Example sentences of "[noun pl] came [adv prt] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 his feet came down to the knees on it
2 The mine captains came up from the ranks , having been tributers and tutworkers themselves .
3 These primates came down from the trees and gradually learned to walk upright .
4 As the smoke cleared and the dust settled , two fighter planes came in over the fields and circled the remains of the barn .
5 A few lights came on in the villages .
6 Problems came up with the musicians .
7 Suragai came up through the trees .
8 WC apps : 8 Runners-up : 1958 After flirting with failure , the Swedes came through to the finals with a point to spare after a 2-0 victory in Poland in their last qualifying game .
9 The girls were less politically conscious than the boys , although the staff would notice a more defensive attitude when the pupils came back from the townships after the holidays .
10 Bats developed " send/receive " switching technology long long ago , probably millions of years before our ancestors came down from the trees .
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