Example sentences of "[noun sg] came [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A chill wind came through the open doors to the balcony . |
| 2 | The biggest Nazi vote came from the rural districts , and the lowest came from urban areas , where the SPD , KPD and DNVP were still firmly based . |
| 3 | Light came through the stained-glass skylights , which were predominantly green and blue , and through a wall of windows of clear glass that held the faintest hint of turquoise . |
| 4 | Apart from the lamps that gave a yellow glow to the leaves , the only light came from the big windows of the Communist club which was packed on both floors , its discotheque going full swing . |
| 5 | All the doors off it had been closed , and the only light came from the open archways at its beginning and end . |
| 6 | Particularly noteworthy support came from the Joint Services Philatelic Consortium which has now raised £100,000 for the Appeal through the sale of philatelic covers . |
| 7 | Some of Cade 's allies in the city were men of position , although the bulk of his support came from the poorer classes ( 128 , pp.111 , 115 ) . |
| 8 | ‘ A runner came from the front trenches , down the communicating trench . |
| 9 | He was tumultuously cheered in the House of Commons that afternoon , although a good part of the enthusiasm came from the Labour benches . |
| 10 | The breakthrough came as the United Nations commander in Bosnia , Gen Philippe Morillon , of France , said he had secured a pledge of help from Serbia 's president , Slobodan Milosevic . |
| 11 | The great cultural influence came from the monastic settlements , where the Cistercian Order was most active . |
| 12 | I do not know if Alex used it to court his Mary — he must have used something — ‘ The joke was unconscious but crowing laughter came from the young men beside the whisky jar . |
| 13 | When we got out of the car , we found the only sound came from the chirping crickets . |
| 14 | 10.7 The most exhilarating race came in the 15 years class as the Robinson twins of Coleraine battled out a nailbiting finish with Louise just pipping Emma by 0.05 seconds . |
| 15 | The woman came down the remaining stairs and stood before Lee , so close that he could smell the perfume — expensive and subtle — off her . |
| 16 | The mauling came in the closing stages of the libel case brought by PLO chief 's daughter Mona Bauwens against The People . |
| 17 | Much of the concern came from the black communities : in 1971 Bernard Coard , a black teacher , published an influential document entitled How the West Indian Child is made Educationally Sub-Normal in the British School , while Afro-Caribbean parents and local teachers in Redbridge , frustrated by the relative lack of research and support , conducted their own investigation and in 1978 published disturbing evidence on the school performance of black children . |
| 18 | And the storm went on and on and on ; when finally relief came to the exhausted crews , it seemed the only recourse was to turn tail and head for home . |
| 19 | The commonplace accusations of medieval anti- feminism came to the Middle Ages as an ecclesiastical tradition . |
| 20 | A £7million rise in trading profit came from the financial services division and from investment income , both lumped together in the accounts . |
| 21 | A £7million rise in trading profit came from the financial services division and from investment income , both lumped together in the accounts . |
| 22 | The other motivation for European Union came from the newly-freed countries of Central Europe themselves , who favoured it in the knowledge that only a strong Community , closely knit in a European Union , would have the resources and united will to assist them towards eventual EC membership . |
| 23 | A loud imperious knocking came on the tongued boards of the ceiling in the middle of the rowdy relief . |
| 24 | Part of the difficulty with the image came from the noisy fears of the critics , especially those who insisted that comprehensive schools would , if they were to be as good as grammar schools , have to be huge . |
| 25 | The Seacroft youngster 's first win came in the English Women 's Championship at Burnham and Berrow where she competed flawlessly all week prior to defeating Simone Morgan in the final . |
| 26 | This reassurance came from the epic poems ( the pesme ) which celebrated the heroes of the struggle against the Turks after the tragedy of Kosovo . |
| 27 | One was the absence of faction round an heir to the throne old enough to provide a focal point for political opposition , The only exception came in the last years of James III ; in 1488 , in the second and final crisis of his reign , his opponents could use his fifteen-year-old son , the future James IV , as their figurehead . |
| 28 | His opportunity to counter the French threat came in the Low Countries , an area which had witnessed English intervention against France almost half a century earlier . |
| 29 | It was impossible not to feel that she had been badly treated , but the bad treatment came from the intransigent doctors and not from a Prime Minister who , as she must have known , was immensely supportive and would not willingly have been associated with any slight on her . |
| 30 | I remember well , during the air-raids of the forties when I was in London and we waited as darkness came for the first sirens and the deep breath to get one 's courage up , that we felt we were part of the will of the capital of England . |