Example sentences of "[vb past] come [prep] a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pale daylight that entered came from a single tiny window in the front wall , but there were no curtains . |
| 2 | And at the last him happened to come to a fair green way . |
| 3 | As there is no soil at all on this rocky islet vegetation is almost non-existent , but we did come across a few tenacious rock plants growing from the guano in rock crevices . |
| 4 | That last bomb had taken out those houses as if it had come with a great grasping fist and scooped them up and crunched them into rubble as easily as if they 'd been made of matchsticks . |
| 5 | Separation and divorce became inevitable ; it was a ‘ good divorce — non-violent and non-tumultuous … we had come to a real separating of the ways and it was obvious there was only one thing to do and we did it very simply . ’ |
| 6 | In the final , Cowan met up with Mark Schofield ( Lancs ) , the number two seed who himself had come through a tough semi-final meeting with fellow Bisham boy , Philip Fowler . |
| 7 | The most awkward joints were where the glazing bars met the curved members , any-way , after cutting about fifty joints in all , rebates for glass , slots for fielded panels , mouldings on corners and moulded glazing fillets the time had come for a complete dry assembly of the members . |
| 8 | My father was a missionary had come from a dusty little town in South Africa , I 've got many wonderful experiences in my life , I 've had experience of heart transplant . |
| 9 | The glass firm said all the suspect bottles had come from a new lightweight bottle-making process which had now been halted . |
| 10 | Impressive though this result is , the transplanted nucleus had come from an early embryonic stage . |
| 11 | They had come in a good strong box , which Boy had kept . |