Example sentences of "[Wh pn] come [adv prt] [prep] [art] [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 finally Bob Morrow , one of the older racing correspondents on the Daily Telegraph , who came up with a lead .
6 The garden was planned by professional designer Naila Green who came up with a snakes and ladders theme .
7 It was Alistair Bruce who came up with the idea .
8 His wife Jackie , 30 , said : ‘ It was the salesman who came up with the price and they have signed a contract .
9 John was keen to help in a practical way and it was he who came up with an idea for marking John 's year in captivity .
10 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 .
11 But it was Woodruffe who came around from the cab .
12 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 .
13 The newspaper reporters who came on to the scene contributed to the overspill of spite .
14 His point was that the yobs who came on to the pitch did so from the comfort of a new , multi-million pound stand .
15 And Coppell may have to pair his £100,000 capture from non-League Sutton with another rookie , 18-year-old Grant Watts , who came on as a half-time substitute at QPR last Saturday .
16 Between them , the Quakers and the Christian Council looked after about twenty per cent of those who came over on the Kindertransporte .
17 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 .
18 A new life for the injured rider who came out of a coma .
19 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 …
20 This incensed his wife who came out of the house , shouting abuse .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 One who came out into the open after having lost his political way somewhat was former premier Bazargan .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 The women who came down to the river , no doubt fearful of looks themselves , avoided the barge .
27 As a result , it received several offers of help , including one from the mystery blonde accountant who came down to the Sanctuary twice .
28 Then she told her sister , who came down in a taxi and I was talking to a woman who would not get off the phone .
29 Are you going to tell me that it was someone who came back on the train from London who gave you the key ? ’
30 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 .
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