Example sentences of "[noun] came [adv prt] the [noun] " 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 | Mrs Singh came down the hall and opened the door , smiling . |
| 5 | The stewardess came down the aisle , a big-breasted young woman exuding a strong odour of perspiration . |
| 6 | A groan of real sympathy came down the line . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But over the succeeding weeks only a handful came out the rest chose to stay . |
| 9 | In sing-song came back the reply : ‘ A bonkeleh is a greisa kuss ’ — accompanied by a noisy demonstratory kiss on the child 's forehead . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , have you not ? ’ snapped the other , coming hastily forward to confront her as Theda came down the rest of the stairs . |
| 11 | But when stuff came down the dock to people off , on to a boat , would that be stored in a warehouse first and then go on to the boat or would it be |
| 12 | As the dusk came down the bats came out and the song of birds ceased one by one until only a lone blackbird spoke occasionally from the shadows . |
| 13 | When the lights came up the girl looked at the audience , her mouth slowly opened and on her face was an expression of incredulity . |
| 14 | While she was working , Kalchu came up the ladder carrying a basket of jharo , the resinous wood that 's gouged from deep inside the trunks of the oldest , tallest pine trees , then cut into chips and burned for lighting . |
| 15 | Kalchu came up the ladder carrying a cockerel . |
| 16 | Martha came up the companion , followed by a boy very much taller than she was . |
| 17 | The Berlin Wall came down the year before , but John Major is not Prime Minister yet and EuroDisney is still a building site . |
| 18 | Horses and carts were the only means of transport until an infrequent bus service came up the valley to add a further lifeline . |
| 19 | It was crowded , and as the rain began to fall more rabbits came down the runs . |
| 20 | On the 42nd lap Levagh came up the straight between the grandstand and the pits in his silver Mercedes at about 240 kph ( 150 mph ) and was being followed by Fangio . |
| 21 | Standing under the vaulted fan roof of that incredible building , listening to the pure soprano of the leading choir boy singing , ‘ Once in Royal David 's city ’ as the choir came up the aisle , it was difficult to restrain our tears . |
| 22 | A man came up the ladder from the engine room and Dickie opened his letter . |
| 23 | Dawson came down the scale and finished with a bass boom , index finger down heavily , thumb extended . |
| 24 | Her voice came down the phone icy . |
| 25 | ‘ There 's no mistake , Miss Stanley , ’ the girl 's voice came down the line . |
| 26 | Several days before these events a ship came up the Ankh on the dawn tide and fetched up , among many others , in the maze of wharves and docks on the Morpork shore . |
| 27 | Then a ripple of information came down the queue to say that we had been ordered back to the station because there obviously was n't sufficient bus capacity . |
| 28 | Bars of sunlight broke through the slatted windows and swept back and forth across the floor , and the smell of the sea came up the carriage bearing memories of childhood outings . |
| 29 | They came down , they were altogether like that but at one point those red ones came down the ice altogether . |
| 30 | Wilkie came up the sand and arranged her return with M. Grimaud . |