Example sentences of "they come [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Then , as they came inside the final furlong , Piggott got the break he needed . |
| 32 | They came from the armed forces , from war work , from factory , farm , workshop and office . |
| 33 | As for the clothes , money and jewellery sported by many locals , they came from the gruesome supply of drowned bodies that were washed ashore each morning on the high tide . |
| 34 | They came from the four corners of the world , east and west , north and south , and they spoke many languages . |
| 35 | Encouraged by the pride of the town authorities , the Guy Fawkes celebrations provided an annual explosion for the town 's poor : deprived as they had been of saints ' days with the advent of Puritanism , they came from the miserable hovels cramped in the town 's back alleys to protest not only against the symbols of oppression but also , in bad years , against the local oligarchy . |
| 36 | They came from the big houses down the loch or over the pass towards Loch Lomond , or the castle at Inverary , from miles and miles , little girls in furred and caped coats and dresses gathered into heavy bows behind the cascades of ringlets . |
| 37 | They came from the same country . |
| 38 | These characteristics very considerably , but similar patterns can be found in several different churches and one can be fairly confident they came from the same workshop . |
| 39 | Denis wondered sometimes if they came from the same father and mother . |
| 40 | I er I did n't buy them and he sent us three boxes and they came from the same warehouse . |
| 41 | Although there is no precise information about the provenance of all of these finds , it is reasonable to assume that they came from the original excavation of the ‘ villa ’ or from adjacent sites . |
| 42 | they came as the same they came in the same colour mu thing round them we in the red letters saying what they are . |
| 43 | As they come to the final fence Second Schedule being pressed by Ebony Jane and Bishops Hall on the nearside and over the last Second Schedule and Bishops Hall on the nearside , Ebony Jane in third , in fourth place is Joe White and racing into the closing stages it 's Second Schedule with Bishops Hall on the nearside Graham Bradley again as they go to the line , Bishops Hall wins it for Harry , Second Schedule is second , Joe White is third , Ebony Jane four . |
| 44 | Apart from errors and omissions these are defined in the National Accounts in such a way that they come to the same value . |
| 45 | Yeah what makes me laugh they come with the blue lights flashing do n't they ! |
| 46 | Dual-subject degrees exist in both the universities and polytechnics , but their place in each is subtly different ; in the former they are seen largely in relation to the single honours degree , which constitutes a kind of academic gold standard , whereas in the latter they come under the general rubric of ‘ combined studies ’ . |
| 47 | So when they come across the first element of mystery which they can not understand , they conclude that Christianity is not rational after all . |
| 48 | As they come through the death-cell door : |
| 49 | And then they come in the Labour activists come in with this , no compensation , confiscation , the was worth tuppence you know . |
| 50 | They come from the other way |
| 51 | We need to be able to take deliveries at all times of the day and it is very difficult to dictate to carriers , especially when they come from the other end of the country , what time they can deliver . |
| 52 | Well they come from the right area , do n't they ? |
| 53 | The curriculum is designed by teachers who unconsciously reflect the view that city life is best , even if they come from the rural areas . |
| 54 | They come from the roughest jails where they expect trouble all the time . |
| 55 | They come from the upper classes and are socially acceptable . |
| 56 | FROM the birth of radio astronomy in 1932 , when Jansky discovered cosmic radio waves and established that they come from the Galactic Centre , it has been clear that something very remarkable is taking place at the core of the Milky Way . |
| 57 | Although they come from the same family as the more familiar Corydoras , they differ in both body shape and breeding habit . |
| 58 | If John and Bill have a lot in common if , for example , they come from the same community or are part of the same culture then Bill is likely to interpret most of the signals in the way John intended . |
| 59 | ‘ As you say , when these instructions arrive , you 'll find that they come from the very top . |
| 60 | We accept figures for newspaper circulations because they come from the independent Audit Bureau of Circulation . |