Example sentences of "his [noun sg] come [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His defence came as the Commons Public Accounts Committee decided it would meet on Monday to hold an inquiry into the Guardian 's disclosure of the ‘ sweeteners ’ which were revealed in a confidential memorandum sent to MPs by Mr John Bourn , the Comptroller and Auditor General . |
| 2 | His stepdad came into the shed . |
| 3 | ‘ When David Guy Chester made up his mind to come into the world there was no stopping him . ’ |
| 4 | His bending and vibrato are very distinctive and to my mind this side of his playing comes from the Hendrix/B.B.King school , whereby he often bends minor thirds slightly sharp and fifths slightly flat — both of which help to lend a bluesy tinge to his style . |
| 5 | Of course she was nervous , he thought , seeing the big white-painted facade of his home come into the open . |
| 6 | It may be significant , as S.D. Keynes has suggested , that the chapters which bear most signs of his influence come at the end , and that their subject matter is closely related to that of the tracts entered before the Letter . |
| 7 | Curly Top stood up as his superior came into the room . |
| 8 | When his superior comes across the boxes clearly marked ‘ Mushrooms ’ , Brose replies that this actually means M. U. Shrooms ( Mervyn Ulrich Shrooms ) , seed merchant . |
| 9 | Unlike most stockbroking firms Vine-Lott can not tell you how many clients he has , for the good reason that much of his business comes from the Barclays branch network , with the individual branch counted as the client rather than the individuals who buy and sell shares in the particular branch . |
| 10 | When Daniel saw his wife coming towards the cubicle to offer comfort where he could n't he flailed his arms and drove her away , leaving Mrs Marriott to cry on , not even telling himself it was good for her to cry , since how could he know , how could he imagine ? |
| 11 | When the door opened , he was too far into the jamb to confront Elliott directly and his kick came off the wood , catching an arm and missing the ribs entirely . |
| 12 | The struggle with his conscience comes to the reader at second-hand as the narrator , von Tarlenheim , watches him pacing in the garden and guesses at his thoughts . |
| 13 | His father came into the room . |
| 14 | Suddenly his voice came over the headphones . |
| 15 | At that moment his secretary came into the room with two cups of coffee , which she distributed in a pregnant silence , shooting curious , covert glances at each of them . |
| 16 | His relief came up the steps . |
| 17 | His warning came after the breakdown of talks in London . |
| 18 | His warning comes as the U N Security Council prepares to vote in favour of an air embargo against Iraq . |
| 19 | His call came as the BBC governors confirmed that Mr Birt would remain in his post as Sir Michael 's successor . |
| 20 | Although there was essentially nothing ‘ new ’ in what he said , his statement came at the end of the economic recession of the late 1970s and early 1980s , during which time member states had turned economically ‘ inwards ’ , defending their national markets against European competition . |
| 21 | As he knows , I have to decide whether his application comes within the Standing Order and , if so , whether a debate should be granted which would take precedence over the business set down for today or tomorrow . |
| 22 | His Dad came into the kitchen . |
| 23 | 90% of his currency comes from the export of oil , and that 's been completely shut off . |
| 24 | They returned to the warehouse and stood back as a boy carrying a sheet of glass under his arm came down the stairs . |
| 25 | Seb was in Anna 's room the next evening , talking vainly in an effort to get through to her , when his mother came up the stairs and into the room . |
| 26 | His mother came into the room with a pile of ironing in her arms . |
| 27 | so he was playing the father you see , and he asks his son to come into the study , and he said , but you do realise so , er that the Hugh Laurie is the son of his , you do realise that you were adopted ? |
| 28 | Later , as his family came into the world , it was to be the dining-room and a new surgery was built at the side of the house , but when Mrs Curdle first knew him , the doctor and his wife dined in the sunny little room at the back of the house , conveniently near to the kitchen . |
| 29 | His face came round the door . |
| 30 | People who demanded miracles to prove his divine mission were refused : his power came from the presence of the Father and was discerned by those ‘ with ears to hear ’ . |