Example sentences of "came [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think he also came on as a substitute in a first team friendly against the New Zealand national team . |
| 2 | ‘ I think he also came on as a substitute in a first-team friendly against the New Zealand national team . |
| 3 | A dim light came on behind a blind in the Frankenstein mansion . |
| 4 | ‘ The spider came down on a thread in front of me while I was driving . |
| 5 | The two legends came together for a race in aid of the charity , Comic Relief . |
| 6 | He came in with a teacup in one hand and a piece of bread-and-butter in the other hand . |
| 7 | A week before Christmas she was icing the cake one evening when Mark came in with a letter in his hand . |
| 8 | The immunity of Swiss companies to unfriendly or foreign takeovers came in for a pounding in 1988 after Nestlé took over Rowntree , a British confectioner , causing noisy British complaints about the lack of reciprocal opportunities . |
| 9 | They came finally to a gap in the hedge on the left-hand side of the road where there was a five-barred gate . |
| 10 | The recruitment poster , designed by Riley Advertising , also came away with a certificate in the full colour press ad category . |
| 11 | But the end of slum clearance came more with a change in values : away from demolition , to conservation and rehabilitation . |
| 12 | He came home as a passenger in the tractor of another driver who brought his trailer home . |
| 13 | Middlesbrough came close to a breakthrough in the 63rd minute . |
| 14 | Space-age French designer Andre Courreges came up with a classic in 1964 that has been much copied since — the mid-calf , soft kid , white boot for women . |
| 15 | Zena Blair went shopping in the Northcott Centre last week and came back with a computer in her trolly . |
| 16 | Less than an hour later they were back in number twenty-six , and she was so tired that she was past worrying about having to sleep in the same room but , confronted by the reality of the limited space , two small beds and a very large , powerful man , her nervous fears came back like a river in full spate . |
| 17 | Martinho came out of a door in the ‘ administration ’ wing of the prison , walking very quickly . |
| 18 | Because I came out of a society in which nobody even read books and I certainly never expected to be a writer . |
| 19 | They sped down the warm evening pavement for about fifty yards and then pulled up as an elderly man , walking his dog , came out of a driveway in front of them . |
| 20 | We came out into a room in the shape of a star . |
| 21 | But no one 's touched that room to my knowledge , since I came here as a bride in 1929 . |
| 22 | I came here with a companion in 1954 , determined to conquer this graceful peak and thus set the seal on my mountaineering achievements but , to our shame , we shirked the last thirty yards to the summit cairn in growing apprehension of an instant demise . |
| 23 | The clip-clop of a hoof came almost like a gunshot in the quiet which followed . |
| 24 | The declaration coincided with the visit of President Alfredo Cristiani to the United States and came ahead of a vote in the US Congress on a proposal to cut military aid to El Salvador by half . |