Example sentences of "came [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The singer later needed his prop when the rains came down at the band 's sell-out ‘ Finstock ’ gig . |
| 2 | The timeliness of the Minor award in these terms was noted by the head of history : The project came along at the time when we were thinking about cross-curricular developments anyway , and the school had been concerned about the particular pattern of study skills and how they could be extended and coordinated . |
| 3 | In the morning the sun came in at the window and woke me . |
| 4 | Kingsley Amis , who wrote an adventure for Bond as well as creating Jim Dixon , reflects aptly on the reasons for his : ‘ What happened was that we came in at the tail end of the literary tradition to the effect that no decent girl enjoys sex — only tarts were supposed to do that . |
| 5 | Pensions for the aged came in at the beginning of the twentieth century . |
| 6 | When the tax came in at the beginning of 1863 , vodka became cheaper and more readily available , state revenues held up , and the former monopolists of the retail trade began to invest their accumulated capital in railways , banks and mines . |
| 7 | In the main gatehouse tower on the first stack , Moray was asking of the guard-captain whether the Countess was at home when the door from the first of the bridge-corridors was flung open and a young woman came in at the run , hair blown , laughing-eyed , skirts kilted up the better to run , fine bosom tumultuous — as unusual a Countess of Dunbar and March as was the castle of which she was chatelaine . |
| 8 | I remember somebody came in at the shop and says the Newminster School had been sent home , but where , which school 's that ? |
| 9 | He came in at the side door as though he knew his own way . |
| 10 | A new style of official entertaining came in at the Palace and still survives . |
| 11 | Deciding that his lead was comfortable enough to make a precautionary stop , Senna came in at the end of lap 48 . |
| 12 | The warning occurred after Puddephat 's name came up at the inquest into the death of an attractive flame-haired student , Melanie Gandell . |
| 13 | Well we got to and there 's three weeks well when we came up at the beginning of May there was a notice on the main main twenty one which said |
| 14 | He 'd been sitting apparently fascinated by my World Religions class , and when he came up at the end I was sure he wanted to ask a question about Zoroastrianism or Thuggee , or whatever damned thing I 'd been going on about . |
| 15 | Also had further letter from Notts County Council about Nottinghamshire Minerals local plan , asking us again if we have any representations to make , I think it was decided at a previous meeting that we did not , erm Colin Williamson , production of development and planning at Newton and Sherwood District Council , it 's proposal to run seminars for Parish Councils on planning policies , law and procedures , and we would like to know erm whether erm we would be interested in attending , and how many people would wish , he he has earmarked temporarily twenty eighth of March , which is a Monday , as a possible date at town hall , so if er if you think that would be something that you would be erm interested in going to , the topics erm are really I think things that came up at the Parish Council 's conference , the questions about planning , about the rules , and the policies , and the procedures etcetera , the erm , and visitors were talking last thing for sixth of December for five minutes , and the discussion for half an hour to three quarters , commencing at half past seven , so er if anyone 's interested in attending that ? |
| 16 | ‘ He was in Singapore last week , but he came back at the weekend , I know , ’ she observed innocently , hating herself for needing to know so badly . |
| 17 | Taskopruzade 's statement that he came back at the request of a repentant sultan is , of course , highly doubtful in view of the fact that his departure and return seem certain to have occurred in the reigns of different sultans . |
| 18 | The goal though , was against the run of play and sure enough , Rovers came back at the start of the second half with an equaliser from Kenny Irons . |
| 19 | And so hopefully you came back at the end of the day with quite a bou bag full on your bike , or a box it was , fitted in a carrier , full . |
| 20 | ‘ I see , ’ said Doyle softly as they came out at the bottom of the stairs . |
| 21 | She came out at the head of the stairs and looked down . |
| 22 | This implication was hardly lessened by the evidence of personal hostility between Teller and Oppy which came out at the inquiry . |
| 23 | My wife is a business woman with two shops and I came out at the height of the rag trade jamborees . |
| 24 | And he was extremely annoyed that evening when he came round at the interval . |