Example sentences of "came [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Hay left out the experienced campaigners Karen Brown , Vickey Dixon and Jane Sixsmith from the starting line-up , though Sixsmith came on as a late substitute for Joanne Menown . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | As the hammer came down at a then-record $53.9 million , Mr Payson whooped ‘ I think he 'd be happy with that ’ , referring to Van Gogh , who killed himself a year after completing Irises , aged 37 . |
| 5 | Beyond the curtains , the rain came down with a sudden clatter on the roof of the Ropewalk below . |
| 6 | ‘ Yesterday morning , Doctor Livesey came down with a white flag . |
| 7 | The plane came down for a smooth landing amid the radar gear . |
| 8 | However , setting this aside and taking parent-authorisation at face value , the high percentage of absent pupils came down to a small percentage perceived to be casual or persistent truants . |
| 9 | The high percentage of absent pupils came down to a small percentage of unauthorised absentees as the diagram shows . |
| 10 | As the argument was refined in the course of the hearing , it emerged that the rival contentions came down to a narrow but difficult issue . |
| 11 | Following these now disregarded signs of past activity along the old path , I traversed the hillside and came down to a crumbling stone sheepfold with the roofless remains of a shepherd 's hut built into one wall . |
| 12 | After making unsignalled turns and abrupt lane changes through Chevy Chase , and Bethesda , she blasted to a highly illegal speed south on the Beltway , ducked off it rejoined a few miles along and finally came down to a leisurely cruise through the Virginia countryside . |
| 13 | The Argentine night came down like a blind , but , when it was too dark to ride , he seldom took a siesta , struggling instead through Martin Fierro , Don Quixote , or El Cid with the aid of a Spanish dictionary , or listening to music , mostly Mozart . |
| 14 | Most of the groceries came down from a grand shop in London but she 'd order perishable goods from her brother and then send a servant to complain of the quality . |
| 15 | When the clock struck , the preacher came down from a little room behind the platform , followed by ten or a dozen men who looked like prosperous City merchants . |
| 16 | Suddenly a Hurricane came down in a screaming dive and splashed into the sea . |
| 17 | We came down in a small clearing and ended up in the trees . |
| 18 | Late in the afternoon , a porter came along with a creaking trolley carrying a coffee urn and snackstuffs , and everyone stirred to a kind of frisky wakefulness and examined the fare keenly . |
| 19 | thank you and you would accept would n't you , that if we have a brochure , let us say printed for next January , January nineteen ninety four alright , and I came along as a retired person in the Spring of nineteen ninety five or indeed the Summer of nineteen ninety five , fifteen , sixteen , seventeen , eighteen months later , those brochure figures will inevitably be out of date in the sense of being inaccurate would n't they ? |
| 20 | The paths of two lives , or three to be exact , came together for a little while and then separated . |
| 21 | 1910 is the year in which the Cubist painters , other than Picasso and Braque , came together as a conscious group , although many of them had known each other earlier . |
| 22 | I love walking the course , never mind the golf , but on this occasion it all came together with a good score as well . |
| 23 | Their work came together at a recent exhibition in Napier 's new KJP Gallery . |
| 24 | During the Permian period , about 280 million years ago , and until the start of the Mesozoic era , the continents came together in a single mass . |
| 25 | Harriet 's brows came together in a puzzled little line . |
| 26 | The painter 's eye , the poet 's search for meaning , and the social anthropologist 's interest in the everyday came together in a unique film style which built overall impressions from the juxtaposition of detail . |
| 27 | I came in as a young teacher , enthusiastic , full of new ideas but you soon find that the old attitudes rub off on you , and so you end up thinking , ‘ Oh , why am I doing this ? |
| 28 | It was often her task to carry it up to the little sitting-room , followed by Mary from the village , who came in as a daily maid , bearing a silver jug of hot water and matches to light all the lamps . |
| 29 | I thought you said there 'd be no problem if I came in on a six-month permit ? ’ |
| 30 | He came in with a long stride , with head erect , and calm authoritative eyes . |