Example sentences of "had come [adv prt] in [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Innes McInnes was obviously a soup-meat-cheese man from way back , but had come up in the world . |
| 2 | One of Ken 's aunts had come up in the world and arrived at the cemetery wearing a fur coat which was donned purely and simply to impress the other members of the family . |
| 3 | Lucy was involved in a study of cetaceans and had come along in the hope of seeing at least some porpoises . |
| 4 | Both the air force and the army , as well as those who actually served with Leslie , seemed now to presume that the aircraft had come down in the English Channel . |
| 5 | A branch of the great plane tree had come down in the wind and as he ran back towards the Cages he saw that it had fallen right across the path where moments before he had been standing . |
| 6 | The words had come out in a babble and by the time he had gathered his wits and been able to respond she had put the phone down . |
| 7 | And still that mystery in the front room continued , reflected Shirley on New Year 's Eve 1979 , as she examined the handsome features of the dangerous Queen of Spades , and wondered if the King had come out in the deal . |