Example sentences of "[noun sg] came [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reply came in a few minutes ago listing ten different countries with which he does business . ’ |
| 2 | The technician 's reply came after a brief moment of hesitation . |
| 3 | In the United States government support for organised labour came at a later date than in Europe ( only in the mid-1930s ) , and even then it still remained open to employers to try to persuade their own workers ( short of using overt coercion ) not to vote for union bargaining rights ( i.e. they still maintained ‘ an ethical mandate to continue with their belligerent behaviour towards unions ’ ( Adams , 1981 , p. 287 ) ) . |
| 4 | But aid came from an unlikely quarter . |
| 5 | The main thrust for use of videos as an aid came from the three Welsh areas — just under three-quarters seeing it as an aid that could improve training . |
| 6 | The allegation came on the third day of an insurance fraud trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court . |
| 7 | Calls for an inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) of the Yongbyon nuclear power complex came after the alleged discovery by United States monitoring services , reported in the Washington Post in August 1989 , of an apparent new reprocessing facility , capable of producing enough plutonium to manufacture one atomic bomb per year . |
| 8 | But the big break came in the early '60s , when Moseley met Nokie Edwards of top guitar instrumental group The Ventures . |
| 9 | The Bush broadside came on the last day of the Republicans ' convention in Houston , Texas . |
| 10 | The softly spoken command came from the third man , who had remained silent until now . |
| 11 | Before it struck home the chapter came to a hasty conclusion . |
| 12 | Consequently , once the northern campaign was resumed , on 20 April , the task of political reorganization came to a temporary halt . |
| 13 | Recognition came with a sudden warm and brilliant smile out of his preoccupied frenzy . |
| 14 | Part of the confusion came from the unworthy pleasure given him by the prospect of holding onto his ward a little longer . |
| 15 | Left : This ornate boudoir couch came from a stately home |
| 16 | A chill wind came through the open doors to the balcony . |
| 17 | The biggest Nazi vote came from the rural districts , and the lowest came from urban areas , where the SPD , KPD and DNVP were still firmly based . |
| 18 | The doors stayed open but no murmur came from the other room . |
| 19 | This time the interruption came from an unexpected source , as Lesley-Jane Decker leapt to the defence of her idol . |
| 20 | I removed the offending items , and before it had really begun Barny 's training programme came to a permanent halt . |
| 21 | Support for the reform programme came from a loose coalition of liberal and independent deputies which , in the past , had been highly critical of British policy towards Hong Kong . |
| 22 | Louisa had been skidding unsteadily about the ice for the best part of an hour when a carriage came round the rear drive of the Hall and , after a moment 's debate , Edwin Frere sprang down to give a helping hand to his well-muffled wife . |
| 23 | Such is the standard of junior sides in this competition that the game appeared to be no more than a formality for us , so our 4–1 defeat came as a complete surprise . |
| 24 | The Uderzo-Goscinny partnership came to an abrupt end with Goscinny 's death in 1977 . |
| 25 | In the UNIP contest for the 1979 presidential nomination , when both Kapwepwe and Nkumbula challenged him , Kaunda showed that he was not prepared to tolerate any real alternative to himself , even when the bid came from the two most experienced politicians in the country . |
| 26 | The car came to an abrupt halt . |
| 27 | The hacienda came as a total surprise . |
| 28 | Shampoo came from a communal bottle . |
| 29 | This result came as a complete surprise to me and everyone else , and it was greeted with general disbelief . |
| 30 | The first chance of real action came in the late summer of 1940 after the retreat from Dunkirk . |