Example sentences of "came [adv prt] [adv] from the [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ My lord came down here from the town when he heard of these outlaws passing this way , but never a glimpse of them have we encountered since . |
| 2 | They began to set the table , growing relaxed and easy , enjoying the formality of the room , when Moran came in again from the fields . |
| 3 | The little laundry maid who came in daily from the village was dismayed to find Miss Alexandra in the laundry room asking what clear starch was and demanding to be shown how to use a goffering iron . |
| 4 | A phrase came back uncomfortably from the white-out , ‘ the sorry jeste of Life ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ And there I was waiting for you , in such a state ever since Kukrit came back late from the airport and said he 'd missed you , ’ Jeremy replies , suggesting with automatic but irrelevant chivalry that they are lovers separated from their tryst with one another . |
| 6 | This came about partly from the cessation of publication of 6-inch maps in 1881 as all of the staff effort had been concentrated on trying to complete the Survey of the country and partly because the number of staff had been decreasing . |