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

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1 Then Handlebar 's cock suddenly jumped into the air , flew the distance that separated it from its rival and came down on the darker bird with its neck arched and talons open .
2 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 .
3 Her ancestors came over on the legendary vessel .
4 It came off on the playing field and so there was no way I could find the little screw .
5 He came up on the other side shaking dirt from his fine white feathers .
6 It were a bit charred by the lightning , but they plugged it in and music came out and the words to the music came up on the little television screen . ’
7 Last time round they went to south east Asia , trekked in Nepal as far as the Everest base camp , saw Thailand and China then came back on the Trans-Siberian Railway .
8 I could n't imagine what she expected to tell them if they all came back on the same day .
9 They came back on the Northern Line , a tall handsome man in a long overcoat and a man whose face was mostly hidden by an upturned collar and a hat pulled well down .
10 When the trees broke , she came out on the uncut lawn of the heath .
11 But at last she came out on the other side and ran after them as before , calling out , " Hoo !
12 Hazel came out on the farther side of the ilexes and followed the path round a bend .
13 France , Germany and Italy came out on the sceptical side , with the UK , the Netherlands and North America on the other .
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