Example sentences of "[noun prp] came [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Georgina came back with a grey rag , sat down and watched her brother poke his fingers in the cat 's ears .
2 Edward came in at the french window and stared blankly at his younger sister .
3 She was hanging up the jacket of her plum-coloured suit when Rebecca came in through the outer door .
4 Mr Blakey came out of a distant glass-house , beyond lawns and flower-beds .
5 Bordon came out for the second half in determined mood and soon Wilson made up for a number of misses by flicking in the third goal .
6 Woolley came back with a wooden model of a biplane .
7 England defenders Rob Jones and Mark Wright came on in a wholesale reshuffle of resources , but any danger that United would feed off the disruption was dismissed by McManaman 's leggy skills .
8 A few weeks later Patrick Ashby came back from the dead and went home to inherit the family house and fortune .
9 Greg Chappell came out of a bad patch when he realised he was playing innings in his head before they happened .
10 Rocky came on in the 60th minute but could not affect the game .
11 At very much the same hour Edmund Mortimer came out of the deep sleep that follows fever , and opened his eyes reluctantly , remembering instantly and ruefully a day and a night of indignity and discomfort before he had lost all sense of place , time and direction , and finally of his own identity .
12 But Anna did not talk to him , because Sarah came in at the same time .
13 ‘ Adam Reed came on for the last half hour and did well for a 16-year-old . ’
14 Kiku came out of the inner chamber .
15 Nino came through to the third jump off but only one , Germany 's Frank Sloothaak , on the high jump specialist Optiebeurs Golo , could go clear again .
16 But then Sunderland came up with a new offer and Liverpool launched a fresh diplomatic offensive .
17 TRAVEL agent Jacqui Ferguson came up with the right solution to land herself a dream trip round the world .
18 Zurachina came out of the largest yurt .
19 Fearing a tragedy of epic proportions — her mind leapt at once to Penini and then to Miss Arabel — she knocked on the open door and Mr Browning came through from the other room , so haggard and drawn in contrast to his morning self that once more she was convinced something dreadful had happened .
20 Mr Hay left out the experienced campaigners Karen Brown , Vickey Dixon and Jane Sixsmith from the starting line-up , though Sixsmith came on as a late substitute for Joanne Menown .
21 Sterland came on for the last half-hour of this week 's 3-0 reserve team win over Manchester City at Maine Road , and yesterday declared : ‘ It went brilliantly .
22 According to one Birmingham newspaper , Reeve came up with a novel way of ensuring he was not forgotten , appearing in a city restaurant wearing his blue England shirt , name across his shoulder-blades .
23 either committed suicide he took a throw himself off beside the boat hoping he 'd never be found or he erm was murdered cos you know , people do n't like him oh Reg came up with a good one , he said we possibly he wanted to disappear you see
24 When Alice Hyde came out of the Broadward Lodge Elderly Peoples home in Leominster today , there was a surprise waiting .
25 Shane Warne , whose solitary wicket of the series had cost him 228 runs , was rested , while Tom Moody came in for the out-of-form Mark Waugh .
26 For the first time Gould came up against the devastating effects of unlimited commercial exploitation .
27 ‘ Yesterday morning , Doctor Livesey came down with a white flag .
28 Farrar came back with a small boxful of heroin .
29 Like Denny , Eamon McAuley came in from the cold last night for a good win ( pts 6 ) over Manchester visitor Russell Davidson .
30 Woodward came out as the two men turned and walked away in step .
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