Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] they came " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spencer naturally did n't want a training aircraft so they came away having bought the Mk XIV , this was January 1979 . |
| 2 | A restoration lab was set up nearby to treat the bronzes immediately they came out of the water to prevent deterioration . |
| 3 | They sailed round the shoreline of the harbour until they came to a small bay with a large waterfall over which cascaded the purest water . |
| 4 | Well November , I meant the fourth of November it seems to be for ever anyway I spoke to the Head of the Department when they came back and he said I must admit we 've done nothing from the point of view of putting things on paper but a lot of thinking has gone into it I must really sit down now and commit things to paper . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's the calm sea , ’ he pointed out the inlet that ran to Ballysadare as they came along the narrow twisting road into Strandhill . |
| 6 | Mother used to make a big meal to feed the beaters when they came to unload and help pack the grouse , but the food for the gentry was taken to the moor in large hampers . |
| 7 | Like mustard gas , the nitrogen mustards caused blisters when they came into contact with skin , and they damaged many other tissues when they were absorbed or injected into the circulating blood . |
| 8 | Years ago it housed all the village activities including lantern slides , then moving pictures when they came into being . |
| 9 | and train the English lads when they came out for that kind of work |
| 10 | ‘ She 's left me , ’ said Evans with difficulty , mouthing the words in an exaggerated way as if examining them in disbelief as they came out . |
| 11 | The proposals , described as the most far-reaching for 50 years , were expected to be the subject of intense lobbying from the financial and banking sectors when they came before Congress for approval . |
| 12 | The task was to set up the office , get a system going to deal with the fan mail , gifts and general correspondence , liaise with dress designers and process the requests for patronages as they came in . |
| 13 | Jitka turned and put her fingers to her lips as they came to the main bedroom and they tiptoed passed . |
| 14 | They crossed a zebra-crossing when they came to the promenade and turned right , leaving the harbour and the fish-packing station behind them . |
| 15 | She could hear Jack and Alison modifying the pitch of their voices as they came up the stairs . |
| 16 | Spain 's Socialists junked dogma when they came to office in 1982 . |
| 17 | Do n't have the answer I 'm afraid and neither did poor old Shepherd when they came plundering again early in the second half . |
| 18 | He said , ‘ Remember the peasant dance where they came out in the long , hooped skirts and you ca n't see their feet ? |
| 19 | She was asking something from him , this stranger whose job was to shoot the IRA assassins if they came . |
| 20 | Silently , they walked past dozens of sprawled figures basking in the early afternoon sun until they came to a fairly quiet and deserted stretch of grass , beneath a plane tree . |
| 21 | I had to try and get a bit of kip on the crumbling sofa with a torch in one hand and a big bit of four by two in the other , ready to whack any of the mice if they came out to get us . |
| 22 | The Cheshires unleashed between 20 and 30 rounds of rifle fire to cover their withdrawal after they came under attack . |
| 23 | Firmly clutching her hand he slowed , and Frere arced around them on still skates so that he made a sweeping circle on the ice before they came , breathless , to a halt . |
| 24 | William peered out of the side window when they came to the crossroads but it would be too far away to see anything , even if it was still there . |
| 25 | Erm on the use of existing employment sites , I 'd hate you to go away with the impression that er we were actively seeking to reallocate sites as they came forward , and that certainly is n't the case . |
| 26 | But there was a detachment in their manner which shut people out , and frequently these children would refuse to take any notice of their parents when they came to visit . |
| 27 | Another thing : not enough men would be in the middle waiting for crosses when they came and like I said before the crosses were mostly aiming for heads — or for Deano 's head . |
| 28 | They had spent Hogmanay at home , welcoming the groups of people roaming the village as they came round . |
| 29 | ‘ Whoa there , lass , ’ said Jake as they came to a halt . |
| 30 | And the light room the machine case where the machine for revolving the five the lens which er weighed about five tons and there were this machine revolved the lens and it was machine was solid brass erm just which had to be polished e e every week and er oh beautiful brass polished brass and nobody ever saw these things you know except maybe the commissioners when they came round no no visitors there . |