Example sentences of "came [prep] the [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another dramatic instance of historical déjà vu came during the miners ' strike , when it was reported that an attack had been made on the police station in Malby , South Yorkshire , scene of an anti-police riot a century earlier when the ‘ new police ’ first arrived there . |
| 2 | Fussy stripes and piping , shoulder flashes and chest panels , buttons , drawstrings and cuffs all came under the manufacturers ' scrutiny and were tampered with . |
| 3 | It set out therefore to ensure , in consultation with the DES , that surveying came within the polytechnics ' orbit and that ‘ centres of excellence ’ for surveying education were established . |
| 4 | The most immediate effect upon the lives of the people , however , came in the railways ' ability to transport perishable foodstuffs very long distances , not just within but between countries . |
| 5 | Eventually a reply came from the Islands ' Director of Administration and Legal Services , Rowan McCallum . |
| 6 | Another important source of secondary danger clues came from the parents ' life histories : for example , parents who had certain ‘ personality traits ’ , had been abused or ‘ in care ’ themselves as children , had been in regular ‘ trouble ’ as children or/and as adults , were seen as being more likely to harm their children . |
| 7 | I came over the Brownies ' Bridge . |
| 8 | Aunt Margaret came to the girls ' bedroom and unhandily undressed Victoria , although she could perfectly well undress herself . |
| 9 | Six minutes from the end Murdoch again came to the visitors ' rescue when he dived to block a shot from Hateley . |
| 10 | The Fijian captain , Waisale Serevi — whose side defeated the district of Suva 26-0 in the final — came to the Scots ' hotel to say ‘ thank-you , good-bye and good-luck , ’ to the teams who had ventured to Fiji 's first such tournament . |
| 11 | I think but continuing down the corridor erm which was all the Education Department , you came to the typists ' room right at the bottom of the corridor on the left |