Example sentences of "[vb past] come [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The occasional remark passing seemed to come from an infinite distance , and be answered after a prolonged interval . |
| 2 | The policeman and the girl had come on an ordinary routine visit . |
| 3 | No encore was needed , despite the clamour for one and the band left knowing they 'd converted all who had come with an open mind . |
| 4 | No encore was needed , despite the clamour for one and the band left knowing they 'd converted all who had come with an open mind . |
| 5 | She had come to an unhappy house , that was clear . |
| 6 | Fifteen yards down the street , the man had come to an uncertain halt , his eyes searching both sides of the street for a glimpse of his prey . |
| 7 | And then she realised that the hoof beats of his horse had come to an abrupt stop . |
| 8 | The Nigerian adventure had come to an abrupt end with the arrival of a new military government and a ban on all imports . |
| 9 | Her voice trailed away as she saw that Laura had come to an abrupt halt beside her . |
| 10 | It had come as an unpleasant shock to realize how much they knew : those employing the man , that was — the French Haute Police , as they called themselves . |
| 11 | He had come into an open place . |
| 12 | I knew then that it was more inspiring than if the sound had come from an orphean bird . |
| 13 | Impressive though this result is , the transplanted nucleus had come from an early embryonic stage . |
| 14 | Darwin at the end of one of his books wrote that according to the unchanging world of his critics , there had been the fall of man into sinfulness and mankind were forever doomed to hopelessness , whereas in his ( Darwin 's ) theory of evolution , man had come from an inferior form , and because of this continuous progress , he commands a limitless potential . |