Example sentences of "[vb past] come [prep] a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I opened the lockers to pull out the kit but found that the top had come off a water container and half a gallon had spilt , soaking the tea bags and bursting the envelope which carried my documents . |
| 2 | They had come on a sight-seeing visit and , of course , they had their cameras with them . |
| 3 | Someone had come into a study meeting and said ‘ Would anyone volunteer to do the washing ? ’ |
| 4 | Mack Sennett had come from a New England working-class background and he had himself worked as a plumber 's mate . |
| 5 | On Aug. 13 three soldiers and four guerrillas were killed when 50 members of a Hutu opposition group , who had come from a refugee camp in Tanzania , attacked an army barracks at Madamba in the south of the country . |
| 6 | Rita confessed her frock had come from a Beverly Hills shop which was so snooty the assistant asked her if she had an appointment : ‘ I asked , ‘ Why , do the dresses have something else to do ? ’ ’ |
| 7 | They never thought for a moment about reverting to conventional agriculture , although Gareth had come from a research job with ICI . |
| 8 | He had come from a bulk tanker that had tied up in the oil terminal in Kuwait harbour , thanked the Master who had allowed him to work his passage from the port of Perth , and gone ashore . |