Example sentences of "come [adv prt] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ( 3 ) Your house has come up in a random sample of houses in this area and , if you are a full-time housewife , we would like you to tell us about your working day since ( 4 ) we believe that a survey of this subject would be of great value in helping all housewives . |
2 | With the breakdown of the administration , crime syndicates have come up in a big way . |
3 | Perhaps the topic that worries you may be scheduled to come up in a later training session — but it happens today . |
4 | You have come back in a funny mood . |
5 | Felicity had come out in a severe facial rash and spent the time either screaming or staring fixedly at the paperknife on her desk . |
6 | She did n't want her voice to come out in a dry croak . |
7 | Even now , however , he is prepared to accept that he may not be able to come back in a new guise after three years . |
8 | Well , we had a talk and she invited me to come back in a few days ' time . |
9 | They went away thanking her for her help , and promised to come back in a few weeks ' time when Bruno 's booster injection was due . |
10 | The tall , straight young back that sauntered away down-river , to come about in a wide circuit via the fence of the curator 's garden , and the box hedge that continued its line , maintained too secure an assurance , and too secret a satisfaction of its own , in spite of the dexterity with which it had removed itself from censure . |
11 | Washington , he said , stood by its commitment to overcome the division of Europe , Germany and Berlin , but this had to come about in a gradual process which satisfied German aspirations and met the ‘ legitimate interests ’ of all concerned . |
12 | England defenders Rob Jones and Mark Wright came on in a wholesale reshuffle of resources , but any danger that United would feed off the disruption was dismissed by McManaman 's leggy skills . |
13 | Sandra Peden , her that works in the Co-operative she 's a Gold Medallist in Elocution you know , well wait till I tell you she came on in a long Laura Ashley nightdress carrying a Wee Willie Winkie candlestick with wee pink bedsocks and a matching pompom hat and did Holy Willie 's Prayer . |
14 | Suddenly a Hurricane came down in a screaming dive and splashed into the sea . |
15 | We came down in a small clearing and ended up in the trees . |
16 | It nearly always came over in a bad light , as a bunch of cocooned scientists trying to hoodwink the common sense of ordinary folk . |
17 | She came back in a lively mood dressed in ruby velvet with her furs . |
18 | She came back in a few minutes , looking very serious . |
19 | He sighed heavily and his voice came out in a nervous croak . |
20 | But his interest in them came out in a unique way almost twenty years ago when he founded a shop that has become a fixture on Prince Street Untitled . |
21 | It came out in a hoarse whisper , ‘ It 's morning , nearly . ’ |
22 | Nathaniel Sherman jabbed a thumb against his own chest and his words came out in a fierce undertone . |
23 | The abolition of capital punishment and reform of the law on homosexuality came about in a similar way . |
24 | The rain was coming down in a solid curtain . |
25 | ‘ James is coming down in a little while , Christina . |
26 | We were , after all , in the huge personnel carrier area , with pods , shuttles and other small vehicles coming down in a steady stream , every one of them disgorging masked and costumed revellers . |
27 | I have another important foreign call coming through in a few minutes , so , if you 'll excuse me , I 'll hand you over to the Chief Accountant now . " |
28 | Contract tummy muscles before coming up in a controlled manner , exhaling as effort is made . |
29 | It 's coming up in a great lump . |
30 | Welcome back to Central News South : Coming up in a few minutes , the farmer who 's taken maternity hospital technology and adapted it for the lambing season . |