Example sentences of "[adv] came [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicholas says his delayed return — he was released last Novemebr , but only came back to Britain a fortnight ago — was due to difficulties in getting back his passport from the Goan authorities . |
| 2 | But er I was away for a week there , I only came back on Saturday . |
| 3 | But a survey on , let us say , political questions , which suddenly came up with questions about husband-wife relations , would almost certainly result in the questions being queried at the very least . |
| 4 | He believed that he got up and felt his feet sink through the floor while the music from down below came up like vapour and was breathed rather than heard . |
| 5 | In fact , he rarely came out of Bath and Wells , where he was proving a conscientious diocesan , predictably of a brisk administrative turn of mind . |
| 6 | She rarely came out of Merchiston Lodge , except to go to the village , and it was quite a pleasure , she discovered , to be driving away from it . |
| 7 | His kisses were deep and cherishing and hungry , and it was a long time before they eventually came up for air . |
| 8 | In that way , when the land eventually came back into production farmers would use fewer chemicals which would be even more environmentally friendly . |
| 9 | But the loyalty of those who left to their ‘ house ’ and their village was such that when they were able to they sent money home , and many eventually came back in person , to die where they were born . |
| 10 | Stoddard Carpets eventually came out on top in this ten man team Stableford Competition . |
| 11 | White duly came down to London from his home in Wolverhampton — he is the senior member of a remarkable quartet of Elvis Gordon , Dennis Stewart and the banned Kerrith Brown who have all won medals at world level , yet all train in the back room of an Edwardian bath house . |
| 12 | Relying upon authority rather than cultivating widespread support , he soon came up against resistance from those who detected a tampering with the basic fabric of Orthodoxy . |
| 13 | It was no different in the occupied West Bank where the protesters soon came up against army reinforcements . |
| 14 | Civilisation soon came back into evidence again as we approached the small collection of buildings of North Eggardon Farm . |
| 15 | In front of the stove it soon came back to life , and then he could return it to its mother . |
| 16 | After the death of her father in 1891 she withdrew entirely into private life , devoting herself almost obsessively to the care of her mother , even though the latter soon came out of retirement to become a royal lady-in-waiting . |
| 17 | just came up over night till we found out in the morning well you can see it ca n't you Oh you did you see it ? the swelling on your dad 's foot . |
| 18 | eventually they went bankrupt , Florrie is an of mine , she used to work there part time and she always enjoyed it , she 's been there say twenty years , she just came back from holiday and found the place is closed down and none of for the past er fifteen months he 'd been there , that past fifteen months none of their part time staff had their stamps put on their cards , so for their , for their pension |
| 19 | It was that 's when I just came back from Switzerland I think . |
| 20 | Your boss 's behaviour of chasing you and putting pressure on is likely to have been positively reinforced , ie it was ‘ nice ’ for him when you finally came up with ideas which he found satisfactory . |
| 21 | The student body thereupon came out on strike . |
| 22 | ‘ Eventually , I wrote a note and put it through the letter box saying we would love to buy the house if it ever came up for sale . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ No good ever came out of Catgut Alley , that 's for sure , ’ said Aunt Clarabel as she sat him down to fish and chips for lunch . |
| 24 | Western leaders , including John Major , yesterday came out in Mr Yeltsin 's defence and the White House made clear that it wanted to go ahead with the planned summit meeting between President Bill Clinton and Mr Yeltsin in April . |
| 25 | In spite of the fall , the Government still came in for criticism from opposition parties and trade union leaders , who pointed out that the total was still higher than this time last year . |
| 26 | Sunderland had a new manager to show off … a big crowd to shout them on … and the bounce of the ball … but Swindon still came out on top … mind you when Shaun Taylor gave away a penalty in the first half … things looked a bit dodgy … |
| 27 | Lyn 's parents and Joanne and Kevin always came over on Sunday afternoons . |
| 28 | Funny , though , I always came back to Heather . |
| 29 | But she always came back to Haworth ; she did n't like to be with famous people very long . |
| 30 | In Robert Chalmers 's recent profile of Sarah Miles on this page , the actress said she always came out of interviews sounding either sordid or bananas . |