluable public library system which has come up trumps in most of her researches . |
| 9 | Brian Ross and Chris Camden were both on target in the 3-2 win the duo also scored in last year 's victory over the FA and Howard said : ‘ They have come up trumps again , and it is another excellent boost for Marine . ’ |
| 10 | Brian Ross and Chris Camden were both on target in the 3-2 win the duo also scored in last year 's victory over the FA and Howard said : ‘ They have come up trumps again and it is another excellent boost for Marine . ’ |
| 11 | And I 've come back years later and it 's had the same effect on me . ’ |
| 12 | Here they go on youngsters but they 've got to come back stars . |
| 13 | The curtain came down moments later as sub , Steve White ran in the 6th . |
| 14 | They crossed a bridge and came down steps to the water 's edge . |
| 15 | The final breaking point between Khomeini and the Shah came over relations with the United States , In July 1964 the government introduced a bill that allowed American military advisers and their families to be subject to American , no Iranian , courts . |
| 16 | Tariff barriers came off imports . |
| 17 | Movies in the new albums , appropriately enough , are present only as jokes , in ‘ 57 Channels ( And Nothin' On ) ’ or ‘ Real Man ’ : ‘ Sound came up lights went down/Rambo he was blowin' 'em down . ’ |
| 18 | Conrad Allen came up trumps again , finishing fourth in the boys 800 metres in a personal best 2 mins. 22 . |
| 19 | So here we see again that whilst most diets are ineffective in reducing inches and cellulite , my new diet again came up trumps . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ We have struggled all season to find the right guy but Lloyd Davies came up trumps when it really mattered . ’ |
| 21 | And Muse came up trumps , regaining the lead in the final strides to snatch a dramatic head victory over the 2–5 favourite in the Racecall Hurdle . |
| 22 | That I mean if they all came up trumps that 's Nottinghamshire covered basically . |
| 23 | To her surprise and relief he came up trumps , and the next time Stephen checked her progress she was able to report that the furnishings were to standard and on time . |
| 24 | Who 's Who had never been Greg 's favourite reading but rather to his surprise , it came up trumps : Seymour-Strachey , Gerald Harcourt ; Professor of English Literature , University of Grimsby , 1942–74 ; b. 8th June 1904 ; s. of Stephen Seymour-Strachey and Charlotte Butler : educ . |
| 25 | Waterford Area came up trumps last year in a classic encounter with Dublin Ladies but Dublin are poised this year to make their mark . |
| 26 | SCOTTISH striker Graham Harvey promised Linfield a debut goal — and came up trumps with a 36-minute hat-trick in the 5–2 win over Larne that keeps the Blues a point clear at the top of the table . |
| 27 | The advert for grandparents that came up trumps . |
| 28 | A mother of twelve , just had another still-born , stifled by the caul , he came out feet first and upside down facing up , the cord was around his neck , marks of sinfulness , twelve children with how many men ? |
| 29 | By the time the next album , ‘ Trespass ’ , came out things were beginning to gel … |
| 30 | I did a survey on the most popular pop star and those two came out tops in the ‘ best-looking ’ stakes . |