Example sentences of "come [adv prt] [prep] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the bishops and the politicians had come up against in the Mother and Child controversy was that this paternalistic conceptualization was intrinsically at odds with the common understanding of democracy . |
| 2 | Our President has referred to many of the problems we currently face and will continue to come up against in the future . |
| 3 | Time to come out from under a cloud and enjoy yourself . |
| 4 | Time to come out from under a cloud and enjoy yourself . |
| 5 | Time to come out from under a cloud and enjoy yourself . |
| 6 | The moon threatens to come out from behind the clouds again and I have to jump down to the paving stones of the patio beneath . |
| 7 | Was this all she had to come back to after a day 's work ? |
| 8 | ’ With her qualifications this is hardly the city you 'd choose to come back to in the middle of an economic recession . ’ |
| 9 | Ronnie Moran , who resumes the role of caretaker manager he relinquished just over a year ago when Mr Souness arrived from Glasgow Rangers to fill the vacancy created by Kenny Dalglish 's shock resignation , said : ‘ We must try to give Graeme something special to come back to in the form of the FA Cup itself . |
| 10 | If you believe the Thames Valley CID — not the account they gave at the inquest , when the events were still fresh in everyone 's minds , but the one they came up with in the months following my return to this country — then having lured Dennis on to the river and dosed him with draughts of spiked bubbly , Karen and I went ‘ One , two , three ’ and heaved him overboard . |
| 11 | But the things is , he wanted to a lot of things about came up like in the middle |
| 12 | Then in the lake an old man came up from under the water and took a great scoopful of water and drank deeply . |
| 13 | With that , Dick changed course , and in a short while they came up from behind the Shuttle . |
| 14 | And Ruth came back from behind the screen with a white paper in her hand , brightly painted green and mauve . |
| 15 | The first person I ever came out to as a student was a person I suspected of being gay and everyone else thought he was gay ; in fact , he vehemently denied it after I came out . |
| 16 | They strode to meet the carts , and Alexei came out from under the tree . |
| 17 | They were n't alone ; and then the next thought was that Sandy must have come up from below and was now standing on the quay , but then that thought died as what he 'd taken for her shadow came out from under the stairway . |
| 18 | And then , as I came out from under the stairs , I heard something moving upstairs . |
| 19 | Suddenly a long arm came out from under the rags and a bony hand grasped Marian 's shoulder . |
| 20 | As the sun sank lower and touched the edge of the cloudbelt on the horizon , Hazel came out from under the branches and looked carefully round the lower slope . |
| 21 | Just then the moon came out from behind a cloud . |
| 22 | The sun came out from behind a cloud , and shone on the stone walls of Fullcircle . |
| 23 | When the sun came out from behind the fog , the world turned golden and beautiful . |
| 24 | A grey thing came out from behind the tree and came towards me . |
| 25 | He came out from behind the desk , and gestured at the sofa . |
| 26 | A saleswoman came out from behind the counter and asked if she could help . |
| 27 | The catering assistants started to wind down the evening 's proceedings , and Katrina and one of the other girls ( Bridget ) came out from around the back to tidy up the customer area . |
| 28 | She came out from among the buildings , the rest of the broken rope in her hand . |
| 29 | She turned and signalled to her maids who at once came out from beneath the trees and hurried along the path to her . |
| 30 | Kolchinsky came round from behind the desk and the two men shook hands . |