Example sentences of "[noun pl] come [adv prt] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still they waited , as the Scots came on at a canter . |
| 2 | The words came out on a sneer . |
| 3 | The words came out in a rush and she felt her face flame . |
| 4 | The words came out in a rush . |
| 5 | The words came out in a rush , and with an infuriating blur of tears she thrust her wine glass into Anneliese 's hand , spun on her heel and walked swiftly away . |
| 6 | Caroline could almost see her building up her courage , and then her words came out in a rush . |
| 7 | Gilbert forced himself to become calm , drew a deep breath and then the words came out in a torrent . |
| 8 | His words came out in a stammer . |
| 9 | The fierce note in Rose Hilaire 's voice got through to Dagmar Blond , who stopped talking at once , but the last phrase on her lips came out like a ghost : ‘ seeing yourself kill — ’ The last word of all disappeared . |
| 10 | He recalls that US researchers came up with a list of programmes of which they approved , including The Waltons , and those of which they disapproved , including the old Batman series , with its camp humour and captions saying ‘ Pow ’ when he punched the baddie . |
| 11 | Each of these groups came up with a list of proposals which were sent to everyone attending . |
| 12 | But the attitude of women content to stay in their middle-level comfort zones came in for a lot too — not only from a male chief executive who had seen one of his recruits retreat from the fast track , but from senior female executives as well who felt women ‘ should take their share of responsibility for low applications for senior jobs . ’ |
| 13 | And erm y every time the cleaners came round on a Tuesday it 's not ev er everything had to be on the bed , including chairs er everything , you know , you had to have your desk |
| 14 | They 've seen language labs , which are great , more or less mould away for lack of resources to keep them in working order , and they see micros coming in at a time when everything else is being cut . |
| 15 | There are a lot of enthusiasts coming up with a lot of good ideas but the information never gets out . |
| 16 | Less than an hour later they were back in number twenty-six , and she was so tired that she was past worrying about having to sleep in the same room but , confronted by the reality of the limited space , two small beds and a very large , powerful man , her nervous fears came back like a river in full spate . |
| 17 | Under the cover of the two senior Hepwoods enthusiastically congratulating their nephew and Guthrie Hepwood taking Travis with him to his wine cellar to sort through some champagne , Leith 's hate vibes came out with a vengeance . |
| 18 | Unless the horse is very sick or the swelling is severely affecting eating or breathing , it is sometimes better to delay antibiotics until the abscesses come up to a head and burst . |
| 19 | If we saw two blokes coming out of a pub rolling drunk we might wait to see what develops before acting . |
| 20 | It may involve additional cost if you 're going to have the er chefs coming in for a Saturday . |
| 21 | It was boring in the passage but also , it proved , necessary , as one or two passengers came back for a look at the corpse . |
| 22 | Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home . |
| 23 | How far such seismic social pressures come through to a child may be impossible to judge . |
| 24 | The immunity of Swiss companies to unfriendly or foreign takeovers came in for a pounding in 1988 after Nestlé took over Rowntree , a British confectioner , causing noisy British complaints about the lack of reciprocal opportunities . |
| 25 | Friends came in for a drink and a snack and kept on coming and going for the rest of the day , which was useful as well as friendly because they brought their appetites with them , and most of the refreshments were disposed of . |
| 26 | The Chief Officer said quite clearly last er last time that the decisions were decisions for members and members came up with a view last time that we should not remove that whole time crew from St Albans which was the one firm decision that was made at the last meeting and what Councillor is now suggesting that we should take out those twenty eight whole time fire fighters and then try and give us ten back if we 're lucky . |
| 27 | I was interested in you talking there about you know , that one , that particular case whereby one bloke was threatened with dismissal and very rapidly the way you describe it , the men came back with a threat of strike action . |
| 28 | One of the men came back with a woman . |
| 29 | The men operating the windlass for the portcullis cheered Burun as he rode past and , as soon as they gave tongue , more men came out of a gate-house and joined in . |
| 30 | For many fans their only chance of getting a coveted Wembley ticket was to collect all three vouchers and hope their numbers came out in a draw . |