Example sentences of "[noun prp] come from [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then requested Lucy and Jean to come from the kitchen , and , standing between them , he placed an arm round their shoulders as he said , ‘ This is Lucy and Jean , who have attended to your refreshments on behalf of Stella , my hostess , who is indisposed . |
| 2 | She knew that Richard came from the castle and understood that his family was the family to which all the others deferred , but now instead of intimidating her Richard 's status seemed to impart a sense of protection . |
| 3 | Like the most famous of all American Presidents , Harry Truman came from the mid-West ; and he too had some of the qualities which contributed to the greatness of Abraham Lincoln — honesty , courage and a willingness to accept responsibility . |
| 4 | This was when I learnt for the first time how experts conducted dealing for Jim came from a family of dealers . |
| 5 | Nicholas Leventhorpe came from a family active in the duchy since the beginning of the century . |
| 6 | Nicholas Leventhorpe came from a family active in the duchy since the beginning of the century . |
| 7 | Jonquil came from the back . |
| 8 | How nastily inventive of Terry Porter to say Ruth came from an egg . |
| 9 | The main competition to IBM came from a group of other US mainframe producers , often referred to as the ‘ seven dwarfs ’ or the Bunch . |
| 10 | The green speckled Spartan basalt used at Knossos came from the south Peloponnese ; a store-room in the East Wing of the Knossos Labyrinth held a supply of Spartan basalt blocks at the time of the temple 's abandonment in 1380 BC . |
| 11 | Thomson came from a generation of American composers which had to find its own way without benefit of university patronage . |
| 12 | Jonathon came from the train with a porter behind him loaded with their gear . |
| 13 | Another way of making the same point about the superior and the inferior societies of France and Scotland came from the pen of the French ecclesiastic Estienne Perlin , who visited England and Scotland in 1551–2 . |
| 14 | The Plantagenets come from the Devil , and to the Devil they will surely go ! |
| 15 | The craftsman 's view of Lloyd Webber comes from the lyricist Don Black : " Andrew 's tunes reek of melody , in a world that does n't have much melody . |
| 16 | Washington comes from a tennis family . |
| 17 | Superintendent Michael Pumfrey came from the Swessex Police Headquarters at Sturford . |
| 18 | Lizzie came from the back of the house to greet them and insisted on helping them carry in Sara 's boxes , packages and various belongings . |
| 19 | Lizzie came from the kitchen to tell her Jenny had phoned and was arriving a day earlier . |
| 20 | Thus although the political initiative for the start of NEP came from the top , the economic life-blood at first began to flow from the bottom upwards . |
| 21 | The people running the CEGB came from a generation who believed in the power of technology to solve problems , in motorways and in growth of consumption . |
| 22 | The high-pitched whine from his Williams comes from the engine , not the cockpit . |
| 23 | According to age-old local legends , the meaning of the word Carno comes from a hill in the centre of the Parish called ‘ clorin ’ because it is shaped like the back of a horse ; the Welsh farmers ’ word for the tail of a foal is ‘ torir clorin ’ . |
| 24 | The project under discussion for Liverpool comes from the confidence of two religions prepared to work together to build a new primary school . |
| 25 | The water used in brewing Guinness comes from the catchment areas in the Wicklow Mountains close to where the Liffey rises and is particularly suited to the brewing of stout because of its purity and softness . |
| 26 | The family had finished their supper when she got home , but her temper was soothed by her reception : Herr Nordern coming from the bedroom to greet her , Omi fussing , Erika getting her meal , even Paul helping her off with her coat , although he rather spoiled his effect by then chucking it over the back of a chair instead of hanging it up . |
| 27 | The initiative for forming the Communist Party of the Russian Republic in 1990 as a Russian organisation within the CPSU came from the OFR . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , Cyprus came from a goal down at home to Czechoslovakia yesterday to grab a 1-1 draw in a World Cup Group IV qualifier . |
| 29 | Jack came from a family which was riddled with alcohol abuse . |
| 30 | Maureen comes from a cleaning background and has a wide contract range from BhS stores to large shopping centres . |