Example sentences of "come [prep] [noun prp] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the regular attenders were there : the Yorkes , glossy as newly-painted furniture ; the Fords , sending darting glances round the congregation to see if anyone was missing ; the Shergolds , sitting in their usual place near the door in the pew where Melissa had come upon Eleanor the previous day , Rodney with his normal air of self-importance that might or might not be hiding an inner anxiety , his wife pale and twitchy as she pulled off her gloves to turn the pages of her hymnbook . |
| 2 | I explained that before I came to Arabia the only djinn or genie that I knew was Aladdin 's genie of the lamp . |
| 3 | We 'll stay put in old West Ken , ’ but Oliver had seen it all , and I came to America the first time on May 25th . |
| 4 | When Ika came to London the following year , he was to describe Buckingham Palace , by comparison , as ‘ a modest little house ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ It is a peculiar fact of life that since tourism came to España the average height of our nation has increased dramatically . |
| 6 | When we come to Waterloo the Great Duke 's extraordinary ability to be exactly where he was needed at the crucial moment is well described , as are his outward calm and inspiring courage . |