Example sentences of "[noun] came at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The deal came at the end of the 20th annual session of the intergovernmental commission on economic co-operation between the two countries .
2 ‘ The interview came at the end of a long day .
3 The truly disgraceful bit came at the end , where it said , ‘ Rights Offered : First British Serial only ’ .
4 The family dip came at the start of a nine-day summer cruise around the Ionian Sea .
5 Five of those minutes came at the end of the first half , allowing Hein to score the first of his morale-boosting tries for Oxford in the right corner .
6 William Temple came at the age of 28 and was headmaster from 1911 to 1914 .
7 The disclosure came at the trial for insider trading of Thorold Mackie , an investment analyst and director of Bell Lawrie White .
8 The first exchange came at the beginning of November 1929 .
9 Go-ahead to start the final artwork came at the end of spring 1988 with an autumn deadline , providing the option to work from fresh material available throughout the summer .
10 Her moment came at the end of the first course when , without any apparent signal , the parlourmaid came back into the room .
11 Leicester 's injury crisis came at the double when defender Richard Smith was carried off a minute after the break — and another trainee Neil
12 This unexpected move came at the end of an NPFL conference which called for the continuation of the peace process and the enforcement of the Yammoussoukro agreement as outlined in the Geneva agreement .
13 London Irish thought they 'd scored a try here … the ref tho rightly gave a knock on … and the cherry and whites rolled on to take the lead with a penalty from Martin Roberts … another penalty apiece made it six three to Gloucester at half-time … but they deserved more … the forwards were fired up but so too was the exiles defence which took a fair old hammering … the turning point came at the start of the second half when referee David Matthews awarded Gloucester a penalty try …
14 the real drama came at the start of the second half … with two Town goals in four minutes … first Steve White went flying in the box … a penalty which Paul Bodin knocked in …
15 A major turning-point came at the start of 1985 when Peter Walker announced that there would be no power cuts at all in the coming year , however long the strike lasted .
16 His first taste of Test captaincy came at the Oval in 1988 ; he was unable to stem the West Indian flood , but produced a battling second innings to make a game of it .
17 Sometimes , but not too often , there was the sound of a window being broken , whereupon a general speedy exodus took place , with the consequent panic whenever a knock came at the street door during the next few days .
18 But our real kick came at the end of the film when the lights went up .
19 that neither angel nor devil came at the hour that he was dead .
20 According to the London-based Africa Confidential newsletter of May 22 , the delay came at the insistence of the opposition , which , while claiming that the rainy season would create transport problems for delegates , was in fact concerned that comparatively few parties had as yet been granted legal status .
21 His comments came at the start of the monthly meeting of Castlereagh Council last night where members stood for a minute 's silence in tribute to the four Catholic workmen killed in Castlerock and the two young victims of the IRA Warrington blast .
22 Goal of the week came at the County Ground on Tuesday night ; the scorer Tom Jones .
23 An extra impetus for the disposal came at the start of the week when Pepsi decided to end its franchise relationship with Perrier , citing poor sales performance .
24 The trouble came at the end of a six-hour hearing at the Liverpool Magistrates ' Court yesterday which followed arrests in the Kirkdake area on Wednesday .
25 Signs of willingness to finalize a no-attack treaty came at the conclusion of a third round of high-level talks on Dec. 18-20 in Islamabad , Pakistan , between the Indian foreign secretary Muchkund Dubey and his Pakistani counterpart , Shahryar Khan .
26 The only account of William Green 's life came at the end of the 19th century and was written by Charles Roeder .
27 Michel Laclotte came at the time he was working on the Musée D'Orsay .
28 The warning came at the opening of the European pig and poultry fair at the National Agricultural Centre .
29 Although there was essentially nothing ‘ new ’ in what he said , his statement came at the end of the economic recession of the late 1970s and early 1980s , during which time member states had turned economically ‘ inwards ’ , defending their national markets against European competition .
30 Its only significant achievements came at the outset , when the Great Powers recognized the legitimacy of de Gaulle 's government and invited France to become a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council — a status which would almost certainly not have been offered , had there been no de Gaulle and no Free France .
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