Example sentences of "[noun sg] come [adv prt] from the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evening light came through the skylights high overhead , glossing the scurfy backs , the sores , the scabby manes , and a soft echo came back from the walls of the vast , bare concrete building of animal content , feeding . |
| 2 | Again , the light level was subterranean , but there were no curtains so a fair amount of yellow light came in from the streetlamps outside . |
| 3 | Every brook coming down from the heights was swollen into a torrent , every valley river gulped these tributaries into its heart , and burst out over the narrow meadows into languid shallows , while in the centre it rushed ahead with treacherous force . |
| 4 | He rang off , and it was only minutes before they heard the chug of the engine of his jeep coming down from the hills in the still of the morning . |
| 5 | Mum came in from the shops and gave us the news that , starting from September , we are to have 2 morning services . |
| 6 | Some of the older blokes , they come out , and they started fighting as well ! ( laughter ) One bloke come down from the flats with just a pair of trousers and a vest on and he started having a go ! |
| 7 | As soon as the gentleman came round from the stables on his horse , the lad pelted down town and across the building sites to alert the men . |
| 8 | That jarring manifestation of furious technology seemed as remote and ridiculous as a dream , as silence settled down on Kielderhead and the hawk 's whistle came down from the moors . |
| 9 | A rising sound between a crow and a cheer came up from the men . |
| 10 | As word came back from the matches in front it looked as if only Dr. Stephen Bonnard and Buck Finnegan were in serious contention . |
| 11 | That day , as we waited for the doctor to come back from the mountains , was one of deep anxiety for the whole family . |
| 12 | There was Lindsay like this little tremulous Pierrot ( because Lindsay was very little at the time — much thinner ) in these little white tights , and the coat which was like a little 18th century golden coat came down from the flies , if we were lucky enough to have any up there . |