Example sentences of "come [adv] [coord] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of its soft top simply came away but the whole car seemed to move sideways . |
| 2 | All the occupants of Teignmouth had fled as the French came ashore and the 500 horse militia which assembled on Haldon [ or Halden ] Hill , some two miles [ 3.2 km ] behind Teignmouth , simply watched as the invaders tore down the thatch from the cottages before setting them on fire . |
| 3 | When the Prodigal came home and the elder brother became jealous and self-righteous , the antidote for his sour-grapes was a refresher course for his memory : ‘ My boy , ’ said the father , ‘ you are always with me , and everything I have is yours . ’ |
| 4 | It was like coming home and the first thing she did was to walk to the pictures that hung on the wall and look at them all over again . |
| 5 | Animals come here and the only contact they have with man is a prod or a kick and that combines with the stress of the journey and the noise . |