Example sentences of "[noun] come [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | When the rags came out the mass of frizz made Sally screech with horror but when Louise had teased it a little with her Mason Pearson brush and a long tail comb Sally saw that the usually severe schoolgirlish cut had been transformed into a mop of pretty curls . |
2 | From a thousand voices came back the response : ‘ He is risen indeed , Alleluia ! ’ |
3 | A horse came down the ramp in one bound , as if on wings , hit the concrete in a shower of sparks . |
4 | As she put down her cases a large shiny 1935 Armstrong Siddeley car came around a bend in the station drive and braked to a halt a short distance from her . |
5 | Mrs Singh came down the hall and opened the door , smiling . |
6 | ‘ The roof came off a woman 's house , and we all helped to save what we could . |
7 | Carrie sat around the bed with her mother and Fred chatting for a while , and it was not too long before they saw Joe Maitland coming down the ward . |
8 | The next day he starts at one car coming around a bend a little fast . |
9 | I could feel the different textures of wood , gravel and asphalt racing beneath my fingers as they came to rest on the road , and was terrified of a car coming up the cul-de-sac and smashing my hand . |
10 | with sort of a trail of red blood coming out the middle ! |
11 | Light coming down the barrel is focussed by a small plastic lens onto the photo-diode and the device is sensitive enough to detect the changes in intensity of the picture . |
12 | Compare , for example : ( 16a ) I was glad to see the police car come around the corner . |
13 | ( 16b ) I was glad I saw the police car come around the corner . |
14 | ‘ The cars come down the bank there very quickly . |
15 | Slightly slower just so that the words come over a bit clearer yes , so so people can actually take in what you say okay . |
16 | So when you take your trolley back and clip it back up the pound comes out the front again . |
17 | The stewardess came down the aisle , a big-breasted young woman exuding a strong odour of perspiration . |
18 | A groan of real sympathy came down the line . |
19 | Victoria came up the room and seated herself on the couch , and without either greeting or preamble , she said , ‘ I 've had indigestion ever since Christmas Day . |
20 | Whereupon a sizeable squad of his fellow mandroids came around a corner and arrested me . |
21 | Meanwhile , as Ladbrokes shortened Nashwan 's odds for next Sunday 's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe from 2-1 to 7-4 with a run , French Glory came down a point to 7-1 amid rumours that Pat Eddery would switch to him from Khalid Abdullah 's other probable runner , Assatis . |
22 | Just needs a string of natives bearing head bundles and brollies to come up the footpath . ’ |
23 | When the sun came out a rainbow formed and the air was so clear that each pine tree on the distant mountains , where usually the forest is a shadowy blur , stood out separate and distinct . |
24 | This time he could almost hear a patient sigh coming down the telephone . |
25 | Coffin heard feet coming down the staircase from the upper floor of the house . |
26 | If the silicon chips coming off a production line begin to fail , ordinary optical-microscope pictures of the minute circuitry can often help to sort out what is going wrong . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | But over the succeeding weeks only a handful came out the rest chose to stay . |
29 | In sing-song came back the reply : ‘ A bonkeleh is a greisa kuss ’ — accompanied by a noisy demonstratory kiss on the child 's forehead . |
30 | ‘ Oh , have you not ? ’ snapped the other , coming hastily forward to confront her as Theda came down the rest of the stairs . |