Example sentences of "came [prep] the [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They came for the first lot for nine months , then they went back . |
| 2 | Considerable advance came under the Prussian Minister-Director for Higher Education , Friedrich Althoff . |
| 3 | But February came with the lowest temperatures for years and March was not much better . |
| 4 | Other shortlisted entries in Category 1 came from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Help the Aged . |
| 5 | That common-sense approach to Brent came from the hon. Member for Brent , East ( Mr. Livingstone ) who , for those who may not remember , was the former leader of the Greater London council . |
| 6 | Both the initial idea and the financial backing came from the Inter-American Commission for Women ( OAS dependency ) and the project has been given no financial assistance from the government itself . |
| 7 | In my judgment , both Potts J. and Phillips J. came to the right conclusions for the right reasons . |
| 8 | We still worked for our own papers but pooled our resources when it came to the human-interest pieces for the Sundays . |
| 9 | Sometimes Julia accompanied her , and as they travelled home one day Carrie said thoughtfully , ‘ You know I never wished Ma dead , Julie , but I 've got to admit her death came at the right time for me . |