Example sentences of "[conj] come [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Mortmain' , or dead hand , refers to the fact that the church was an undying institution so that any land which it held in fee ( or freehold ) was never vacated by the death of its owner or came into the possession of a minor or an heiress ; thus it would never revert ( or escheat ) to the chief lord for the duration of the vacancy or minority , so depriving him of the valuable rights of wardship and marriage appertaining to feudal tenure .
2 was at the meeting or came into the meeting to explain about the schemes .
3 Women were referred to the clinic by a gynaecologist or other specialist ( 302 , 61% ) or by a general practitioner ( 101 , 20% ) or came to the clinic on their own initiative ( 85 , 17% ) .
4 He could tell she was upset by the words she used : bad words he had often heard from the men who worked with the pigs or came to the house to drink with Buddie in the music-room .
5 Its purpose is chiefly to add entries for new words and new meanings of words : ‘ new ’ implying that they came into existence , or came to the attention of scholars , after the relevant part of OED was published , and therefore could not be inserted in the main work .
6 The remainder of the bureau questioned , around 20% , either had no traditional typesetting or printing background at all or came from the computer services sector .
7 Much of the initial cost of setting up the campaign was covered either by various committee members somehow doing things for free or came from the remainder of the money raised at the Comedy Store .
8 ( I was determined to combat in advance any risk of being taken over by G(R) , the Middle East equivalent of S.O.E. , which was already showing signs of being the monstrous and inefficient octopus it later became ; or coming under the control of the Director of Combined Operations . )
9 The current site was built in 1860 for livestock walking into the market or coming off the train .
10 She had no memory of closing the Lab door or coming down the stairs .
11 In London , the community , Bob Colenutt suggests , was never even considered , yet even when , as in the case of Pittsburgh , community involvement is statutory , the outcomes may be only to amplify those within the community ( or coming into the community ) with the greatest resources and power to exploit the local political system .
12 or coming around the corner on his tractor
13 In the midst of the global gene drain , more than 1,000 small family seed houses have either been bought out or come under the control of some of the world 's largest chemical companies .
14 My husband George is a parson so I meet many of the people who telephone or come to the Vicarage .
15 Whether you live in Northamptonshire or come to the area as a visitor , for business or leisure , the expertise of the County 's Tourist Guides will help you get to know this varied County better , and even help you find out more about the areas you thought you knew .
16 However , as I indicated , any particular knives that enter the country or come on the market will be examined to establish whether they can properly and effectively be added to the controlled list .
17 And if either mum likes to phone in , or come into the office tomorrow , by tomorrow you 'll know what we can do , or if we 're gon na do anything to help you .
18 Have your tea , then you can either go up to the nursery and play or come in the kitchen with me and help me make a pie , whichever you like . ’
19 That was the true Light , which lighteth every man that cometh into the world .
20 Everything was Nordic or Russian except the Lehar group that came at the end .
21 The 355mm ( 14in ) twin plate unit that came with the gearbox could n't be fitted into the space available , so Mr Tomlinson had to write a cheque for £800 to buy a special Case IH single plate unit .
22 There is a difficulty with Jenny , of a kind that came with the innocent of the previous novel .
23 Soon after that he and his sergeant went away carrying the manual of instruction that came with the computer monster .
24 The fireball that came with the flash lasted for half a second and enveloped the whole stumbling figure .
25 Just ask for them at a maternity clinic or child health clinic and show your Income Support payment book or , if you 're paid by girocheque , the letter that came with the girocheque .
26 Price recounts the experience of one UI client which bought a range of ‘ open systems ’ equipment supporting Posix , assuming that applications would be portable across the mix of SVR4 , Ultrix , HP-UX and AIX environments that came with the kit it purchased .
27 The dogs that came with the Romans probably mated with the indigenous population , helping to form many of the breeds we know today .
28 Partly it was familiarity with the lines after three hours of going through them , but also it was a kind of relaxation that came with the acceptance of disaster .
29 The anger was there , the bitterness of betrayal , the sickness that came with the understanding that another man had been caressing his wife 's nakedness .
30 But in the long term he opened the way to the great revolution in industry that came with the advances on his original idea , made by such as James Watt and Richard Trevithick ( qq.v . ) .
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