Example sentences of "and came [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was the sound of crunching metal as it hit one of the trees a glancing blow and came to a rocking halt . |
| 2 | She dug in her heels and came to a grinding halt . |
| 3 | I nodded , told Emil I 'd be back , and followed Zak down the Great Hall and round a comer or two and came to a buzzing gathering of people in an area like an airport departure lounge . |
| 4 | But at that moment their creaking conveyance gave a sudden fearsome jerk and came to a dead stop . |
| 5 | And came to a dead stop . |
| 6 | The taxi swerved out of the Champs Elysées , down the Avenue George-V and came to a sudden halt on the corner . |
| 7 | A few of the rearmost fled down the river valley towards Whitton , and made good their escape , but most stood their ground as soon as the hurtling , heaving mass lost impetus and came to a seething stay . |
| 8 | At corner Inn the ostlers were the only visible representatives , and the doors were still closed ; but at the village a number of the natives were astir , and came to a little stone pier where a boat 's crew were exchanging for the coin of the realm the sparkling treasure netted in the night season , and many of the lodgers would have the freshest of fresh herrings waiting them for breakfast . |
| 9 | She walked on and came to a one-story building surrounded by a cordon of wire fencing . |
| 10 | The others veered round a corner and came to a large field . |
| 11 | Preston thought about this and came to no satisfactory conclusion . |
| 12 | They then analysed over 800 one-month spreads for 62 months and came to the following conclusions : |
| 13 | And came to the uncomfortable conclusion that it might have been a warning … |
| 14 | They rode through another crowded court and came to the inner court lined only by chiefs . |
| 15 | We drove up the drive and came to the back door ; there were no police there either . |
| 16 | I looked at it afresh and came to the same conclusion . ’ |
| 17 | Unknowingly Raistrick followed the same path as the St. Mary 's workers and came to the same conclusion : the instability of the antibacterial substance did not make further attempts worth while . |
| 18 | He three-putted both the fourth and 12th holes , had only two birdies on his card , and came to the last hole needing a four for a 73 for a ten under par total of 278 . |
| 19 | She had n't done that she said since she was my age and came to the last page of Le Rouge et le Noir . |
| 20 | Another stipendiary magistrate , heard argument about abuse of the process and came to the opposite conclusion from Mr Bartle , namely that delay in Mr Cherry 's case did not constitute an abuse of the process . |
| 21 | He spent the entire morning with his legs crossed , not daring to go to the loo in case one of his colleagues was in there at the same time and came to the wrong conclusion . ’ |
| 22 | Erika and Karl got out of the warmth of the car into a crystalline coldness , walked up an avenue lined with bare trees and came to an enclosed garden . |
| 23 | The car ahead of them squealed to a halt , crashed backwards across the road into a stone wall , and came to an abrupt stop . |
| 24 | She carried the glass back to the sitting-room , and came to an abrupt stop when she saw Luke standing by the window , reading the paper , which she 'd left open at the horoscopes . |
| 25 | As all the alarming possibilities ran through her head , she gave a loud gulp and came to an abrupt halt . |
| 26 | He ran , and came with the front rank to the perimeter path and the low wooden fence . |
| 27 | ‘ There were only about 15 varieties available then , but I did some research and came across an American monograph written before the Second World War that listed 250 . |
| 28 | This was fine until the wind direction changed slightly and came across the fixed line . |
| 29 | Ownership links between ITV and radio were often indirect and came through a third party , including newspaper groups . |
| 30 | The increase , to 109,373 from 101,107 last October , was the highest monthly rise since April and came as a welcome boost to the struggling industry . |