Example sentences of "[Wh pn] come [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not a well-attended affair — perhaps fifteen people , mainly old women , at the church , few of whom came on to the cemetery . |
| 2 | It was a day of mixed emotions for a player who came up through the ranks at Ayresome Park . |
| 3 | The career of Miller had been that of a classic party functionary rising to PUWP central committee secretary and politburo member , whereas Kwasniewski , who came up through the editorship of party youth wing newspapers to become Minister of Youth and Sports from 1985 , had made his name as a pragmatist and advocate of co-operation with Solidarity in the 1989 round table talks . |
| 4 | Guest of honour was Brigadier Garton who came up for the evening from his base at Catterick Garrison . |
| 5 | It was Alistair Bruce who came up with the idea . |
| 6 | His wife Jackie , 30 , said : ‘ It was the salesman who came up with the price and they have signed a contract . |
| 7 | Those who came up from the Kinlochleven side may climb Am Bodach with the plan to turn east and do Na Gruagaichean , or carry on westwards for Stob Ban . |
| 8 | But it was Woodruffe who came around from the cab . |
| 9 | Then came the era of the Brat Pack , a bunch of young Hollywood actors who came on to the scene thinking they were God 's gift to the cinema — and some of them were . |
| 10 | The newspaper reporters who came on to the scene contributed to the overspill of spite . |
| 11 | His point was that the yobs who came on to the pitch did so from the comfort of a new , multi-million pound stand . |
| 12 | Between them , the Quakers and the Christian Council looked after about twenty per cent of those who came over on the Kindertransporte . |
| 13 | The 24 runners included six from the site Fire Brigade , bravely running in their waterproof overtrousers and braces , and two from CSD 's Brussels staff who came over for the occasion . |
| 14 | And what about Whittingham … he 's a Gloucestershire lad … who came out of the army to start shooting goals for Pompey … he 's already scored two hat-tricks this season … last saturday he killed off Luton Town by scoring three of Portsmouth 's four goals … he 's enjoying his best ever start to a season … he can hit the ball hard … head with power … and finish with skill … |
| 15 | This incensed his wife who came out of the house , shouting abuse . |
| 16 | A Western resident of Timisoara said that the scale of the violence in the town on Sunday was horrifying , while a Yugoslav lorry driver who came out of the region yesterday reported seeing fires . |
| 17 | He spoke passably good French and enjoyed discussing food with the pretty young serving girl who came out to the table by the roadside , which the Major had adopted as his vantage point . |
| 18 | One who came out into the open after having lost his political way somewhat was former premier Bazargan . |
| 19 | For of course the Pacific is still influenced by the Atlantic that once dominated the world : the ties that bound the world together yesterday — personified by the men and women who came out from the West to trade or to peddle religion , to colonize , annex , smuggle or fight — these ties still exist today , though more weakly , with less influence and fewer and fewer people enrolled in the process . |
| 20 | Downstairs in the hall Greg took his coat , and was going to let himself out when he was forestalled by Viola 's son , who came out from the sitting-room , his wife hanging back in the doorway . |
| 21 | The women who came down to the river , no doubt fearful of looks themselves , avoided the barge . |
| 22 | As a result , it received several offers of help , including one from the mystery blonde accountant who came down to the Sanctuary twice . |
| 23 | Are you going to tell me that it was someone who came back on the train from London who gave you the key ? ’ |
| 24 | Every one of those men who went in the forces , who lived to tell the tale , was given their jobs back when they came back , because their jobs were replaced by women during the war , drivers and conductors , they were replaced by women and as the men came back , so the women were paid off , so everybody who came back from the war was given their job back . |
| 25 | Some of the love passages made me cry to the astonishment of John who came in with the coals . |
| 26 | He was superb in Anne of a Thousand Days , Becket , Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf , The Spy Who Came in From The Cold , Where Eagles Dare — they 've been innumerable . |
| 27 | Jimmy Porter , Leamas in The Spy Who Came In From The Cold ; Comic Heroes — Petruchio ; Cartoon Heroes — The Wild Geese ; Fallen Heroes — Edwin Booth . |
| 28 | He certainly ‘ came over ’ with considerable force on several occasions — Virginia Woolf , The Night Of The Iguana , The Spy Who Came In From The Cold , Look Back In Anger . |
| 29 | She knew that some of the men there were shepherds who came in from the country and that all this must be connected with the kidnapping . |
| 30 | Old Black Hannah put in an appearance , and one or two other women from the village who remembered Martha as a child , and who , perhaps , shared her liking for the Old Faith ; but apart from them , it was just Mr Drew ( who galloped through the service as fast as he could ) , Jennifer and the two gravediggers , who came in after the blessing and carried the coffin out underhand , dumping it without much reverence into the mortice they had prepared for it . |