Example sentences of "come [adv prt] from the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The train had come in from the sidings and stood in the station , warm and pulsing , its engines reattached , the horses and grooms on board and fresh foods and ice loaded . |
| 2 | ‘ This report has just come in from the Environments Officer . |
| 3 | At my parents house , erm , in that , we 've had an extension in there , so the garden 's not there any more , but erm , I used , the light used to come in from the windows , so of at , at the angle to the bath , so I could n't lift my leg up , so I rub it gently like this , and I 'd watch the told me where I missed bits and |
| 4 | Eye-witness Maureen Darwin , who was waiting to board one of the US-bound jumbos , said : ‘ It was as if a giant unseen hand had come down from the heavens and just lifted the planes up and across the tarmac . |
| 5 | Because then Jesus said to him , who was he talking to , let's , let's start off on the verse one after er after he had come down from the mountains , great crowds followed him that 's Jesus is n't it ? |
| 6 | Her spirits had come down from the heights to the abyss . |
| 7 | Once a call has come through from the police the team initiates a ‘ cascade call ’ system where say , one person is responsible for telephoning six other team members . |
| 8 | ‘ These have just come through from the printers . ’ |
| 9 | Last month PHILIP VANN looked at artists who had come up from the mines to become artists ; in this issue he concentrates on those artists who went down to the pit to paint |
| 10 | Here , black has come up from the streets and into the drawing room ; overleaf , neutral tones assert themselves . |
| 11 | He had that look he used to get on Saturday mornings after he had come back from the shops . |
| 12 | That day , as we waited for the doctor to come back from the mountains , was one of deep anxiety for the whole family . |
| 13 | ‘ There 's this competitive rugby survey thing that 's come round from The Times , ’ said Reg Certes , the club secretary . |
| 14 | came down from the clouds one day . |
| 15 | That jarring manifestation of furious technology seemed as remote and ridiculous as a dream , as silence settled down on Kielderhead and the hawk 's whistle came down from the moors . |
| 16 | In 565 he came down from the islands to try and convert a Pictish king . |
| 17 | At Christmas they always played ‘ You came down from the stars ’ and at Easter they usually played a Pastorale , and what with the roar of the traffic and the crowds of chattering shoppers or tourists it was practically impossible to distinguish the tune except in short bursts . |
| 18 | There was Lindsay like this little tremulous Pierrot ( because Lindsay was very little at the time — much thinner ) in these little white tights , and the coat which was like a little 18th century golden coat came down from the flies , if we were lucky enough to have any up there . |
| 19 | Ramapithecus was one of several primates , such as the baboons , which came down from the trees to develop terrestrial living . |
| 20 | These primates came down from the trees and gradually learned to walk upright . |
| 21 | Bats developed " send/receive " switching technology long long ago , probably millions of years before our ancestors came down from the trees . |
| 22 | Yet most Dissenters did avail themselves of the relief afforded by the Declaration , and some eighty addresses of thanks were presented by various Nonconforming ministers and churches ; addresses even came in from the Quakers , who had refused to have anything to do with Charles 's Indulgence of 1672 . |
| 23 | Again , the light level was subterranean , but there were no curtains so a fair amount of yellow light came in from the streetlamps outside . |
| 24 | Mum came in from the shops and gave us the news that , starting from September , we are to have 2 morning services . |
| 25 | I missed several classes because they put me up in , for instance I , when I came up from the infants to the big school I missed the first standard and they put me into standard two and I went from two , three , four , five , six , seven and seven and I was only eleven , you see , so I did pretty well and then the Headmaster came to my parents and said , why do n't you let her go in for a scholarship to Stowmarket Secondary and so I went in for that and er there was one other girl went as well , there were two of us and erm , and of course we only heard during the summer break and er we passed . |
| 26 | ‘ He came up from the ranks . |
| 27 | The mine captains came up from the ranks , having been tributers and tutworkers themselves . |
| 28 | A rising sound between a crow and a cheer came up from the men . |
| 29 | ( See appendix letter 3 and letter 4 which shows the reply which came back from the parents . ) |
| 30 | It will appear suddenly in the pocket of a jacket you have n't worn since it came back from the cleaners . |