Example sentences of "came [prep] [art] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 Another dramatic instance of historical déjà vu came during the miners ' strike , when it was reported that an attack had been made on the police station in Malby , South Yorkshire , scene of an anti-police riot a century earlier when the ‘ new police ’ first arrived there .
2 Fussy stripes and piping , shoulder flashes and chest panels , buttons , drawstrings and cuffs all came under the manufacturers ' scrutiny and were tampered with .
3 She came into the working-men 's club one lunchtime and got her bottle of stout .
4 It set out therefore to ensure , in consultation with the DES , that surveying came within the polytechnics ' orbit and that ‘ centres of excellence ’ for surveying education were established .
5 The most immediate effect upon the lives of the people , however , came in the railways ' ability to transport perishable foodstuffs very long distances , not just within but between countries .
6 The giant wrought-iron entrance gates , for example , came from the people of Tetbury , the fruit trees espaliered against the walls of the vegetable garden were presented by the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers and the herbs came from a women 's institute in Sussex .
7 Eventually a reply came from the Islands ' Director of Administration and Legal Services , Rowan McCallum .
8 Another important source of secondary danger clues came from the parents ' life histories : for example , parents who had certain ‘ personality traits ’ , had been abused or ‘ in care ’ themselves as children , had been in regular ‘ trouble ’ as children or/and as adults , were seen as being more likely to harm their children .
9 The colour came from the men 's uniforms , gorgeous uniforms , uniforms of scarlet and gold , royal blue and saffron , silver and black ; uniforms of Hussars , Dragoons , Guards , Jaegers and kilted Highlanders .
10 I came over the Brownies ' Bridge .
11 Aunt Margaret came to the girls ' bedroom and unhandily undressed Victoria , although she could perfectly well undress herself .
12 Six minutes from the end Murdoch again came to the visitors ' rescue when he dived to block a shot from Hateley .
13 Many came to the women 's movement from backgrounds where the state was viewed as an instrument for enacting their own class specific demands .
14 The Fijian captain , Waisale Serevi — whose side defeated the district of Suva 26-0 in the final — came to the Scots ' hotel to say ‘ thank-you , good-bye and good-luck , ’ to the teams who had ventured to Fiji 's first such tournament .
15 Erm tt er when it came to the children erm and he did n't know the date of birth erm you should 've at least got the ages of them
16 I think but continuing down the corridor erm which was all the Education Department , you came to the typists ' room right at the bottom of the corridor on the left
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