Example sentences of "come [adj] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fading light gave way in a matter of seconds to a moist , velvet blackness , as if a curtain had been drawn swiftly across the sky , and the shadows beyond the glow of the hurricane lamps immediately began to come alive with the shrill vibrations of the jungle night . |
| 2 | Emil Constantinescu , who had come second in the presidential elections in September [ see p. 39104 ] , was elected president of the main opposition alliance , the Democratic Convention ( DCR ) , on Nov. 27 . |
| 3 | The Government has failed to add any convincing arguments to its feeble justifications for the changes , and dares not come clean about the real reasons . |
| 4 | If a woman 's place is in the home doing the cooking ( Letters NI 191 ) — how come most of the top chefs in restaurants are men ? |
| 5 | Madame Giry came nearer to the two men . |
| 6 | Jay progressed though local congresses , and experienced his first big success at the Whitley Bay tournament where he came second in the under-nine events at the age of seven . |
| 7 | The race was won by an Aston Martin DB4 and the Guisborough duo came sixth in the overall concours and fourth in their class of 1,000–1,300cc grand touring sports cars . |
| 8 | Mr John Wilkinson ( C. Ruislip Northwood ) , who came sixth in the private members ' bills ballot , yesterday announced a measure to make it obligatory to apply for planning permission before a dwelling house is demolished . |
| 9 | A Reuter photographer , Corinne Dufka , who came face-to-face with the marauding crowds , heard a man armed with a US-made M-16 rifle yelling : ‘ All white people deserve to die . ’ |
| 10 | A Reuter photographer , Corinne Dufka , who came face-to-face with the marauding rioters , heard a man armed with a US-made M-16 rifle yelling : ‘ All white people deserve to die . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ And mine , ’ added Isabel , finishing her broth and coming alive under the beneficial effects of warmth and food . |
| 12 | I have lived in many parts of America , and I can assure you all that Hawaii is as breathtaking as you imagine , that the charm of the Old South is living on in Charleston , and that colonial America will come alive in the small towns of New England , particularly in the autumn when , in the words of Henry James , the ‘ weather is like tinkling crystal and the colours like molten jewels . ’ |
| 13 | But an ideologically sound party had little to fear from this : it could never come adrift from the true interests of the class . |
| 14 | It 's trendy 'n' neat and comes complete with the bestest games that you 'll ever meet ; A stylish cassette box is what it is , and it 's yours for nuffin when you subscribe to this ! |
| 15 | Then comes one of the two innovations of 1992 . |
| 16 | From the foregoing comes one of the basic facts of modern economic society : the poor in our economy are needed to do the work that the more fortunate do not do and would find manifestly distasteful , even distressing . |
| 17 | Effective lost insulation comes next in the cost-effectiveness stakes . |