Example sentences of "came [adv prt] [prep] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 A grim twist came on to Taggy 's lips .
2 QPR 's right back Bardsley came on for Arsenal 's Lee Dixon at the start of the second half , but lasted only 19 minutes before limping off .
3 TV replays showed that Saunders went in with his foot raised and came down on Elliott 's leg as they both steamed into a full-blooded 50-50 clash .
4 Christian came down on Seb 's side when the laughter of Carrie and Tom had ceased .
5 Unfortunately the pole was heavier than I had thought , I misjudged the angle and the thing came down on Dennis 's head .
6 But it came down with Churchill 's head showing .
7 well she came down for Keith 's sake , she came down to Bournemouth for holidays and erm like it so much she brought the company .
8 That time , I came in through Queen 's Square , walked down the lane to the union and out towards the hospital .
9 Aggie had taken her hat and coat off and had dropped on to the settle , and as he entered the room she said immediately , ‘ Somethin' will have to be … ’ but paused as Millie came in on Ben 's heels , and she nodded towards her saying , ‘ Go and take your things off and set the tray . ’
10 He came in on Guy 's unprotected left side , swinging a long pike , clearly hoping to cripple his opponent with the advantage of the weapon 's longer reach .
11 On the other hand Raymond 's rival in the great struggle for Provence , Alfonso II of Aragon , came in on Richard 's side .
12 In the evening , Michael came in with Patsy 's husband , the boys and Chris , and we all had a meal together .
13 As Mummy hurried away , a man came in with Angela 's broomstick .
14 The mess steward came in with Woolley 's piano-accordion and gently laid it on the table .
15 He rose and came over to Grunte 's table .
16 Even the loan of his father 's rod had n't helped him to catch anything , although his father had caught two trout whose scales came off on Stuart 's hands and gleamed silver in the soft light .
17 There is a note below these minutes which says , " The above entertainment came off on Friday 15th. but owing to the inclemency of the weather the audience was very small . "
18 The hair came off like Herman 's wig , and the papery flesh flaked away from the exploded skull .
19 Sophia could see the light on in the hall as she came up to Ianthe 's front door , but the front rooms were in darkness .
20 Forsaken , deserted , the hand came up to Pertwee 's brow and pushed into the greasy black waves .
21 At this point the count came up with Maggie 's drink and conversation lapsed , but Maggie felt it was a start .
22 Hodai came up on Burun 's other side .
23 Glennon was a similar height and build to Edwards and in 1987 had to face a similar height problem when he came up against England 's Dave Cusani .
24 Newcomen came up against Savery 's work when he tried to exploit his steam engines .
25 But when she came up against Australia 's Michelle Jaggard , a more experienced player but by no means a world-beater , she struggled even to get a game .
26 A little colour came back into Busacher 's face .
27 Well I , well er I came back to Britain er I , I was er liberated by General Patton in a , a small place called Erfurt I was flown from Erfurt into Cherbourg , and from Cherbourg into a small place called Amersham which was a reception station for prisoners of war , where we were treated er on entering the camp we were handed a telegram .
28 The recurring line of Sybil 's poem came back to Melissa 's mind , the poem about dead flowers that she had written in memory of a beautiful girl , savagely cut down .
29 The marriage ended because of her husband 's drink problem so June came back to Mud 's house at Neptune with her two children and went back to work as a dance instructor , at Arthur Murray 's highly popular dance centre in New York .
30 After the second of these excursions he came back to Marian 's side with : ‘ Is it not time that we took a look into this sack ? ’
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