Example sentences of "came [prep] the [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have been without food before , when the chimney came through the roof last year . ’ |
| 2 | But I mean once this strike is over , unless we come to proper agreement erm they know then that then it will be too late then cos there 's somebody saying then they came for the Jews first was it ? |
| 3 | It was scrap iron that came into the yard first , and bits and pieces of lead . |
| 4 | The case , which concerned three small islands in the Torres Strait , came before the court last year . |
| 5 | Such disillusion and frustration came to the fore last Saturday . |
| 6 | During the curious lull that followed , in which nobody seemed to get on or off , Miss Labrooy leaned forward in her seat and said : ‘ Do you know why I decided to help you when you came to the surgery last week , Mr Barnett ? |
| 7 | Before he came to the department last month , Peckham was director of the British Postgraduate Medical Federation in London , which coordinates numerous research institutes . |
| 8 | She came to the dining-room first , a vast , almost medieval room with heavy furniture set on terracotta floor tiles . |
| 9 | We came across the line first , and that 's all that counts . |