Example sentences of "come [adv prt] [prep] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We turned our ponies and galloped back to the Legation , where we learnt that news had just come in of a great victory for the Shoan army . |
| 2 | Understandably , this presumption has come in for a great deal of criticism . |
| 3 | He needed to come down from a greater height than most . |
| 4 | And informal , we came up with a great variety of things . |
| 5 | Marty Feldman , whose idea it was , came out with a great deal of language that no one else seemed to understand . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's the tables done , ’ Sally said , coming in with a great draught that stirred the fire and puffed curls of smoke from under the mantel-shelf . |
| 7 | It 's coming up in a great lump . |
| 8 | The late and sadly missed Roy Kinnear and Kenneth Williams would always help you out at a moment 's notice , and not only that , they 'd come up with a great performance . |