Example sentences of "[noun pl] come to [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These images came to her from the metal engravings of the conquest of Libya which had appeared in the illustrated journals ; she did not remember the different countries of the Italian empire in question , for all of Africa — Libya , Somalia , Eritrea alike — beat out a rhythm of adventure and spoils and heroism . |
| 2 | Tim and Oliver were on the balcony , their voices coming to her across the warm stillness . |
| 3 | Every sound , every movement , told her what he was doing … the shoes placed neatly side by side , the braces flicked down over his shoulders , the trousers carefully folded and laid across the back of the wicker chair , his footsteps coming to her over the creaking floorboards ; every sound , every movement … he was touching her now , warm , tickling , smooth , his naked body moving up and down against her , his voice in her ear , soft and loving , fingers probing , his mouth on hers ; the gasp of excitement when he entered her , jabbing , hard , growing excited . |
| 4 | You can not rely on the right questions coming to you on the spur of the moment . |
| 5 | Evidence of such allowances comes to us from the time of Augustus Caesar . |
| 6 | It is estimated that as much as 98% of dioxin intake by humans comes to us through the food chain , notably meat , milk , fish and eggs . |
| 7 | I have hinted that the dawn has many times come to me through the leaves of the willow , but it is less the tree itself nowadays that transmits things seen to my mind — than something of which the willow is a visible type . |
| 8 | As you know , these programmes come to you from the University of Sussex , and if you 've listened to any of them in the past , you 'll know that they 're devoted to topics and subjects in which we feel we have some expertise , and which we think would be of special interest to the local community . |
| 9 | I must admit my first reaction was that it was a leg-pull ; there were always joke letters coming to me at the studio . |
| 10 | She and the island have become one ; its hopes come to her in the wind bending the palm fronds on the beach , making the halyards sing against the masts in the bay , in the tree frogs ' piping , the rattle of the fleshy leaves of the saman . |