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Example sentences of "came [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	They came on to the golden sand and stood in silence , winds of light moving over them plainly , despite the brightness of the evening sunshine .
2	Primary Health Care , understood as an approach to health care going beyond the medical model to include the promotive , rehabilitative and educational dimensions of health care in addition to curative/treatment dimensions , came on to the international stage in 1978 at the conference of Alma Ata .
3	He came on for the injured Mumby and headed in a perfect Measham cross to score his first goal for the club .
4	‘ On whether you came on with the aggressive line you 're using now . ’
5	Sure enough , a light came on in the middle floor of the wing .
6	The little plane came down at the old airport , south of the town .
7	He took in Marcus 's absence , went upstairs and came down with the pale boy behind him .
8	So Morag when she came down , came down for the whole week .
9	He came down to the front door with me .
10	Cathery also added : " Lewis and Cannon ( the branch secretary ) came down to the Central Office and I let [ them ] see all the books , cheque book , bank passbook etc. ; in fact all they wanted to see .
11	The Land Rover came down to the main road between Lochgilphead and Lochgair .
12	She might have sat all afternoon , nibbling and stuporous , exhausted but not sleepy ; but the glazier finally came down from the upper floor , cheerfully announcing that all was now right and tight and he would be on his way .
13	My talk with Quintin had more content since he said that if another peer came down from the Upper House he would withdraw from public life whether he was in the Upper or Lower House .
14	A fair number of final bids which came in under the reserve price were later accepted .
15	I could relive it every time I came in through the front door .
16	She was hanging up the jacket of her plum-coloured suit when Rebecca came in through the outer door .
17	He looked up when Donna Frizzell came in through the back door , and was startled to see that her hat was awry and her makeup smudged beyond repair .
18	He came in through the back door on Lily 's afternoon out .
19	Her father came in through the back door .
20	The hours passed , daylight faded , and the sounds of a warm September evening came in through the open window .
21	A little breeze came in through the open window and set the hanging light swinging , so that her face was now shadowed , now glistening pale in the electric glare .
22	She turned as two uniformed policemen came in through the main entrance .
23	And then , at four-thirty when she was just contemplating going off shift , a call came in on the red phone that made her feel cold inside .
24	good recruiting period and we had er thirty o thirty one I think it was or thirty four new members who came in at the general election .
25	He left Helen and went to have a bath and in the cold steamy bathroom there came to him this vision of a distant unreal Helen looking — well , radiant was the unexpected word that came to mind — looking not her usual self at all in some frock that glowed and billowed and rustled as she came in at the front door late , pink-cheeked , a touch dishevelled and greeted by the stone wall of Dorothy 's disapproval .
26	Lyn switched off the set as Stephen came in at the back door .
27	Edward came in at the french window and stared blankly at his younger sister .
28	And you the wee envelopes that came in with the black edging on them .
29	J. Chapman , Sledmere Drive , Acklam , Middlesbrough : I was a final year pharmacy student in Sunderland and I was setting up apparatus for a chemistry experiment , when another student came in with the sad news that the King had died .
30	The day after , Jamie came in with the wooden dish of porridge , held it out to Cameron , then twitched it away when he reached for it and turned it upside down .