Example sentences of "[Wh pn] came [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not a well-attended affair — perhaps fifteen people , mainly old women , at the church , few of whom came on to the cemetery . |
| 2 | The career of Miller had been that of a classic party functionary rising to PUWP central committee secretary and politburo member , whereas Kwasniewski , who came up through the editorship of party youth wing newspapers to become Minister of Youth and Sports from 1985 , had made his name as a pragmatist and advocate of co-operation with Solidarity in the 1989 round table talks . |
| 3 | It was a day of mixed emotions for a player who came up through the ranks at Ayresome Park . |
| 4 | Guest of honour was Brigadier Garton who came up for the evening from his base at Catterick Garrison . |
| 5 | The design of the cap badge had been the result of a competition which was won by Sergeant Bob Tait who came up with the winged dagger emblem . |
| 6 | Tim Kaihatsu wrote quite a lot — in fact , he was the one who came up with the most material . |
| 7 | It was Alistair Bruce who came up with the idea . |
| 8 | It was Shelley who came up with the aggressive sounding Boadicea . |
| 9 | His wife Jackie , 30 , said : ‘ It was the salesman who came up with the price and they have signed a contract . |
| 10 | Likewise David Hart , General Secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers , who came up with the poetic gem : ‘ The Council is being made more and more the poodle of centralised government . ’ |
| 11 | YOUR reader who came up with the old nonsense about teachers ' holidays obviously knows nothing about the job . |
| 12 | The extra performance on the Tuesday in aid of the new cancer day-care ward at Whiston Hospital raised three hundred pounds and special thanks go to Betty who came up with the original idea and everyone involved who organized the marvellous spread for the soiree afterwards . |
| 13 | Despite that success , the playwright had difficulty raising the money to bring the comedy into the West End , although the backer who came up with the all-important £1,000 needed to clinch the deal was able to retire to a South Sea island on his share of the profits . |
| 14 | ONCE-RACED MILIYEL * , who came up against the 1,000 Guineas ante-post favourite Musicale when both made their debut at Lingfield last season , may open her account in the Geoffrey Barling Maiden Fillies ' Stakes ( 2.00 ) at Newmarket today . |
| 15 | Those who came up from the Kinlochleven side may climb Am Bodach with the plan to turn east and do Na Gruagaichean , or carry on westwards for Stob Ban . |
| 16 | But it was Woodruffe who came around from the cab . |
| 17 | Then came the era of the Brat Pack , a bunch of young Hollywood actors who came on to the scene thinking they were God 's gift to the cinema — and some of them were . |
| 18 | The newspaper reporters who came on to the scene contributed to the overspill of spite . |
| 19 | His point was that the yobs who came on to the pitch did so from the comfort of a new , multi-million pound stand . |
| 20 | Between them , the Quakers and the Christian Council looked after about twenty per cent of those who came over on the Kindertransporte . |
| 21 | When I told Constanza , she who has a memory for these things said , ‘ Good Lord , not M. J. Devaux who came over with the French team after the war ? ’ |
| 22 | The 24 runners included six from the site Fire Brigade , bravely running in their waterproof overtrousers and braces , and two from CSD 's Brussels staff who came over for the occasion . |
| 23 | A Western resident of Timisoara said that the scale of the violence in the town on Sunday was horrifying , while a Yugoslav lorry driver who came out of the region yesterday reported seeing fires . |
| 24 | This incensed his wife who came out of the house , shouting abuse . |
| 25 | And what about Whittingham … he 's a Gloucestershire lad … who came out of the army to start shooting goals for Pompey … he 's already scored two hat-tricks this season … last saturday he killed off Luton Town by scoring three of Portsmouth 's four goals … he 's enjoying his best ever start to a season … he can hit the ball hard … head with power … and finish with skill … |
| 26 | He spoke passably good French and enjoyed discussing food with the pretty young serving girl who came out to the table by the roadside , which the Major had adopted as his vantage point . |
| 27 | One who came out into the open after having lost his political way somewhat was former premier Bazargan . |
| 28 | For of course the Pacific is still influenced by the Atlantic that once dominated the world : the ties that bound the world together yesterday — personified by the men and women who came out from the West to trade or to peddle religion , to colonize , annex , smuggle or fight — these ties still exist today , though more weakly , with less influence and fewer and fewer people enrolled in the process . |
| 29 | Downstairs in the hall Greg took his coat , and was going to let himself out when he was forestalled by Viola 's son , who came out from the sitting-room , his wife hanging back in the doorway . |
| 30 | As a result , it received several offers of help , including one from the mystery blonde accountant who came down to the Sanctuary twice . |