Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] came [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus ‘ normative-re-educative ’ strategies for change came to be regarded as important . |
| 2 | The main impetus for change came from Gorbachev 's close colleague , Alexander Yakovlev , who was the first Politburo member to ask publicly whether there had been alternatives to the command-administrative system . |
| 3 | Another urgent call for action came from a Newmachar farmer , Sandy Buchan , who revealed that an unacceptable level of nitrate pollution , probably from agricultural sources , in the Ythan catchment and estuary was about to become a subject for discussion and action in Europe . |
| 4 | By this route , indirect and long drawn out as it had been , the long history of capital punishment for murder came to a conclusion . |
| 5 | An applicant for entry came to be interviewed . |
| 6 | Potter 's bid for martyrdom came at twenty-five-foot Waimea in the winter of '86‐7 when the early rounds of the Billabong Pro were held at the Bay . |
| 7 | Election night 's first intimation of disaster for Labour came from Basildon . |
| 8 | In the case of Northern Ireland , the pressure for uniformity came from the majority of the electorate who want to be as well treated as British citizens are in England or Scotland . |
| 9 | The appeal for a day of prayer for peace came as the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina grows worse and threatens to spread into other areas of the Balkans and beyond . |
| 10 | The vote for independence came after two days of acrimonious debate between the Lithuanian majority and the Russian Polish minority , who were joined by a handful of old-guard Lithuanian Communists . |
| 11 | The first , slight sign of tiredness came on him — a moment of dizziness and a thin line of pain from the tension in his shoulders . |
| 12 | A wave of tiredness came upon her , this time the full tidal memory of the strains of her life at the inn , her age , her vulnerability , her need to stand alone … |
| 13 | The signs of progress came in recent bilateral negotiations between America and the EC over tariff barriers — big cuts are crucial in winning industrial backing for a successful round . |
| 14 | Two pints of lager and a pint of bitter came to £8.50 but what the hell , we were unlikely to ever visit the Hilton again . |
| 15 | The astonishing show of support came on the day it was revealed that tapes of an intimate phone call between Di and a male friend are almost certainly genuine . |
| 16 | Further statements of support came on April 27 from the non-Solidarity All-Poland Trade Union Accord ( OPZZ ) . |
| 17 | Pledges of support came from other institutions of higher education and there were reports of demonstrations and boycotts elsewhere . |
| 18 | Inevitably , that Western Isles magic of coincidence came into play . |
| 19 | A cry of horror came from the artist when he saw the terrible face in the portrait . |
| 20 | The daemons of Chaos came to their aid , and the last spells of the defenders went down . |
| 21 | Sometimes though a terrible feeling of dread came over her . |
| 22 | While some of the clearest evidence for localization of function came from neurological studies on humans with damaged or disturbed brains , some of the best evidence against it came from experimental studies on animals . |
| 23 | Well the Ministry of Defence came into Harrogate just over fifty years ago and the jobs were done to some e to a large extent by people who might never have come to Harrogate if the Ministry of Defence had not er brought them in . |
| 24 | Arab traders brought literacy to West and East Africa , but the technology of printing came from Europe and the United States . |
| 25 | Then my sense of smell came into play and I could smell motor oil and if I concentrated , I could feel the cloth wrapped tightly around my head . |
| 26 | As the next straight stretch of lane came into view , Yanto took a deep breath , held it , and with a quick twist of the throttle raced past the obnoxious but very necessary vehicle . |
| 27 | It was in this dusk , prevailing even on a summer morning , that the throes of cooking came to their birth . |
| 28 | The milk of paradise came from the story of the Old Man of the Mountains , Hassan , who drugged men and sent them forth as assassins . |
| 29 | ‘ Then between 1900 and 1930 these various sources of victimisation came to an end . |
| 30 | His instinct of dishonesty came to the fore again and he thought a way to get the money would be to take the car which he was allowed to use but not to sell . ’ |