Example sentences of "came [adv] [adv prt] of the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The phone call came right out of the blue : would I like to take a small party up north to Spitsbergen ?
2 The wind , I thought , was shaking the door , but no , it was St John , who came in out of the frozen darkness , his coat covered in snow .
3 The major-domo came quickly out of the inner chamber .
4 After we came up out of the dank womb of the pit , we went for a drink in the welfare club .
5 But as the shaking continued she came up out of the bad dream , trembling and drenched once more with perspiration , her cheeks damp with tears .
6 ‘ I have got a very good deal , and it came virtually out of the blue , ’ said the Doncaster-based rider , who until last week thought his future lay with a new team being planned in Belgium .
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