Example sentences of "come [adv prt] [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | S 29 has come in and the programme of divestment [ by the Official Custodian ] is legally capable of starting ’ . |
| 2 | Simple things like the rain on the window pane , the cat mewing to come in or the noise of a bus which could be on top of you before it is seen . |
| 3 | An Irish voice told her to come in and the rest of the scene was filmed from the point of view of O'Mara 's chair . |
| 4 | The expedition organisers hope Harry Taylor will be fit enough to come down when the storm passes in 24 hours . |
| 5 | This new lot have come up because the landowners are fools . |
| 6 | When we went out the sun had come out and the horses ' coats shone like black silk . |
| 7 | A young man in a smartly hideous jacket tried to come out while the kids were trying to go in . |
| 8 | She was waiting for him to come back when the telephone rang . |
| 9 | Then you ask how it might have come about that the murderer made that mistake , and already , when eventually you tell of this from the other end , from the discovery of the corpse , you have got something that will require a reader to make a lateral jump to see what really happened . |
| 10 | The great triumphs of molecular biology have come about because the research groups centrally involved in the experimental programmes of the 1950s and 1960s had concentrated their efforts on a single simple organism , the common gut bug Escherichia coli . |
| 11 | My prize for the most colourful quote goes to the scientist who said that the likelihood of humans having come about as the result of evolution was the same as a tornado in a scrapyard having accidentally assembled a Jumbo jet . |
| 12 | It could not have come about if the Trust had ever said to itself ‘ it is time to stop growing ’ . |
| 13 | I will consider what more needs to be done — because undoubtedly more needs to be done and formidable challenges remain — and whether further progress towards the achievement of those objectives is more likely to come about if the policies of the Government continue to be pursued than if the policies that the hon. Gentleman 's party advocates were introduced in their place . |
| 14 | Under Cause and Onset look at what has been happening in the preceding hours or days to the onset of the illness and consider the speed with which the illness came on and the order of events . |
| 15 | As the brakes came on and the flurry of activity again took in more passengers and luggage the old lady stood up and moved to the door . |
| 16 | The internal light came on and the radio turned itself on and blasted out heavy rock music at full volume . |
| 17 | The rain came down and the floods came , and the winds blew and struck the house , and it fell ; and great was the fall of it ! |
| 18 | the rain came down and the floods came up and the house on the rocks slid down , but the foolish man built his house upon the sand , the foolish man built his house upon the sand , the foolish man built his house upon the sand and the rain came tumbling down |
| 19 | the rain came down and the floods came up and the house on the rocks slid down , but the foolish man built his house upon the sand , the foolish man built his house upon the sand , the foolish man built his house upon the sand and the rain came tumbling down |
| 20 | splish , splash and the rain came down and floods came up , the rain came down and the floods came up , the rain came down and the floods came up and the house on his band fell flat |
| 21 | splish , splash and the rain came down and floods came up , the rain came down and the floods came up , the rain came down and the floods came up and the house on his band fell flat |
| 22 | and the rain came down and floods came up , the rain came down and the floods came up , the rain came down and the floods came up and the house on his band fell flat |
| 23 | and the rain came down and floods came up , the rain came down and the floods came up , the rain came down and the floods came up and the house on his band fell flat |
| 24 | Mike Vater could be forgiven for thinking we were running around like headless chickens but he was visibly relieved when the trailer back came down and the stove and dinner emerged . |
| 25 | The trees came down and the housing developments went up . |
| 26 | Her hand came down and the fire died out of her eyes . |
| 27 | A wise man built his house upon the rock , a wise man built his house upon the rock , the wise man built his house upon the rock and the rain came tumbling down , and the rain came down and the flood came up and the rain came down and the flood came up |
| 28 | A wise man built his house upon the rock , a wise man built his house upon the rock , the wise man built his house upon the rock and the rain came tumbling down , and the rain came down and the flood came up and the rain came down and the flood came up |
| 29 | A wise man built his house upon the rock , a wise man built his house upon the rock , the wise man built his house upon the rock and the rain came tumbling down , and the rain came down and the flood came up and the rain came down and the flood came up |
| 30 | A wise man built his house upon the rock , a wise man built his house upon the rock , the wise man built his house upon the rock and the rain came tumbling down , and the rain came down and the flood came up and the rain came down and the flood came up |