Example sentences of "came [v-ing] [adv prt] from [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he entered the paved courtyard the rain came whipping in from the sea , lashing against the car and obliterating everything . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Well , your mother came rushing in from the car with a rare display of energy and snatched it from the fellow 's hands . |
| 4 | Connon 's voice came drifting in from the hall . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Some of the children came running over from the village . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He came running back from the grave the day we reached here , saying someone had been tampering , and we could scarcely believe it . |
| 10 | The heavy sound of the door-knocker came beating up from the bottom of the house . |