Example sentences of "come in a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One thing that , that we did spend , I mean , I do n't know the Festival seems to come in an awful rush this time I suppose cos , cos |
| 2 | The gang would have come in a high-powered motor launch , not in an ordinary punt , hired from the boat-yard half a mile upstream . |
| 3 | Sam Yaeger , ever an exhibitionist , had come in a white dinner jacket , having lent Gareth his black . |
| 4 | The final showdown between the Viet-Minh and the cream of the French colonial Army had come in a deserted valley in the north of Vietnam , around a small village called Dien Bien Phu . |
| 5 | If I add that the majority of Cubists were formerly considered to be Fauves , I can demonstrate how far these young artists have come in a short time and the logic of their vision . |
| 6 | ‘ He came in a hired car in those days . |
| 7 | The bread was sliced-white , the butter was packed in New Zealand , and the marmalade came in a tiny plastic box . |
| 8 | The question came in a small voice . |
| 9 | None of your exotic flavours in those days and the salt I remember came in a small piece of blue paper in the bag . |
| 10 | Mustard came in a small tin and you mixed it with water . |
| 11 | The last words came in a sardonic tone . |
| 12 | The only hint at the effects of nervous strain came in a ribald verse current among the trainees , which he quoted to me : |
| 13 | He was planning on a shave and a slow , hot bath ; he might even throw in some of that stuff that Wayne had bought him for his birthday , that came in a dubious-looking novelty bottle shaped like a tiger 's head . |
| 14 | He was skiing like a demon and she came in a poor second . |
| 15 | I went to the house and got no answer then the woman next door told me that Brendan came in a posh motor car . |
| 16 | Her breath came in a shaky release of tension . |
| 17 | The answer came in a sudden cramp in his left leg which caused him to roll out of bed yelling as though the flat were on fire and stamp away to the bathroom as the bones and muscles slowly settled into a position to cause him only moderate discomfort . |
| 18 | Such phrases came in a constant stream of encouragement . |
| 19 | Tall and strong , with very broad shoulders , he would go on to claim 202 victims at 25 from his 47 Tests , of which 50 came in a dozen games against England . |
| 20 | The reaction of Ukraine to the Russian parliamentary decision came in a Foreign Ministry statement , reported on May 25 , which said that " the status of the Crimea is an internal Ukrainian matter which can not be the subject of negotiations with another state " . |
| 21 | Mr Lamont 's defence of his abilities in running the economy came in a Tory party survey of British manufacturing . |
| 22 | The reply came in a few minutes ago listing ten different countries with which he does business . ’ |
| 23 | Jock Lewes came in a few days later with a different tale to tell . |
| 24 | A new chairman came in a few months ago . |
| 25 | The only other reference , alarmingly , came in a notorious CIA ‘ assassination manual ’ which was distributed to the contras in 1984 , in the section on justifications for shooting civilians : ‘ The commando tried to stop the informant without shooting , because he , like all Christian guerrillas , advocate(s) non-violence … to cut down the lives of their Nicaraguan brothers … hurts our Christian feelings . |
| 26 | ‘ They were afraid to put their heads out and when they did they came in a whole convoy , shooting at women and children . ’ |
| 27 | His last words came in a soft murmur as he stepped across the path to clasp her arm and swing her round to face him . |
| 28 | Whatever lies Buddie chose to tell about it , she and Frankie would tell everyone the truth : that it came in a big parcel from across the sea in America . |
| 29 | So , for example , when Barth came in a later volume of the Church Dogmatics to discuss the image of God in man , he did so in a fashion which led Brunner to assert that Barth had now changed his ground , and adopted Brunner 's own stance as developed in Nature and Grace . |
| 30 | ‘ Let me go ! ’ came in a harsh whisper from the pale face . |