Example sentences of "come [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The night shift volunteer was standing next to me getting ready to come on to the phones and as I came off a call he started to chat to me . |
| 2 | The train had come in from the sidings and stood in the station , warm and pulsing , its engines reattached , the horses and grooms on board and fresh foods and ice loaded . |
| 3 | I think that 's probably come down through the years and things are still that way for musicians : get them as cheap as you can and never give them the credit that they deserve . ’ |
| 4 | Eye-witness Maureen Darwin , who was waiting to board one of the US-bound jumbos , said : ‘ It was as if a giant unseen hand had come down from the heavens and just lifted the planes up and across the tarmac . |
| 5 | ’ ‘ It 's funny to think that just this afternoon I had the idea of getting poor old Eddy to come over to the Gates and tell me something about himself … |
| 6 | Aung San got through a message that he was ready to come over to the Allies while the Japanese understood that he would be fighting for them . |
| 7 | ‘ But I 'll be able to come home in the evenings and you can teach me the things I need to know , ’ said Endill . |
| 8 | Sometimes when I 've come home from the pictures and I let myself in , it 's so quiet I 'd nearly talk to the statues for company . ’ |
| 9 | Ankrah , commanding the Ghana army , was retired he was due for retirement anyway ( he had come up through the ranks and served in Burma ) . |
| 10 | Here , black has come up from the streets and into the drawing room ; overleaf , neutral tones assert themselves . |
| 11 | ‘ They say the Hidden Folk have come out of the mountains and attacked the Rorims to the south in league with the beasts , ’ the landlord whispered confidentially . |
| 12 | If it can , good will come out of the traumas that our colleague has suffered and that will be for the good of potential victims . |
| 13 | The girls used to come out with the barrows and the people with the shops used to complain . |
| 14 | They were supposed to come back to the offices and do a three hour training |
| 15 | But erm it was diagnosed late , you see , having polyneuritis for three months , that the er the movement was last to come back in the toes and feet . |
| 16 | These primates came down from the trees and gradually learned to walk upright . |
| 17 | Alexandra would find her by the fire in the drawing-room in the afternoons , the Pekinese guarding her against invisible dangers , then she came down in the mornings and needed letters written , wools held . |
| 18 | As the smoke cleared and the dust settled , two fighter planes came in over the fields and circled the remains of the barn . |
| 19 | Mum came in from the shops and gave us the news that , starting from September , we are to have 2 morning services . |
| 20 | The greatest single expenditure on a Nonconformist chapel came not from the Congregationalists but from the Baptists and not in England but in Scotland . |
| 21 | In many ways the stimulus for this came not from the miners but from the wool and worsted textile workers who fought against further wage reductions in 1925 . |
| 22 | The initial impetus for the rethink came not from the officials but from Sir Stafford Cripps in the summer of 1946 . |
| 23 | The keeper called , ‘ Sue , Sue — come here , ’ and a young leopard came up to the bars and rubbed herself against them while he stroked her back . |
| 24 | The garden was planned by professional designer Naila Green who came up with a snakes and ladders theme . |
| 25 | Erm , some specific points that came up in the comments that you made . |
| 26 | Hats were flung into the air , the cheering reached higher and higher levels , and Dawn Run and Jonjo O'Neill were engulfed as they came back past the stands and up the walkway to the unsaddling enclosure in the parade ring . |
| 27 | came back from the shadows and a light struck |
| 28 | After a long walk we came out between the dunes and were staring at the sea . |
| 29 | He came out of the bedclothes and said , ‘ While I 'm laid up like this , why do n't you do a few concerts on your own ? ’ |
| 30 | As he powered the jet down , a yellow Lada came out of the shadows and towards him . |