Example sentences of "come [adv prt] [conj] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reports had come in before the Central Co-ordinating Committee adjourned that the British government was about to take control of the refinery at Sydenham and the distribution of petrol and oil throughout Northern Ireland . |
| 2 | The rejoicing was shared particularly by WACC 's members and colleagues in Central America , although news has since come through that the Guatemalan government is responding to Ms Menchu 's Peace Prize with a renewed crackdown against the popular democratic movement . |
| 3 | I ended up going over the falls and being held under for a long time , and thinking there was no way I was going to come up before the next wave came across . |
| 4 | He knew that he 'd been close , but then somehow it had all slipped away from him ; when Alina had n't come out and the three of them had finally gone into the building , it was to find incomprehension from the woman who lived alone and an empty flat where she said she 'd gone for help . |
| 5 | Fears of a revival of the Cultural Revolution were borne out in some local areas where over-zealous and ‘ leftist ’ oriented cadres interpreted the words of the Party directives too literally , trying to eliminate anything new which had come about since the open-door policy was introduced . |
| 6 | The most rapid decline in employment among elderly people has come about since the Second World War , with the proportion of men over 65 in employment falling from 30 per cent to 10 per cent between 1951 and 1981 , although , because of a rise in married women 's employment , the proportion of the female population over 60 in employment was about the same in 1981 ( 8 per cent ) as in 1951 . |
| 7 | This deplorable situation has come about because no British government has given the people of the Highlands and Islands the economic support that is given , for example , to Norwegians who live in difficult , out-of-the-way places . |
| 8 | He had slept badly and woken badly and was fighting against the sort of headache that usually came on after a big case was finished . |
| 9 | My father and Diggs came along after the young man passed word along the line of people beating their way along the dunes , but I did n't take any notice of those two , either . |
| 10 | If if a major proposal came along and the local authority wan district wanted to grasp it with both hands they could use the er existing erm development plan process to do so . |
| 11 | W was the W P C came in after the armed officers went in . |
| 12 | The next morning orders came through that the able-bodied were to begin the trek to India and the rest get to Myitkyina to take the chance of a plane . |
| 13 | The mischievous side of the bright-eyed youngster 's character certainly came through when the English Opera Group recorded an LP of the production ; he munched nuts , not realizing that the microphones were picking up every tiny sound . |
| 14 | The manager came over and a furious argument ensued , nearly leading to blows . |
| 15 | ‘ Then Rodney came over and the two of us went into the back yard and saw Siobhan screaming for help out of a bedroom widow . ’ |
| 16 | The officers of Jubert 's company , then in reserve , were playing cards when word came back that the forward positions had been overrun and had to be instantly retaken . |
| 17 | She wanted to put the phone down and pretend it was n't happening but the noises came back and a different voice said , ‘ Sergeant MacDonald is n't here at the moment . |
| 18 | A frightening and under-hand piece of work that must be addressed , since a whole new generation of Pop kids are now getting into ‘ the bobby socks and engine-stripping { Weltsschmertz } of Grease — a musical that came out before The Manic Street Preachers were born . |
| 19 | A woman accomplice , who had been hiding in one of the cubicles , came out and the two ran off , leaving the victim sprawled on the floor , said Acting Insp Smart . |
| 20 | One evening the stars came out and the whole sky shone as clear as polished jet . |
| 21 | This came about because the general feeling in the European capitals was that France was a victim of Prussian provocation and that the candidature should be withdrawn . |
| 22 | The unexpected rejection came about because the former communist Democratic Left Alliance ( SLD ) and the right-wing Confederation for an Independent Poland ( KPN ) opposed the programme on the grounds that it was too rigorous , while the Democratic Union ( UD ) and the Liberal Democratic Congress ( KLD ) opposed the programme on the grounds that it was not tough enough . |
| 23 | It all came about when the eleventh hole was accidentally built nearly twenty metres closer to the house than intended . |
| 24 | there was this witch doctor and Scooby Doo was — he was standing by the witch doctor and the witch doctor went in and he went — he went chasing him Scooby Doo went in the cupboard with Shaggy and got some clothes on and they were acting on and then the witch doctor pressed the button and they turned on again then and then Scooby was acting and then they just take him and he keeped on switching it until they all came round and the all clothes fell off him . |
| 25 | I felt a migraine coming on as the old girl began to wail and Zylpha screamed a torrent of abuse . |
| 26 | The clubhead is changing from going up to coming down and the resultant force is so great that the wrists break more fully … if you 're relaxed . |
| 27 | Mr Gandhi has an election coming up and a big one-day cricket tournament not only goes down well with the electorate , but also goes a long way towards providing a short-term solution to the unemployment problem . |
| 28 | But I think er the old standards are so good and so strong you know we still get the odd good one coming out but the old ones were so good and so strong that even re-recorded with er even with the more modern I suppose er bit of arrangement still the great sounds from the . |
| 29 | We have a new car coming out and a new engine . |
| 30 | You need a little hand coming out and a little bubble saying help |