Example sentences of "came [adv] [conj] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father and Diggs came along after the young man passed word along the line of people beating their way along the dunes , but I did n't take any notice of those two , either . |
| 2 | If if a major proposal came along and the local authority wan district wanted to grasp it with both hands they could use the er existing erm development plan process to do so . |
| 3 | W was the W P C came in after the armed officers went in . |
| 4 | The protectorate agreement came just as the Russo-Japanese War seemed to suggest new hopes of Asian independence , and Japan 's claim to champion the cause of Korean modernization and Asian nationalism was rendered particularly insulting by the brutality with which all manifestations of anti-Japanese sentiment were suppressed under the protectorate . |
| 5 | The mischievous side of the bright-eyed youngster 's character certainly came through when the English Opera Group recorded an LP of the production ; he munched nuts , not realizing that the microphones were picking up every tiny sound . |
| 6 | Most of its soft top simply came away but the whole car seemed to move sideways . |
| 7 | The offer , from ABC , came shortly after the last episode was screened and would have required him to make twenty-four programmes a year for a possible five years . |
| 8 | All the occupants of Teignmouth had fled as the French came ashore and the 500 horse militia which assembled on Haldon [ or Halden ] Hill , some two miles [ 3.2 km ] behind Teignmouth , simply watched as the invaders tore down the thatch from the cottages before setting them on fire . |
| 9 | When the Prodigal came home and the elder brother became jealous and self-righteous , the antidote for his sour-grapes was a refresher course for his memory : ‘ My boy , ’ said the father , ‘ you are always with me , and everything I have is yours . ’ |
| 10 | The officers of Jubert 's company , then in reserve , were playing cards when word came back that the forward positions had been overrun and had to be instantly retaken . |
| 11 | A frightening and under-hand piece of work that must be addressed , since a whole new generation of Pop kids are now getting into ‘ the bobby socks and engine-stripping { Weltsschmertz } of Grease — a musical that came out before The Manic Street Preachers were born . |
| 12 | One evening the stars came out and the whole sky shone as clear as polished jet . |
| 13 | This came about because the general feeling in the European capitals was that France was a victim of Prussian provocation and that the candidature should be withdrawn . |
| 14 | It all came about when the eleventh hole was accidentally built nearly twenty metres closer to the house than intended . |
| 15 | there was this witch doctor and Scooby Doo was — he was standing by the witch doctor and the witch doctor went in and he went — he went chasing him Scooby Doo went in the cupboard with Shaggy and got some clothes on and they were acting on and then the witch doctor pressed the button and they turned on again then and then Scooby was acting and then they just take him and he keeped on switching it until they all came round and the all clothes fell off him . |