Example sentences of "[noun sg] came [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Valencia trainer came on to the pitch and was ushered back towards the tunnel by Fernando Giner , a home defender . |
| 2 | It was n't until The Byrds ’ ‘ Untitled ’ double album came out with the liner notes explaining all about the string-bender that I found out what a fool I 'd been … |
| 3 | A professor came down from the university to investigate the project . |
| 4 | The Bomber came down in the middle of morning service . ’ |
| 5 | Speed came on towards the end , but did n't have chance to make much of an impact . |
| 6 | One evening Rosslyn 's horse came up from the paddock as usual for his dinner , but instead of practically knocking her over like he normally did in his enthusiasm to get at the food , he stopped quietly at her side and put his head in her hands , saying non-verbally : ‘ I hurt ! ’ |
| 7 | ’ The car came up to the standard required . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | As each slightly shamefaced figure came up to the table , she peered intently at the face , muttered ‘ Sweet or dry ? ’ and then poured from one of her bottles as if administering Syrup of Figs or Cod Liver Oil to the infant sick . |
| 10 | He had reached the corner of his street and was searching in his pocket for his key , when a dark figure came out of the shadows and crossed the road towards him . |
| 11 | An unexpected bonus came up from the Uncle Ben 's food team whereby , regardless of the convection temperature , lkg of long grain dry rice cooked with 2.5 litres of water in 20 minutes on full power . |
| 12 | There were no windows and only a trickle of light came in through the door behind him . |
| 13 | Again , the light level was subterranean , but there were no curtains so a fair amount of yellow light came in from the streetlamps outside . |
| 14 | The man is believed to have been waiting there as his ex girlfriend came out of the shop with her daughter and two young grandchildren . |
| 15 | Only a sixth of Paris 's milk came in on the Nord network , the biggest importer being Etat . |
| 16 | Changes in pension provision came about with the passing of the Social Security Act 1986 and the Finance ( No. 2 ) Act 1987 . |
| 17 | By the Canal Turn he was second , and he kept up his gallop as the field came back towards the stands , taking up the running with three fences to go . |
| 18 | After half an hour I was still waiting , so I gave him an experimental pull and the hook came back minus the barbel . |
| 19 | A clerk came up to the counter . |
| 20 | The hijacker in the black shirt came out of the Captain 's cabin behind the man in white , but two other men in white came through the door and shot him too . |
| 21 | But then , Bella 's home-help came out of the bungalow and it was no use any more trying to pretend that it was n't happening … . |
| 22 | The spent cartridge came out with the handkerchief and dropped on to the roadside verge . |
| 23 | When the verdict came down over the radio earlier that afternoon , I thought it had to be some kind of misunderstanding — a joke . |
| 24 | ‘ In the end the stipends come from Pretoria , ’ he said , noting that more than half the Transkeian budget came out of the South African coffers . |
| 25 | ‘ The Führer came up with the idea . |
| 26 | A little money came in from The Character of Completeness , and he took Dinah out for supper in an hotel one Sunday , when she was not working . |
| 27 | Mum came back with the chopper and Dad brandished a heavy lump of wood . |
| 28 | Mum came in from the shops and gave us the news that , starting from September , we are to have 2 morning services . |
| 29 | Philip 's Mum came out of the house . |
| 30 | Her moment came at the end of the first course when , without any apparent signal , the parlourmaid came back into the room . |