Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] coming [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Posi then told me that a comm-call was coming in from the Famlio ship , but I told her to ignore it . |
| 2 | A little grey light was coming in through the window . |
| 3 | It was growing dark and a sharp wind was coming in off the Mediterranean , blowing up the dust around the house . |
| 4 | A warm wind was coming in with the tide . |
| 5 | They ran side by side , easy with training , breathless only with amazement , and now the sun was coming up over the edge of the sea and the whole world was sharp and glittery , concrete and weeds , and the barbed wire hanging drops of dew and spiders ' webs . |
| 6 | When she woke , it was late and the sun was coming in through the greasy , grey window . |
| 7 | ‘ When we split up I was really pissed off that we had n't achieved a lot of things we could have done , and that mood was coming through in the last records because it was depressing . |
| 8 | Vocals went straight down with only the minimum of top end EQ to keep them sharp , and when I went for the final mixdown I have to say I was amazed at how big a sound was coming back from the monitors . |
| 9 | A breeze was coming in from the water , stirring the branches overhead and sending a low , unearthly moan through the woodland . |
| 10 | The day shift was coming up into the twilight , miners with tired and miserable faces trooping out , their clothes as tattered as those of the miners in the Borinage . |
| 11 | The rain was coming down in a solid curtain . |
| 12 | She was the first to get to get to know about the lady whose husband was coming back from the Forces . |
| 13 | Raimondo , the designer , was frantic ; an oil-rich sheikh was coming in for a private showing with his wives . |
| 14 | A rain waterpipe burst and water was coming in through the kitchen ceiling . |
| 15 | A thick , gold moon was coming up over the sea , glittering on the roofs of the town below them . |
| 16 | The underground revolution was coming up to the surface , although it was nowhere near breaking through . |
| 17 | Patriarchal power in education was coming back in a big way , and was endorsed in the 1986 Education Act 's stipulation that sex education should be taught within a moral framework and with due regard to family life . |
| 18 | A train was coming out of the tunnel . |
| 19 | Towards the end of a long and tiring night shift , when news was coming through of the murder of another member of the RUC , one policeman in particular decided to put the field-worker through a test of trust . |
| 20 | They were identical with their small upper windows , narrow porches and square bays , but it was obvious that the road was coming up in the world . |
| 21 | When he finally spoke , it was as if his voice was coming out of a large , brunette bush . |
| 22 | Pete and Mum were coming back from the shops . |
| 23 | What they , yes , what they done , they used to have a large long pull with a hook on and attached to a rope and as the ship was coming up to the river , they would throw this here pole on to a ship with a hook and then pay the rope out and then get towed up to the quay , the ship would n't stop for them to pick them up , pick that boat |
| 24 | He was looking neither to the right nor the left but out to sea , where a round ship was coming in from the south-east , her sails shuddering , her course designed to intersect with the Genoese just outside the harbour . |
| 25 | That grievous bodily harm thing was coming up at a special court this morning , but that ought to be all wrapped up in half an hour . |
| 26 | ‘ A harvest wagon was coming in from the field when suddenly the horses stopped and refused to go any further . |
| 27 | Earlier on this week all that cloud was coming in from the north-west , now you can see it coming across from the west and as the weekend goes along , it will come in more from the south-west , so it will warm up a little bit . |
| 28 | The night was dark and a fog was coming in from the river , but she hesitated . |
| 29 | He dismissed suggestions that the country was coming out of a recession . |
| 30 | ‘ She was out of the oxygen tent earlier- and her temperature was coming down with the antibiotics but then when she came to … she opened her eyes and suddenly seemed to go into a panic . |