Example sentences of "the [noun sg] come [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kitchen comes out a bit at the back . |
| 2 | The stewardess came down the aisle , a big-breasted young woman exuding a strong odour of perspiration . |
| 3 | ‘ The roof came off a woman 's house , and we all helped to save what we could . |
| 4 | So when you take your trolley back and clip it back up the pound comes out the front again . |
| 5 | When the sun came out a rainbow formed and the air was so clear that each pine tree on the distant mountains , where usually the forest is a shadowy blur , stood out separate and distinct . |
| 6 | They then see how far the water comes up the dolls ' legs . |
| 7 | The roar of the water coming down the gully drummed at my ears as I inched the Toyota into the bend . |
| 8 | It was virtually a hundred-and-eighty-degree turn and very sharp , the culvert blocked with stone and the remains of a small tree , so that the full volume of the water coming down the gully was swirling across the track to disappear over the edge , thundering down into the main gorge of the Jequetepeque . |
| 9 | They still had some close escapes , the most important of which came after 49 minutes when midfielder Michael Thomas beat the keeper with his cross-shot only to see the ball come off the foot of a defender on the line . |
| 10 | it 's , it 's the shock comes up the legs , if it does n't break the ankles or feet or these it can break the bottom of the bone , a piece here , or it can travel up and break the base of the skull . |
| 11 | As the dusk came down the bats came out and the song of birds ceased one by one until only a lone blackbird spoke occasionally from the shadows . |
| 12 | And er , and he thought he was all hard , right and he was walking , I know he 's a dog but he , he , he knows , you know what I mean , and he walked past the shop and the dog come out the shop you should 've seen my wisht up in my arms Could n't stop laughing . |
| 13 | In the Kensington exchange a group of Telecom engineers and police officers stared at the monitors and listened to the rage coming down the line ; at Cork Street , beneath the pavements of smart Mayfair , four men from MI5 were rooted in their chairs , motionless as the anger poured out of the speaker into the room and the tape-deck wound silently round and round . |
| 14 | Standing under the vaulted fan roof of that incredible building , listening to the pure soprano of the leading choir boy singing , ‘ Once in Royal David 's city ’ as the choir came up the aisle , it was difficult to restrain our tears . |
| 15 | Donna looked up and saw the steward coming up the aisle . |
| 16 | Bars of sunlight broke through the slatted windows and swept back and forth across the floor , and the smell of the sea came up the carriage bearing memories of childhood outings . |
| 17 | He stretched out his hand and tried to pick it up , and the plank came up an inch with it . |
| 18 | ‘ The omnibus coming down the rue du Bac , ’ replied the young man . |