Example sentences of "[noun pl] came [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A whole thicket of broom bushes came down in that slip , as you saw . |
| 2 | We invented the half-round string in 1978 , and then other manufacturers came out with similar strings . |
| 3 | In state primary schools the pupil-teacher ratio went down by 7.5 per cent and in state secondary schools there was a fall of 9.5 per cent , but in the same ten year period the pupil-teacher ratio in independent schools came down by 17.7 per cent . |
| 4 | Yet though the issue of unemployment exerted considerable impact upon British politics it does not appear that Britain 's political parties came up with much in the way of a meaningful solution to the problem . |
| 5 | The drifters came in to both piers and on a Saturday night , the village was a busy place . |
| 6 | Not to be outdone by their rival , Dottridge Brothers came up with some interesting designs too — from the simple ‘ Calais ’ in waxed elm , the ‘ Cairo ’ with its art nouveau grips , and the stolid ‘ Newman ’ in framed and panelled oak . |
| 7 | But the words came out in pearly prose and the answers washed musically into tape-recorders and microphones and notebooks . |
| 8 | The words came out in sharp little machine-gun bursts . |
| 9 | Subjects came up with well-organized fantasy sequences after being roused from some periods with high levels of EEG alpha and saccadic eye movements consistent with relaxed wakefulness . |
| 10 | When the much more rigid ‘ composite ’ constructions came in in Victorian times one or two of the racing clippers were built with hulls of deliberately controllable rigidity . |
| 11 | They had held back at Milfield on the Till , biding their time , until their scouts came in with exact information of the movement of the Scots army . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The intensified aerial bombardment and resulting civilian casualties came in for strong criticism , with all the opposition groups in parliament ( hitherto supportive of military action against the LTTE ) subscribing to a statement which described it as an inhuman action against the people . |
| 14 | As the protest grew , the troops came in with automatic weapons , armoured vehicles and teargas . |
| 15 | Patterned Fair Isle yoke pullovers came in at this time , then polo necks . |
| 16 | More Antony 's personality seemed to change quite a lot in the play , his true , selfish colours came out in this speech . |
| 17 | Various individuals came up with useful sums . |
| 18 | So there were two lower exchequers of receipt , in Westminster and in Oxford , during the years 1643–6 , although a large proportion of Parliament 's revenues came in through various ad hoc treasuries in the City of London , bypassing the Exchequer altogether . |
| 19 | The Ulster Unionists came in for particular criticism , being accused of sacrificing the province 's interests in Europe for the prospect of holding the balance of power at Westminster . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The bombers came in from two different sides of the harbour and from the direction and . |
| 22 | Although ‘ real ’ life was now so often only fantasy and incomplete memories , there were moments when people , events , sights and sounds came back into sudden , sharp focus . |
| 23 | Red Cross ambulances came in with bedraggled soldats Francaises . |
| 24 | The 1992 Waverley Championships were swum at Cranleigh last weekend and Haslemere swimmers came back with 27 medals , just reward for the time and effort they put into their training . |
| 25 | The Americans came up with 22 per cent and the Japanese , who seem to manufacture all the latest gadgets , actually thought up only six per cent . |
| 26 | While councillors came in for much criticism for being representative , health professionals had similar difficulties . |
| 27 | The cherry and whites came back with 2 penalties . |
| 28 | All the leaders came in for new rubber between laps 24 and 31 , when Patrese pitted . |
| 29 | For example , when different colleges came up with similar proposals , it was suggested that they might co-operate in the development work . |
| 30 | The thinking was done in English and the answers came out in English right or wrong . |