Example sentences of "come [adv prt] in a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ( 3 ) Your house has come up in a random sample of houses in this area and , if you are a full-time housewife , we would like you to tell us about your working day since ( 4 ) we believe that a survey of this subject would be of great value in helping all housewives . |
2 | With the breakdown of the administration , crime syndicates have come up in a big way . |
3 | Perhaps the topic that worries you may be scheduled to come up in a later training session — but it happens today . |
4 | You have come back in a funny mood . |
5 | She did n't want her voice to come out in a dry croak . |
6 | Even now , however , he is prepared to accept that he may not be able to come back in a new guise after three years . |
7 | The tall , straight young back that sauntered away down-river , to come about in a wide circuit via the fence of the curator 's garden , and the box hedge that continued its line , maintained too secure an assurance , and too secret a satisfaction of its own , in spite of the dexterity with which it had removed itself from censure . |
8 | Washington , he said , stood by its commitment to overcome the division of Europe , Germany and Berlin , but this had to come about in a gradual process which satisfied German aspirations and met the ‘ legitimate interests ’ of all concerned . |
9 | England defenders Rob Jones and Mark Wright came on in a wholesale reshuffle of resources , but any danger that United would feed off the disruption was dismissed by McManaman 's leggy skills . |
10 | Suddenly a Hurricane came down in a screaming dive and splashed into the sea . |
11 | We came down in a small clearing and ended up in the trees . |
12 | It nearly always came over in a bad light , as a bunch of cocooned scientists trying to hoodwink the common sense of ordinary folk . |
13 | She came back in a lively mood dressed in ruby velvet with her furs . |
14 | He sighed heavily and his voice came out in a nervous croak . |
15 | But his interest in them came out in a unique way almost twenty years ago when he founded a shop that has become a fixture on Prince Street Untitled . |
16 | It came out in a hoarse whisper , ‘ It 's morning , nearly . ’ |
17 | Nathaniel Sherman jabbed a thumb against his own chest and his words came out in a fierce undertone . |
18 | The abolition of capital punishment and reform of the law on homosexuality came about in a similar way . |
19 | The rain was coming down in a solid curtain . |
20 | ‘ James is coming down in a little while , Christina . |
21 | We were , after all , in the huge personnel carrier area , with pods , shuttles and other small vehicles coming down in a steady stream , every one of them disgorging masked and costumed revellers . |
22 | Contract tummy muscles before coming up in a controlled manner , exhaling as effort is made . |
23 | It 's coming up in a great lump . |
24 | Coming up in a little while we 'll be talking greyhounds , but for now we 'll go back to football and deal with the local classified results with all the local leagues . |
25 | Not that there 's anything wrong with indie bands — we 've got several very good acts locally — but the traditional pop group is definitely coming back in a big way . |
26 | Patriarchal power in education was coming back in a big way , and was endorsed in the 1986 Education Act 's stipulation that sex education should be taught within a moral framework and with due regard to family life . |
27 | ‘ I finally agreed to it coming out in a limited edition . |
28 | ‘ If Prost wants to be called champion for a fourth time he should come back in a sporting way . |
29 | Because even as you die you know that you will come back in a different hat . |
30 | ‘ Come back in a better frame of mind . ’ |