Example sentences of "came up [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In addition I recovered three William III sixpences that came up from a depth of between 9 to 10 inches . |
| 32 | In some places metal sinks and is covered over so quickly that even Victorian losses can be out of range ; at the other end of the scale I found a 14th century key in a wood , that came up from a depth of only 2 inches . |
| 33 | Aristotle believed that matter was continuous , that is , one could divide a piece of matter into smaller and smaller bits without any limit : one never came up against a grain of matter that could not be divided further . |
| 34 | [ The recommendations were not well received , and came up against a shortage of appropriately qualified teachers and the determination on the part of the grammar and public schools to defend the Crowther notion of sixth form study in depth . ] |
| 35 | However , the conception we have just been briefly outlining came up against a number of philosophical difficulties . |