Example sentences of "[coord] come [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | We collected the evidence , calculated the Twit Factor ( see below ) and came up with the answers … |
| 32 | Emily and I put our heads together after office hours and came up with the answers we needed . |
| 33 | In 1972 5,000 researchers in two huge operations took a census and came up with the figure of 1,872 tigers for the whole of India . |
| 34 | An added embarrassment was a report ( also leaked ) by the chief inspector for nuclear safety who warned against complacency and came up with an estimate that there was a ‘ several per cent ’ chance of a serious accident in the next twenty years . |
| 35 | They boy ignored him , though , and came up to the wood . |
| 36 | They passed below them , into the narrower part of the field between the two copses , and it was not until Acorn had been sent half-way down the slope to attract their attention that they turned and came up to the ditch . |
| 37 | The grass was lush green and came up to the st'lyan 's hocks . |
| 38 | [ The recommendations were not well received , and came up against a shortage of appropriately qualified teachers and the determination on the part of the grammar and public schools to defend the Crowther notion of sixth form study in depth . ] |
| 39 | Hope retraced his steps and came up alongside a Mr Crump whose mind had been cleared and relaxed by the stimulating freedom given to his prejudices : his expression was no longer that of the tentative , diffident social and artistic explorer : he was a hard man in his office dealing with a captain whose cargo did not comply with his list of instructions . |
| 40 | Tallis moved quietly round the house and came up behind the hunter ; she sat on the rush matting and hugged her knees , listening to what was being said . |
| 41 | Mavis laid her knitting aside and came over to the bed , where , to my redoubled annoyance , she sat down and took my hands . |
| 42 | As soon as we arrived , the bass player , Paul ‘ Bassman ’ Riley , took one look at us and came over with a proposition . |
| 43 | The sergeant noticed her movement , and came over with a canteen of water , which he offered wordlessly , but with a kind look . |
| 44 | Then he could jolly well get on with things — and came out into the passage . |
| 45 | The bottom of it was very wide and came out into the moat . |
| 46 | He went into the college hall , and registered himself for matriculation among a rowdy assembly of students younger than himself ; and came out into the street to find that it had started to rain . |
| 47 | The men finished the house and came out into the street . |
| 48 | I was browsing through a carp baits catalogue and came out of the experience dazed and amazed . |
| 49 | Benjamin drew back the bolt and came out of the stable . |
| 50 | His T-shirt was too small for him and came out of the waist of his pants . |
| 51 | Rachaela made her coffee and came out of the kitchen . |
| 52 | I went back to the dining-room window , and as I looked in again , Stapleton left the room and came out of the house . |
| 53 | By the time she had finished , she had worked off her aggression and came out of the mikva totally relaxed . |
| 54 | After a few minutes , Greta Ross put down the phone and came out of the room . |
| 55 | Upper Gumtree , carrying orange and black , started dead centre of the eleven runners and came out of the stalls heading a formation like an arrow . |
| 56 | At once regretting that she had let herself become riled , she delved into her bag and came out with a bar of soap . |
| 57 | ’ Franks opened a drawer of his desk and came out with a polythene bag . |
| 58 | Mucking about on the moor like kids will , one of 'em went into the shed and came out with a bundle , all nicely tied up . |
| 59 | The father dashed round his vehicle and came out with a camera . |
| 60 | Sidney reached in his pocket and came out with a tobacco pouch . |