Example sentences of "they came [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Discussions went on for a year and cost T&L about £500,000 in legal fees and other expenses , Vlitos says , ‘ but they came up with a strong agreement which protected T&L — a pygmy next to a corporate giant like J&J ’ .
2 They came up with a 230 horse power sports cruiser happy to have me aboard .
3 However , after a TOP Timeout , they came up with a real solution .
4 We went to the Hamble area 's Volvo agent , RK Marine , for an estimate of the likely cost and they came up with a worst figure of 42,520 including parts — which for any Volvo is very expensive .
5 They came up with a mock chat show programme in which Williams was being interviewed by Clement Freud , as lugubrious-looking then as now .
6 Predictably , they came up with a plot-line set in the professional reaches of the law , rather than in the more ‘ artisan ’ area of policing .
7 They came up with a visionary scheme to raise money for musical equipment .
8 They came up with a taxonomic hierarchy : phyla , class , order , sub-orders , genus ( or genera ) and species .
9 They came out into a wide waterway which ended in docks .
10 Two great doors stood open in an arched entrance and they came out into a cobbled courtyard .
11 They did not speak until they came out into a busy , noisy street .
12 But , kicking against the strong wind , the Oak defended well to keep the deficit to 1–0 and they came back with a strong display in the second half .
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