Example sentences of "came [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they came off the S-Bahn trains , drove their battered Trabants across the border crossing , or just walked through , they pinched themselves in disbelief . |
| 2 | They came off the top of my head . ’ |
| 3 | In 1985 his batting reached its peak at Taunton against a Warwickshire team who bowled and fielded well but who could not stop him making 322 , the highest first-class innings in England for thirty-six years ; after a slightly uncomfortable start , the second and third hundreds came off sixty-seven and sixty-three balls respectively , and only tiredness after a drive from Leeds the evening before caused his downfall . |
| 4 | Whatever their basis in nefarious dealings , misunderstood intelligence , or dreams , noble things were being attempted , and if they came off the world would have cause to be grateful . |
| 5 | Manchester City4 , Leeds0 THE WHEELS came off Leeds United 's hitherto solid championship challenge at Maine Road in a match which , paradoxically , they could easily have collected the point they needed to return to the top of the table . |
| 6 | Bonanza , twice successful over jumps , can make full use of a light weight in the Levy Board Handicap ( 4.45 ) and Mossy Rose , who came off worst in a four-way photo-finish at Lingfield last month , is fancied for the Hardwick Handicap ( 5.45 ) . |
| 7 | If Brian Lara 's timing and placement helped to give the West Indies ' innings its early momentum — 81 came off the first 20 overs — Simmons used his massive strength to devastating effect as 102 were plundered off the next 15 overs . |
| 8 | Once in the lead , the Australian came off best as the two constantly lapped riders in the 28-strong field of starters — the biggest in a 500cc grand prix for more than 10 years . |
| 9 | He played a game in ankle-deep ooze in Hong Kong the other week and came off the field , having masterminded the entire operation , without a speck of mud on his shorts . |
| 10 | His hundred , the ninth in a career which has now entered its 15th year , came off the last ball of the game after his captain , Graham Gooch , had delayed the final formality of a declaration . |
| 11 | ‘ He came off duty at six . |
| 12 | When Tony came off the last , after holing his putt for yet another three , Jack Nicklaus was sitting on a tee-box waiting to start his last round . |
| 13 | ‘ As we came off the 17th green Seve said , ‘ There 's going to be a playoff . ’ |
| 14 | As we came off the 17th green Seve said , ‘ There 's going to be a playoff . ’ |
| 15 | Alec Davidson , for example , was one of those who came off worst . |
| 16 | A light breeze came off the sea and provided a little relief from the afternoon heat . |
| 17 | It was much more , he thought as he moved the boiling pan off the stove and on to the floor , trying to ignore the unholy smell of bleach that came off it as it sloshed against the sides of the vessel , that he had simply woken up one morning and realized , to use a phrase a friend had used about someone else 's wife , ‘ what he had got hold of ’ . |
| 18 | Sometimes we came off night duty too tired to sleep at all , jaded and depressed , because there seemed to be no end to the dreary round of working , eating and trying to sleep . |
| 19 | Six months after Opren came off the market he proposed no improvements but whatever changes we make in our monitoring system ‘ it is almost certain ’ , he assured us , ‘ there will be another such incident sooner or later ’ . |
| 20 | Smokers came off worst from budget price rises : the cost of tobacco rose by 12 per cent in April , the month 's RPI figures reveal . |
| 21 | On our journey home , at some unknown point , one of the canoes broke loose and came off the trailer and was lost . |
| 22 | We lined up in the final and I came off the bend well in the lead . |
| 23 | I was the favourite to win the ‘ double ’ , but in the 200 metres , though I came off the bend in the lead , I relaxed too much and first John Regis and then Todd Bennett came past me . |
| 24 | Marian stood away clear of the spatter of water that came off the stone steps . |
| 25 | He held on to his charge until he came off the boat at Harwich . |
| 26 | Voight came off the better of the two , because Fearless Frank ( originally called Frank 's Greatest Adventure ) was the more interesting in being Phil Kaufman 's debut as director , and having the author Nelson ( The Man with the Golden Arm ) Algren playing a gangster called Needles . |
| 27 | In another cliffhanger the Saltires , for whom Paul Hull was outstanding , came off second-best again when Mark ‘ Turbo ’ Thomas powered over for two tries to clinch it for the holders ( 12–10 ) . |
| 28 | ‘ He came off the worst but I do n't know what happened to the fairy on top . |
| 29 | Keegan , meanwhile , is ready to offer a new contract to Czech keeper Pavel Srnicek , who came off the transfer list last month . |
| 30 | David Elsworth 's useful Flat performer hardly came off the bridle for a 25-length victory at Folkestone 12 days ago . |