Example sentences of "[noun] come [adv prt] [art] line " in BNC.
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1 | A groan of real sympathy came down the line . |
2 | Not , says UI , to kowtow to any kind of preconditions SunSoft wants UI to meet for the firm to close on the desktop issue , but simply that USL does n't have resources to do all the development work coming down the line . |
3 | In the face of recent doubts surrounding Intel 's future plans for its i860 RISC , Du Pont says it is now under non-disclosure for a new iteration coming down the line — though there 's no hint of silicon just yet . |
4 | Since the objectives themselves are unreal and unclear , and since there are so many people at every level , multiple messages come down the line the whole time . |
5 | ‘ There 's no mistake , Miss Stanley , ’ the girl 's voice came down the line . |
6 | There is no pronounced tug of any kind , just a tremor coming up the line that feels as though someone is drawing a hacksaw blade across it . |
7 | In the Kensington exchange a group of Telecom engineers and police officers stared at the monitors and listened to the rage coming down the line ; at Cork Street , beneath the pavements of smart Mayfair , four men from MI5 were rooted in their chairs , motionless as the anger poured out of the speaker into the room and the tape-deck wound silently round and round . |
8 | A purr came down the line . |