Example sentences of "[noun sg] came [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But the big break came in the early '60s , when Moseley met Nokie Edwards of top guitar instrumental group The Ventures . |
| 3 | Part of the confusion came from the unworthy pleasure given him by the prospect of holding onto his ward a little longer . |
| 4 | A chill wind came through the open doors to the balcony . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The doors stayed open but no murmur came from the other room . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The first chance of real action came in the late summer of 1940 after the retreat from Dunkirk . |
| 9 | Then a little light came through the uncovered spyhole , a flickering , surreptitious light . |
| 10 | Early morning summer light came through the barred window and lay on his uncovered back , making a checkered pattern with his freshly healed wounds . |
| 11 | Light came through the stained-glass skylights , which were predominantly green and blue , and through a wall of windows of clear glass that held the faintest hint of turquoise . |
| 12 | The study was empty ; the light came from the adjacent room . |
| 13 | Apart from the lamps that gave a yellow glow to the leaves , the only light came from the big windows of the Communist club which was packed on both floors , its discotheque going full swing . |
| 14 | The only light came from the big fire . |
| 15 | All the doors off it had been closed , and the only light came from the open archways at its beginning and end . |
| 16 | Czechs in Cleveland to learn how to cope with job losses WAYS in which the North-East came through the industrial upheaval of the '70s and '80s could prove an invaluable blueprint for revival for the people of Czechoslovakia . |
| 17 | The first hint that there might be a connection between black holes and thermodynamics came with the mathematical discovery in 1970 that the surface area of the event horizon , the boundary of a black hole , has the property that it always increases when additional matter or radiation falls into the black hole . |
| 18 | Those links were particularly strengthened when a major test of the management of information which bore on student 's continuity of study came with the Technical and Vocational Education Initiative ( TVEI ) in 1982 . |
| 19 | The impetus for this study came from the disastrous upsurge in the levels of these diseases , particularly gonorrhoea , which was increasing at 10 to 15 per cent . |
| 20 | Much of the rise in employment in the boom came in the marginal , part-time jobs generally done by women . |
| 21 | Public sector funding came from the urban programme ( £11 million ) and from the Housing Corporation ( £11.5 million ) . |
| 22 | Particularly noteworthy support came from the Joint Services Philatelic Consortium which has now raised £100,000 for the Appeal through the sale of philatelic covers . |
| 23 | In Nicholson 's case , the description came with the ever-present prefix that on the occasions he has tried acid , it was used properly to avoid bad trips ; thus , he had ‘ come to terms with things that you perceive would be otherwise impossible — things that help you understand yourself … plus , if used properly , it can means quite a lot of kicks . ’ |
| 24 | His opportunity to bring the two threads together as a writer came in the early 1980s through the radical London magazine City Limits — which also gave WCM regular Rob Steen his first break as a cricket-writer . |
| 25 | The stark admission came after the sensational ending of the High Court libel case brought by Mrs Bauwens against The People newspaper . |
| 26 | ‘ A runner came from the front trenches , down the communicating trench . |
| 27 | The most positive response came from the 16-bag group , whereupon Tetley began a mass distribution of 16-bag samples and money-off coupons in the South . |
| 28 | Perhaps the snake came through the air-vent many times before it killed Julia . |
| 29 | The largest sectoral rise came from the independent fund managers where funds rose 30 per cent to £31.7 billion by the end of 1992 . |
| 30 | He was tumultuously cheered in the House of Commons that afternoon , although a good part of the enthusiasm came from the Labour benches . |