Example sentences of "[subord] they come [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seven or eight people — some prisoners and some guards — did n't want to run away , so they came into the room and waited , too . |
| 2 | Aquitaine and Provence , once they came into the hands of the Franks , were also divided , but with less concern for geography , and the units were subordinated to the kingdoms of the north . |
| 3 | ‘ I think back to people like Allan Clarke , who were annoyed if they came off the pitch without scoring a goal . |
| 4 | Whatever their basis in nefarious dealings , misunderstood intelligence , or dreams , noble things were being attempted , and if they came off the world would have cause to be grateful . |
| 5 | He spoke very shrewdly and at alarming speed , in a low voice that seemed to come from elsewhere ; though his lips might be moving in front of Arthur , the shafts of help would sound as if they came from the wings or the orchestra pit . |
| 6 | S some of them did yes if they came in the springtime and then in the ar in in the harvest time . |
| 7 | It did suggest that the principles of confidentiality should be preserved for a period of fifteen years instead of thirty , but that there should be no new machinery for enforcement since offenders would carry the risk of social and political sanctions , and , of course , if they came within the rubric of any existing legal restraint , such as the Official Secrets Act , they would run the risk of legal proceedings . |
| 8 | If they come into the world hard and cold , they end harder and colder , if they come generous and sweet , they grow ever sweeter and more generous . |
| 9 | and er if they come off the leads you see |
| 10 | Or complaint examiner , but even then the investment in that person if they come at the end of the year go , I I would say , what a waste . |
| 11 | They can seem quite dangerous if they come from the sky and land on someone 's head . |
| 12 | If they come from the Berlin orchestra , they need no references , so other orchestras will take them ; though we know that one day they will return to this orchestra . |
| 13 | How will your mercenaries know we are friendly , if they come from the east ? ’ |
| 14 | If they come in the middle of the night , you ai n't even gon na be awake . ’ |
| 15 | They 're going alright until they come to The Chair . |
| 16 | The king 's son mounted his horse again , and they rode on for seven days , until they came to the islands of the Black Sea , where there is such darkness that a spoon might stand up in it . |
| 17 | They chatted on until they came to the Bramley Arms . |
| 18 | They walked along the canal until they came to the footbridge . |
| 19 | So they flew across the sky until they came to the doors of the world where two bearded wolves mount guard . |
| 20 | They drove slowly back down the mountain road until they came to the track that led up to the Zimmermann farmhouse . |
| 21 | Coleridge 's outstanding abilities remained quite unsuspected at Christ 's Hospital until they came to the attention of the Upper Grammar School master , the Revd James Boyer , a man whose great gifts as a teacher were only exceeded by his sadistically violent temper . |
| 22 | He was concerned that residents missed out on last year 's winter warming cash because they came under the Whitby weather station where temperatures are warmer than in Boosbeck , Lingdale , Stanghow and Moorsholm villages . |
| 23 | Great care will be taken to ensure that private study candidates will not be penalised because they come to the examinations in 1993/94 without advance warning of the changed expectation . ’ |
| 24 | Be on the look-out when ordinary people are despised because they do n't speak the way you do , or because they come from the council estate . |
| 25 | It was the highest stand for Yorkshire at Acklam Park since they came to the ground in 1956 , beating the 188 for the fifth wicket by current coach Doug Padgett and Vic Wilson against Sussex in 1960 . |
| 26 | Each pie chart shows the proportion of axes found in three areas , classified as to whether they came from the south Downs , Wessex , East Anglia or other mines ( after Craddock et al , 1983 ) . |
| 27 | She was not gracious to those whose arguments she rejected , whether they came from the opposition or her own party , as Aneurin Bevan [ q.v. ] and Michael Foot were both , at different times , to discover . |
| 28 | Whether they come for the day , weekend or week they leave whatever troubles they have at home and come to lie , look and be looked at . |
| 29 | Ministers of course always determine for themselves whether they answer by means of a written question or whether they come to the despatch box and make a statement . |
| 30 | ‘ I oppose the amendments and I will vote against them irrespective of whether they come from the Government or from the honourable members whose names appear on the amendment paper , although a glance at these names makes my blood run cold ... |