Example sentences of "came [adv] [prep] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Two czarist officers , bulky in their comic-opera uniforms , solemnly played Russian roulette , each downing a drink every time the firing pin of their revolver came down on an empty chamber . |
2 | The-other four Goshawk aircraft came down in an angled line which allowed each gun to rake the target from nose to tail in a continuous devastation of bullets . |
3 | Half way through his super-human effort his foot slipped and in mid-launch he came down in an uncoordinated heap just outside the throwing circle . |
4 | No news for 6 months then she came along with an anal fissure , she 'd not had any stomach problems and in fact had only taken the Arg Nit LM3 for 2 or 3 days till the headache went . |
5 | Some thirty graduates of the degree came together for an excellent meal in University House , followed by an informal update from one of the joint organisers of the reunion , Keith Moffitt , on the whereabouts of those who had been unable to attend . |
6 | In September 1946 , for example , parliamentarians from several countries came together in an International Committee for the Study of European Questions , which published a report in favour of union . |
7 | Close to dawn she forced herself into bed , but she was still wide-eyed when the maid came in with an early-morning cup of tea . |
8 | Ilse came in with an orange-coloured book . |
9 | So I came in with an American-made guitar ( the T-60 ) in a case that retailed for 350 dollars at a time when a Les Paul was 1,000 dollars and a Stratocaster over 800 . |
10 | So I came in with an American-made guitar ( the T-60 ) in a case that retailed for 350 dollars at a time when a Les Paul was 1,000 dollars and a Stratocaster over 800 . |
11 | The recorder came in with an adagio-like slowness and gravity , momentarily wobbled off-key , then recovered . |
12 | In the late eighteenth century this symbiosis of peers and paupers is revealed in the fashionable aping of lower-class mores and dress , a version of the return to nature that came naturally to an upper class lacking a culture of its own . |
13 | Instead , I came away with an old copy of Prescott 's Conquest of Peru . |
14 | Surprisingly , the opposition to ‘ William It Was Really Nothing ’ came not from an older generation ( who , obviously were n't even aware of the record ) but from the feminist movement long since supported and admired by Morrissey . |
15 | The ability of this young quartet to present two works from such different worlds so convincingly , led one to expect that Dvorak 's American quartet would be a powerful experience ; but what might have been hot-blooded came over as an indoor gypsy — more pretty than potent . |
16 | He called them Amurricanes , in a heavy stage accent that came over as an envious sneer . |
17 | This fella came over in an 18–30 steward 's blazer and he said , ‘ You 're responsible for me working here ’ . |
18 | In 1982 , Rudi Fuchs came up with an accurate analysis of the new avant-garde movements in painting , and in 1987 Manfred Schneckenburger drew our attention to what I would call sociological considerations : art and culture , art and design , and so on . |
19 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates reportedly came up with an ingenious solution when he was romancing venture capitalist Ann Winblad : observing that the same movies are usually playing at the same time all over America , they came up with the Virtual Date — they 'd each go alone to the same movie at the same time , and discuss it afterwards on their car phones . |
20 | In 1978 Robert Olivier , Co-Chairman of the Survival Service Commission 's Asian Elephant Group , came up with an estimated figure of between 28,000 and 40,000 elephants . |
21 | A race held across land , on water and through the air came up with an unlikely winner , when a steamroller took on a hot air balloon and a narrow boat to see which was the fastest . |
22 | After we got over the shock we asked around for other quotes and came up with an initial estimate of £1,000 plus parts , subject to what is found when the engine is taken out , from John Cutler Marine Engineers who were recommended by Sigma Yachts . |
23 | Unless Guy came up with an acceptable explanation , the entire Court would be gossiping about them . |
24 | Owen came up with an interesting interpretation . |
25 | There consul in Rome came up on an official visit and there was nearly a diplomatic incident when he got thrown out of the new university canteen he come to expect . |
26 | For example , Matt Parsley ( Caldy ) came up against an inspired show by Edwards . |
27 | For example , Matt Parsley ( Caldy ) came up against an inspired show by Edwards . |
28 | But in the Japanese Empire she at last came up against an eastern power developing at a rate comparable to her own , and one capable of offering effective resistance . |
29 | There is no way , for example , that one could work out that the lens came originally from an overlying sheet of cells without following its development . |
30 | And still laughing , Charlie said , ‘ But I did what you lot did n't do : I came back with an Irish jig , and then , ‘ We 'll Meet Again ’ and ‘ Roll Out The Barrel ’ . |