Example sentences of "[noun pl] came [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newspaper journalists came up with the information that the pachinko barons had been just as liberal with their cash as the Recruit corporation had been with political donations and cheap shares not long before . |
| 2 | Still they waited , as the Scots came on at a canter . |
| 3 | One after another , the big , black waves came out of the darkness — waves ten , twenty metres high ! |
| 4 | ‘ Fans came out of the woodwork for those games . |
| 5 | This may sound harsh , but it seems to me that when we lost our empire our eyes came down from the horizon and looked at our feet . |
| 6 | The lads came up from the gill with buckets of water and stood a-row along the brink . |
| 7 | The words came out on a sneer . |
| 8 | The words came out in a rush and she felt her face flame . |
| 9 | The words came out in a rush . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Caroline could almost see her building up her courage , and then her words came out in a rush . |
| 12 | Gilbert forced himself to become calm , drew a deep breath and then the words came out in a torrent . |
| 13 | His words came out in a stammer . |
| 14 | Then one of the travelling craftsmen came out from the town and lined the cart , trap or wagon we happened to be making : that means he painted the finishing touches , the lines on the wheels and the panels . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Each of these groups came up with a list of proposals which were sent to everyone attending . |
| 18 | After initial experiments with raised beds , ramps and customised tools some lateral thinkers from both groups came up with the idea of a wheelchair with a seat which could be lowered to the plants at ground level . |
| 19 | Many a rainy day would he bring dreariness to an end , as his musical talents came out to the surface . |
| 20 | Clapping their wings the gulls came back from the sea , |
| 21 | Water companies came out of the study well , with the ten privatised companies all on the top 24 profit-makers ' list . |
| 22 | Some Australians came out of the shower room and began arguing with the merry sub-human guard : |
| 23 | ‘ I love Harvey , ’ and little noises came out of the sphere of hair as if a canary was eating a hearty meal of seeds . |
| 24 | His appetite whetted by this auction , he was a natural target for Sotheby 's when Irises came on to the market . |
| 25 | The goal though , was against the run of play and sure enough , Rovers came back at the start of the second half with an equaliser from Kenny Irons . |
| 26 | The keys came back through the post , without even a thank-you note . |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | The visitors came back into the game with two penalty goals by Graves and could have turned ends 9–9 had he been successful with his third penalty goal on half-time . |
| 29 | his feet came down to the knees on it |
| 30 | Burun 's feet came down off the sill . |