Example sentences of "[noun] came [adv prt] of [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This interview came out of several inspirational talks we had in June and was highlighted by his brilliant summer lecture to the Art and Architecture Society .
2 Then jagged peaks came out of cloud-filled valleys to steal all colouring from the sky and day flooded the glacier ahead , painting it with a palette of new-formed pastel shades .
3 That 's right your tape machine came out of one of those boxes .
4 A German came out of one of the huts .
5 Stories came in of fresh controversies and skirmishes between the Desmonds and the Ormondes , and Maurice Fitzgerald began making overtures to Spain in the hope that King Philip might agree to support Ireland and throw out the English , once and for all .
6 Every word came out of that perfect bow of a mouth loaded with a prying kind of jealousy .
7 The bombs fell on South Wales and reports came in of young men killed in the air , on land , at sea .
8 We waited anxiously as reports came in of 97-mph gales in the Pennines but thankfully the spire remained firm .
9 An odd move , to be sure , at a time when prices were falling — and in a rather smart street , too , where such a venture would not be guaranteed to make him instantly popular with the neighbours , as customers came in one door and noisome smells came out of another .
10 And my fly came out of that catalogue .
11 It should be stated that 99% of the SVR passengers took the disruptions in their stride , especially when locomotives came out of rostered order to the advertised timetable coupled with the tropical downpour all day .
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