Example sentences of "[pers pn] came at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , in Kenya we came at a herd of elephants fast and low — bang ! |
| 2 | Anselm had known Hugh as papal legate in France when he was abbot of Bec , but his close association with him came at a moment when he was in a very perplexing situation . |
| 3 | None of this necessarily involved fighting between French and British , but it came at a time when the British Company was revising its policy of relying on the Moghul Emperor and on the successes of Englishmen outside India to protect its position . |
| 4 | It came at a time when dislocation of the Latin American economies as a result of the First World War caused widespread unemployment and increasingly militant labour unrest . |
| 5 | It came at a time of growing interest among member countries of the European Communities ( EC ) in new sources for cheaper supplies of bananas , following the relaxation of the preferential access granted to certain African and Caribbean countries covered by the EC 's Lomé Convention agreement [ see pp. 37210-11 ] . |
| 6 | It came at the end of a month that would send most managers as mad as a March hare , with a defeat at Oldham and points dropped to Villa , Manchester City and Arsenal . |
| 7 | It came at the end of a pretty miserable week for the Seasiders after their failure to reach the first round of the Cup Winners ' Cup in Cyprus . |