Example sentences of "they come [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They came towards the seated group cautiously but without hesitation — almost as if their entrance had been prearranged .
2 When they came up the grassy track that led to the headland , out of the wood that clothed the side of the valley where the village was , the girl was delighted and her mother relieved that she liked it .
3 As they came down the sloping road to the harbour they could see the ferry just coming in to dock .
4 Yes they came for the other islands .
5 They came for the first lot for nine months , then they went back .
6 They came to the following conclusions :
7 When they came to the two roads , they stopped .
8 Fellow aviculturalists ‘ do n't call them twitchers , it 's the ultimate insult , ’ said Yvonne , Harry 's daughter Robin Pickering and Peter Banks from Stanhope were called in , and after much research and consultation they came to the extraordinary conclusion that this was a Glaucous Macaw .
9 By the time they came to the sharp bend at Borlick they had caught up with the McCulloch family , old Donald limping and muttering to himself , Donald hand in hand with Jean , Mary and her friend big Mary striding on ahead , their arms pulled down by heavy baskets of pies and eggs .
10 Jim Lenehan , assistant manager at the Sheikh 's Kildangan Stud , confirmed that Royal Gait suffered a massive heart attack , and added : ‘ The sad part is that Graham said he had felt as good as ever as they came to the final flight . ’
11 And as they came to the final furlongs it was Roc de Prince , Laura 's Beau , Sure Metal going for the line and then on the outside , up came New Mill House .
12 When at last they came to the lower end of Spring Street , Agnes stopped and , looking from one to the other , she said , ‘ This is where I live ; I 'll be all right now .
13 They came to the second door .
14 They set to work cutting down trees and brushwood , far and near , to drag up to the terrace , to fill in the ditches — or at least , the two outer ones , for when they came to the inner ones it was promptly demonstrated that they were within range of the defending cannon .
15 Lead on said her father , and he lead the way till they came to the flowing river .
16 Dozens of times they 'd gone in single file when they came to the narrow place , made narrow by a growth of gorse .
17 By the time they came to the 16th Chris was flagging , after pulling the heavy trolley for fifteen holes through the wind and rain .
18 Beyond the long line of windows , past the Conservatory and the Laburnum Walk , they came to the winter-bound Pleasure Garden where yellow jasmine crawled over a tree stump , hamamelis , the wych-hazel shrub , thrust out golden hedgehog flowers along its leafless branches , and the stream coming from the kitchen garden — a winter river now — hurried into the culvert that carried it on into the baby lake in the field outside the Pleasure Garden .
19 Jitka turned and put her fingers to her lips as they came to the main bedroom and they tiptoed passed .
20 The expedition then sailed out into the Pacific until , 600 miles from the mainland , they came to the lonely archipelago of the Galapagos .
21 He 'd thought he 'd die himself , he said when they came to the white iron gate , he 'd thought he 'd die when he 'd heard the woman 's scream , sharp as a blade above the whine of the wind and the rain .
22 There was a catch in her voice and he took her arm as they came to the magnificent front of the cathedral .
23 At last they came to the topmost ridge of the mountain , and there lay a great field of cloud ahead of them .
24 Erm some additional sidings , mills over here , some additional sidings were put in , in the early part of this century , and they came off the this track erm just this side of on the left hand side of the level crossing , erm and went er up to a dead end er just along in the right hand side , er over now towards where factory is .
25 THE ROAD was hidden slightly at the bend , behind the overhang of the rowan trees and they came across the barred gate a little too quickly , crossing the bridge before realising that it was now behind .
26 Within a few yards of the bank on which they had spent the uneasy night they came across the first sign of man .
27 The weather was fine and they were enjoying their walk when they came across the neglected remains of a large house which they had often seen in the distance from the pump-house .
28 They came via the narrow snicket leading past the Alexandra Hotel into Great Horton Road .
29 They came into the upper room .
30 She wondered what her father and brothers were doing at that moment , and pictured Niall and Roger riding in through the castle gate with more stories of escapades , cattle raids , skirmishes , pranks and hunting expeditions ; and so vividly could she imagine them that it seemed that she actually heard their voices , saw their red-cheeked smiles , and smelt the leather of their boots and the steam from their bodies when they came into the big kitchen at the end of a day .
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