Example sentences of "came [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The accusations came during the first day of a tribunal in which Ron Thomson claims he was forced to quit his post as general manager at the trust . |
| 32 | One of the liveliest days of the campaign came during the first week . |
| 33 | The only break in his time at the store , also known as the Man 's Shop , came during the Second World War when he joined the RAF and served in the Middle East . |
| 34 | His move into intelligence came during the Second World War in which he served as a colonel and worked with Eisenhower 's Supreme Allied Headquarters . |
| 35 | The only break in his 115-Test career came during the 1984–85 home series against England , where an unwise stroke against Pat Pocock in the second match at New Delhi triggered an Indian collapse and set up an England victory . |
| 36 | His most active period in the Commons came during the three Exclusion Parliaments : he served on no fewer than fifty-two committees , involving a wide range of issues . |
| 37 | Despite the fact that the victory came during the fasting month of Ramadan , tons of sweets were distributed by people from all walks of life starting with school children and ending with industrial tycoons . |
| 38 | Most of the 1,500 crowd who came for the best objects on the last two days of the sale meanwhile , were just tourists , which made taking bids extremely difficult and fatiguing , Tajan said . |
| 39 | But when the time came for the annual bail-out , the recession-strapped Culture Ministry balked . |
| 40 | Yes they came for the other islands . |
| 41 | This , at its most exalted , represented the aspiration of Owenism ; and though few Owenites would have heard the song , when the time came for the countless host to stream in through gates of pearl , that surely is what they could have sung as they marched . |
| 42 | Despite publicity about their strict code of conduct , it was obvious that the rules had been broken because when the time came for the first troupe to go home , John was astounded to learn that eight out of the sixteen had married during the run and intended to remain behind and every one of the other eight was engaged . |
| 43 | They came for the first lot for nine months , then they went back . |
| 44 | I remember well , during the air-raids of the forties when I was in London and we waited as darkness came for the first sirens and the deep breath to get one 's courage up , that we felt we were part of the will of the capital of England . |
| 45 | If only — the thought came for the first time — if only she had stayed with Papa ! |
| 46 | Then , during his three years in exile he came for the first time into close contact with the main exponents of the Gregorian ideal , and we must ask how far and in what circumstances he adopted the phraseology of the Gregorian reformers ; then , whether he adopted the theoretical structure which their favourite phrase libertas ecclesiae expressed , or adopted the phrase for use only in exceptional circumstances and for special reasons . |
| 47 | When the meter man came for the last time he spoke of my aunt , and of the many years he had been to the house , so that he felt himself to be almost an old friend . |
| 48 | The doctor came for the last time and said , ‘ Yes , he 's going now . ’ |
| 49 | Like the Dutch family who came for the half-term holiday in late February one year . |
| 50 | The mounting protests on all sides came as the outlawed Ulster Freedom Freedom fighters , who claimed responsibility for the four shootings , threatened to step up their murder campaign . |
| 51 | The bilateral agreement , the first under the US " open skies " initiative , came as the European Communities ( EC ) prepared for the implementation in 1993 of a common European aviation policy requiring EC members to negotiate as a block . |
| 52 | The escalation of the row came as the European Commissioner and former Cabinet member , Sir Leon Brittan , intervened in the debate to give warning that Britain would cause disruption throughout Europe and suffer substantial economic harm unless it ratified the Maastricht treaty . |
| 53 | The move came as the Labour Party 's housing spokesman , Mr Clive Soley , yesterday complained to the Press Council over newspaper reports that his party was proposing to ban second homes . |
| 54 | Doubts over aspects of the legislation came as the Labour leader , John Smith , accused the Prime Minister of trying to prevent the Commons having a say on the social chapter . |
| 55 | The move to counter the effects of the films came as the two governments last week published separate interpretations of a two-year investigation by scientists into acid rain . |
| 56 | His words came as the parliamentary chairman , Ruslan Khasbulatov , Mr Yeltsin 's arch-rival , appeared to retract his demands that the president be removed . |
| 57 | And the groom came as The Mad Hatter . |
| 58 | The breakthrough came as the United Nations commander in Bosnia , Gen Philippe Morillon , of France , said he had secured a pledge of help from Serbia 's president , Slobodan Milosevic . |
| 59 | Adrift in a new world of rapture , it came as the profoundest shock to Paige to feel Travis push himself up and away from her . |
| 60 | The indictments came after the principal investigator , Rosario Priore , had returned from a visit to the United States , where he had sought access to US records . |