Example sentences of "[noun pl] came [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Numbers were quickly drawn and the lucky winners came forward to collect their prize from the manufacturers and dealers who donated them . |
| 2 | The year 1726 saw this difficulty emerge in an aggravated form in the county of Stirling , where two candidates came forward to challenge the re-election of MacFarlane of Kirkton , who had enjoyed the endorsement of the Duke of Montrose for several years past . |
| 3 | Since it was essential that the moment I awoke each morning , the first words , sentences , if possible , paragraphs came readily to mind , last thing at night , instead of my prayers , my mind was instructed to grind on with the pages . |
| 4 | From the mid-1970s , left parties came increasingly to adopt a more radical approach to the consensus ( chapter 18 ) . |
| 5 | In effect , the two new superpowers came together to crush the great powers of yesteryear ; and the growing voice of Afro-Asia in world affairs was heeded for the first time . |
| 6 | It failed for the simple reason that no coherent principles or policies came forward to replace the old ones . |
| 7 | The groups came together to share their thoughts with everybody else , and through drama and collages , young people between the ages of 11 and 18 from Runcorn , Warrington and Frodsham were able to share their ideas with each other . |
| 8 | After the party the house guests came downstairs to eat under the arcaded edge of a courtyard . |
| 9 | Public buildings came increasingly to reflect the size and spectacle of it all . |
| 10 | At the far end was a place where the backs of four high buildings came together to form a small courtyard . |
| 11 | Following this vote , a procession of legislators came forward to acknowledge their guilt in the affair prior to the list 's publication . |
| 12 | Farmers came here to sell their stock and buy provisions . |
| 13 | As the standards of competition became even higher , costs shot up and sponsors came forward to support an activity with high social status and a good media profile . |
| 14 | Subsequently , Thames Television 's current affairs programme , This Week , broadcast a feature , called ‘ Death on the Rock ’ ( ITV , 28 April 1988 ) , in which witnesses came forward to cast doubt on the official version of events . |
| 15 | The move , by the Paisley area 's procurator-fiscal , James Friel , comes after witnesses came forward to support fresh evidence uncovered by The Scotsman last June on the tenth anniversary of the man 's conviction . |
| 16 | Immediately after the service my aunt would dash to work at Nelson House , one of the Godolphin School Boarding Houses , whilst my mother and sisters came home to breakfast , already prepared by Dad , and in winter time he would also have the kitchen fire blazing away . |
| 17 | No indeed , this is in fact er about the twelfth meeting in a series , the first meeting was in 1973 , where 75 scientists came together to deliberate about 50 genes which were known at that time . |
| 18 | In early 1987 those CAB staff who conduct sessions in hospitals came together to exchange experiences . |
| 19 | Rather tentatively at first , volunteers came forward to work the word-processors ; another manned the phone continuously from that first day until the office finally moved out of its temporary accommodation in the middle of May . |
| 20 | A boatload of men came ashore to demand a ransom of 2000 guineas [ £2100 ] , or the surrender of the local vicar as a hostage , for not attacking the town . |
| 21 | The key difference between the charges against Mr Clinton and those against Mr Bush is that Gennifer Flowers came forward to accuse Mr Clinton , albeit lured by a large sum of money , and replete with records of telephone conversations . |
| 22 | As the students came forward to claim their luggage the gendarme watched them closely , randomly checking passports and train tickets . |
| 23 | Last year Network SouthEast and Regional Railways came together to link Stansted airport to the national network . |
| 24 | Faye was wheeled to the small private room further along the corridor , and two nurses came immediately to help her into bed and take routine observations . |