Example sentences of "came [v-ing] [adv prt] from [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , every twenty minutes or so , a storm broke : thunder rumbled , lightning flickered , and tropical rain came crashing down from the showerheads fitted in the ceiling . |
| 2 | As he entered the paved courtyard the rain came whipping in from the sea , lashing against the car and obliterating everything . |
| 3 | A group of shaven-headed yobbos , with tattooed cheeks and nationalistic leanings , observed this from the upper deck and came swarming down from the bus . |
| 4 | Well , your mother came rushing in from the car with a rare display of energy and snatched it from the fellow 's hands . |
| 5 | As they staggered out of their tepees and another faultless day came smooching in from the Pacific , they would sniff the honeyed air and ask one another what they 'd got up to the previous night . |
| 6 | The sound of singing came drifting up from the quays below . |
| 7 | Connon 's voice came drifting in from the hall . |
| 8 | Mrs Joyce , the cook , came panting up from the kitchen with the two maid-servants behind her , her hands and wrists covered in flour , while Uncle Walter and his sister peeped wide-eyed from behind the curtains . |
| 9 | Some of the children came running over from the village . |
| 10 | He came running in from the dispensary , pulling up his trousers , still held up by his MCC tie , the end of his stethoscope bouncing off his fat tummy . |
| 11 | As the 22 men in the three boats had just taken their respective stations , a young girl came running down from the village to the shore in breathless haste . |
| 12 | He came running back from the grave the day we reached here , saying someone had been tampering , and we could scarcely believe it . |
| 13 | The organ could not approach this strangled cry that came welling up from the bowels , from the primitive consciousness of life , of pain , of joy ; the long , tortured note that slowly unwound your intestines to be twanged by the electric guitarist . |
| 14 | The heavy sound of the door-knocker came beating up from the bottom of the house . |