Example sentences of "came [adv] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When reports came in of the spread of an eye disease in Cuba that was caused by malnutrition , they rushed to send packets of vitamins . |
| 2 | At different times during the war , reports came in of the need for jet fuel . |
| 3 | Reports came in of the landing of Iraqi military personnel on the uninhabited Kuwaiti island of Bubiyan . |
| 4 | It was Saturday evening as we neared the low-lying reaches of sandy shore and the outlying rocks of Tiree , and the sun was setting peacefully as our steamer came alongside of the stone pier at Scaranish Harbour , and we saw a sand-environed bay with some veteran sloops fixed in the sand — no more to mount o'er the waves of ocean , and spread ample sails to the breeze of heaven — left there , I am told , because it would not be deemed lucky to break them up . |
| 5 | Taxi proprietors were discussing the problem with senior Huddersfield police early on Tuesday evening when news came through of the stabbing of Mr Andrew Brown , aged 24 , of Birds Edge , near Penistone , South Yorkshire , at Three Star Taxis ' office in Beast Market . |
| 6 | : I was on duty in the RAF at Ismailia when word came through of the King 's death . |
| 7 | The word ‘ clays ’ here means the raw elements , which came out of the explosion from the sun or he ‘ Big bang ’ which is a theory of how life began . |
| 8 | Nobody came out of the alley . |
| 9 | I 'll go through it again once we 've seen the film , and ask you to give me the main points that came out of the film . |
| 10 | He therefore came out of the temple walking backwards with his whole head covered by a cloth and immediately dipped his head in a basin of water before removing the covering . |
| 11 | As he was putting their luggage into the book , the girl came out of the hotel carrying her backpack . |
| 12 | He came out of the Hotel suddenly and violently , unable to endure the privilege which had so cruelly and so recently oppressed him . |
| 13 | As he came out of the hotel , prepared for a buffeting , he was aware of the change . |
| 14 | Until Mr. Mendez came out of the hotel and Russell nudged his roan up to in front of the office . |
| 15 | Windows opened ; grocers ran to the doors of their shops ; customers stopped discussing bacon and turned ; our teachers wobbled on their bicycles as the noise buffeted them like a violent squall ; and boys sprinted to the school gates as they came out of the building , though many others , cool boys , shrugged or turned away in disgust , gobbing , cursing and scuffling their feet . |
| 16 | His son came out of the building with several of his friends . |
| 17 | Then two more men came out of the building . |
| 18 | Police and doctors came out of the building to help the passengers . |
| 19 | RUGBY LEAGUE came out of the north of England because a number of Yorkshire and Lancashire businessmen thought that talented lads should be compensated for time they took off from the pit or the plant . |
| 20 | Lambert dived , but nobody came out of the basket . |
| 21 | Spoiling his fine Lace Coat , which they told him came out of the Treasury " . |
| 22 | Just then a man , attracted by all the noise and commotion , came out of the jungle and began to climb up the mountainside towards Cassowary . |
| 23 | MacLane-Daine came out of the jungle of fire , a human torch , arms raised like Frankenstein 's monster . |
| 24 | Benjamin drew back the bolt and came out of the stable . |
| 25 | Even allowing for this , the surface was left just as it came out of the mould . |
| 26 | He came out of the Harvester but it would have been nice if he 'd waited for there to be a gap in the traffic . |
| 27 | But as Ruth came out of the basement , all she was struck by , quite irrelevantly , was his likeness to Jake ; for an instant she almost thought it was Jake , standing there . |
| 28 | Once he came out of the Navy , Charles became a little more involved , but it was not really until the end of the decade , after Mountbatten 's death , when he was looking for a real job to do , that Charles took up the reins himself . |
| 29 | In the first few months when I came out of the Navy I 'd tried my hand at a couple of things , and then my mother phoned me up one day and said there 's this job going at Drogo . |
| 30 | Ruth rang the bell at the gate and a man came out of the lodge to attend to her . |