Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] came [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For one thing , I suppose I do regard it as the moment in my career when I truly came of age as a butler . |
| 2 | It was an exercise to prove the existence of a Nonconformist unity which only came into existence by the exercise . |
| 3 | The argument that , quite apart from the question of recklessness , the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 ( which only came into force in the UK in December 1986 ) does as a matter of law override the limitation provisions of both the Hague-Visby Rules and the Athens Convention ( for passenger claims ) will not be easily accepted by Norton Rose . |
| 4 | In England , Wales and Scotland the new local government systems which finally came into operation in 1974 appeared to confirm a new status for local government , which was also reflected in significantly increased salaries for the chief officers of the new councils . |
| 5 | The new approach which thus came into being and swept rapidly to prominence in Switzerland and Germany was clearly very different in tone and style from the previously established Liberal Theology . |
| 6 | BURMAH , the oil group which nearly came to grief in the 1970s stock market crash , was one of the few shares to resist Barclays de Zoete Wedd 's gloomy forecast on shares . |
| 7 | In Shepherd 's Bush , where he grew up , he and his family suffered an incident in which the police , who had surrounded the house in order to arrest Christie 's brother ( on a charge which never came to court ) then burst in and carried out the violent , unprovoked arrest of Christie and his father . |
| 8 | Greater Manchester Police are now looking into other aspects of the murder inquiry including this interview with a policeman witness under hypnosis which recently came to light . |
| 9 | What little human warmth I required I garnered from the aunts and cousins , who still came to Cliff Top for their annual holiday . |
| 10 | Another factor which made Russian foreign policy different in kind from that of the other Great Powers in 1880 was that , like Great Britain ( with whom she often came into conflict over them ) , she had great extra-European interests , both in the Far East and central Asia , where her territories , influence and commerce had been growing steadily for twenty years . |
| 11 | Rounding the great bend opposite East Ord , they suddenly came into view of the English forces massing over a mile ahead . |
| 12 | A handiwork lesson where children were mechanically engaged in a task ( making brooms ) which all had already mastered before they ever came to school . |
| 13 | used to say , that cases used to come before her court in in Rochdale , and it was an absolute disgrace that they ever came to court . |
| 14 | Port Talbot had a large and vital steelworks , and moonlit nights almost always brought the Luftwaffe , but they also came in daylight . |
| 15 | They often came into conflict with the local Transport Committees , formed from the local branches of the main transport unions , who correctly maintained that they alone had the right to issue permits for the movement of essential items which would otherwise have been held up in the dispute . |
| 16 | It only came to light today . ’ |
| 17 | I put on the dress and it suddenly came to life . |
| 18 | He only came to life when she began unbuttoning his trousers , for as she touched his fly buttons , so he grabbed at his belt . |
| 19 | It literally came to light by accident when it fell out of a bag — it was God 's will , I suppose . ’ |
| 20 | He soon came into conflict with Thomas Henry Huxley ( 182595 ) — known as ‘ Darwin 's bulldog ’ — over the question of humankind 's relationship to the great apes . |
| 21 | A transcript of the tape-recording made in the restaurant was a central plank in the prosecution case when it finally came to court eighteen months later . |
| 22 | 2 weeks ago it finally came to trial 2 weeks ago and today was the day of judgement , but she 's still waiting . |
| 23 | On the other hand , I suspected that those concerned with the practical supply of publicly available information to business executives ( whom , after all , the work carried out here was originally intended to help ) would probably not take the trouble to read such a review , if it ever came to fruition , because it would not be practical enough ! |
| 24 | It also came to light that Mrs Dyer was a close friend of another convicted baby farmer , Margaret Waters . |
| 25 | He also came under attack in his capacity as a revenue farmer and would-be monopolist . |
| 26 | He also came into conflict with the Empire of the East , an orthodox Christian empire with territories touching upon those of Italy , with many differences and oppositions to papal and Frankish interests . |
| 27 | ‘ So he probably came to tea and forgot it , ’ said Camille . |
| 28 | Cairns-Smith 's view of the DNA/protein machinery is that it probably came into existence relatively recently , perhaps as recently as three billion years ago . |
| 29 | Er , it probably came into fashion in the , something like the eighteenth century . |
| 30 | They say it really came from Croissant , meaning crescent , because there 's a bend in the valley and the river there . |