Example sentences of "came [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom O'Neill came through the revolving doors on a blast of icy air and stepped out on the other side into a blanket of almost oppressive warmth . |
| 2 | A chill wind came through the open doors to the balcony . |
| 3 | Light came through the stained-glass skylights , which were predominantly green and blue , and through a wall of windows of clear glass that held the faintest hint of turquoise . |
| 4 | Most of the 1,500 crowd who came for the best objects on the last two days of the sale meanwhile , were just tourists , which made taking bids extremely difficult and fatiguing , Tajan said . |
| 5 | Yes they came for the other islands . |
| 6 | I remember well , during the air-raids of the forties when I was in London and we waited as darkness came for the first sirens and the deep breath to get one 's courage up , that we felt we were part of the will of the capital of England . |
| 7 | The bilateral agreement , the first under the US " open skies " initiative , came as the European Communities ( EC ) prepared for the implementation in 1993 of a common European aviation policy requiring EC members to negotiate as a block . |
| 8 | The move to counter the effects of the films came as the two governments last week published separate interpretations of a two-year investigation by scientists into acid rain . |
| 9 | The breakthrough came as the United Nations commander in Bosnia , Gen Philippe Morillon , of France , said he had secured a pledge of help from Serbia 's president , Slobodan Milosevic . |
| 10 | His remarks came after the sectarian murders of four Catholics in the past nine days . |
| 11 | The National Party 's poor showing in the elections — it lost three seats to the ALP — came despite the economic problems affecting much of rural Australia . |
| 12 | But February came with the lowest temperatures for years and March was not much better . |
| 13 | And he came with the highest recommendations , from Margaret Thatcher and Helmut Kohl . ’ |
| 14 | I held them off with steelies and stones , and they fired back with air-guns , and for a while it was quite exciting , but then Mrs Clamp came with the weekly messages and threatened to call the police , and after calling her a few nasty names they left . |
| 15 | The first onslaught came with the ambitious attempts of Cardinal Wolsey to found his new Oxford college , financed from the seizure of the property of smaller monasteries and convents . |
| 16 | IAN WOOSNAM , so out of form coming into the Masters , nevertheless began to put up an heroic defence at Augusta National yesterday and was within a stroke of the lead as he came into the finishing holes in his second round . |
| 17 | And when Anne came into the Green Gables kitchen , Marilla said , ‘ You look very happy , Anne . |
| 18 | Indeed , once , shortly after lunch , I recall I came upon the two gentlemen talking rather furtively just inside the library doorway , and it was my distinct impression they broke off their discussion upon my approach . |
| 19 | Silver Helm cavalry swiftly raced along the coast and came upon the Dark Elves on the cliffs . |
| 20 | Above Angela found the 17th-century four-poster bed while on a foray in the Welsh borders 18 years ago , and came upon the crewel-work hangings only a few weeks later in Hastings . |
| 21 | His opportunity to counter the French threat came in the Low Countries , an area which had witnessed English intervention against France almost half a century earlier . |
| 22 | One moment of magic came in the late stages of the first half when Holy Cross 's Brian Lockhart surged into the danger area before pivoting past two defenders and then slotting the ball in the basket . |
| 23 | The British performance of the weekend came in the Southern Counties Championships at Crystal Palace on Saturday , when Shaftesbury 's Jason Livingston clocked an astonishing 10.09 secs in the 100 metres final . |
| 24 | The Seacroft youngster 's first win came in the English Women 's Championship at Burnham and Berrow where she competed flawlessly all week prior to defeating Simone Morgan in the final . |
| 25 | The mauling came in the closing stages of the libel case brought by PLO chief 's daughter Mona Bauwens against The People . |
| 26 | IBM 's last major win in the region came in the closing weeks of 1992 , when the Slovak Ministry of Finance placed an order for 120 RS/6000s and 1,050 PS/1s along with system software to manage tax administration and collection . |
| 27 | One was the absence of faction round an heir to the throne old enough to provide a focal point for political opposition , The only exception came in the last years of James III ; in 1488 , in the second and final crisis of his reign , his opponents could use his fifteen-year-old son , the future James IV , as their figurehead . |
| 28 | 10.7 The most exhilarating race came in the 15 years class as the Robinson twins of Coleraine battled out a nailbiting finish with Louise just pipping Emma by 0.05 seconds . |
| 29 | This reassurance came from the epic poems ( the pesme ) which celebrated the heroes of the struggle against the Turks after the tragedy of Kosovo . |
| 30 | It was impossible not to feel that she had been badly treated , but the bad treatment came from the intransigent doctors and not from a Prime Minister who , as she must have known , was immensely supportive and would not willingly have been associated with any slight on her . |