Example sentences of "came [prep] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | came as in the Christian community would say a wolf in sheep clothing . |
| 2 | I do n't know I do n't know who Mr is referring to er Chair , but I presume you wish me to reply to some comments that came from across the other side of the room . |
| 3 | Well it was n't er the wife it was a bit of a setback , we had a bungalow you see , a small bungalow which was in a very , very nice part of Plymouth , well on the outskirts of Plymouth actually , almost in the country and er , to come and find this , well to her it 'd be like a , a terraced house , her mind went back to the old days in Manchester where she came from with the old terraced houses and I think she visualized that then to go in a house that had a , a square room , do you follow ? |
| 4 | Muted sounds , and , once , a cry of pain , came from behind the closed doors that led off it on either side . |
| 5 | He walked to Newlyn , where the paintings and the pilchards came from in the old days , and returned along the sea-front with the street-lamps struggling against the great plain of darkness that was the sea . |
| 6 | Eighteen of the votes against came from among the 23 deputies representing the Moslem Brotherhood . |
| 7 | Some of them even came from within the nuclear fold , concerned that the truth should be told from the inside out . |
| 8 | And erm I ca I came to in the first place because it was the best teaching hospital in the Midlands at that time . |
| 9 | But I think I would have become more comfortable with myself anyway — it 's just the times catching up with me , my success , and feeling better about myself all came at about the same time . ’ |