Example sentences of "came [v-ing] in [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Scraps of paper , issuing from the city , came twirling in through the cab window . |
2 | As he entered the paved courtyard the rain came whipping in from the sea , lashing against the car and obliterating everything . |
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 | The glass exploded outwards and rain suddenly came pouring in through the hole . |
5 | In quick succession , Sandy Lyle , Faldo twice and then , last year , Ian Woosnam came riding in on the crest of a British tidal wave . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Connon 's voice came drifting in from the hall . |
8 | ‘ We 're in luck , ’ said Jonna , as Ned came panting in at the doorway with an armful of heavily-foliaged twigs . |
9 | Phil came running in to the street saying : ‘ He shot my granddad ’ . |
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 | A bee came buzzing in under the roof . |
12 | Before the little vole could answer , four mallard ducks came sliding in across the water . |