Example sentences of "came [prep] the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Adrift in a new world of rapture , it came as the profoundest shock to Paige to feel Travis push himself up and away from her . |
| 3 | The alert from police came after the latest smash and grab raid on a car being driven by a lone woman in Middlesbrough . |
| 4 | But February came with the lowest temperatures for years and March was not much better . |
| 5 | And he came with the highest recommendations , from Margaret Thatcher and Helmut Kohl . ’ |
| 6 | My partner 's Pipettes of Lemon Sole filled with succulent Prawns and coated with a light Indian Sauce came with the cutest garnish — little swans made from slices of lemon , while the helpings put me in mind of ‘ Nouvelle Cuisine meets Yorkshire portions ’ . |
| 7 | She had just slammed the car door by hooking it with one foot , when Mrs Frizzell , with a similar brown-paper bag of groceries , came round the nearest corner on foot , having been to the local store . |
| 8 | The skis and sledges came from the best shops in Norway , but Bjaaland was n't happy with them . |
| 9 | Most of that , ironically , came from the smallest countries such as St Kitts , Nevis , Grenada , St Vincent , and Barbados . |
| 10 | Most of the lending came from the largest US Banks — Bankers Trust , Bank of America , Chase Manhattan , Chemical , Citicorp , Continental , Illinois , First Chicago , Manufacturers Hanover , Morgan Guaranty1 — and their counterparts in Japan , Germany , France and the UK . |
| 11 | In fact I knew nothing of his family life — only that he came from the poorest part of the town , a row of " yards " containing tumbledown cottages , some of them evacuated because of their condition . |
| 12 | Fran had read all she could about Luke Calder before the interview and knew that he came from the poorest part of Glasgow and that he had got to where he was today by dint of sheer hard work and determination , but , looking at him now , she found it hard to imagine that he had come from anything but a moneyed background . |
| 13 | Before the union was formed the tariff against all outsiders was not prohibitive , and the home country 's imports came from the lowest cost source namely , the rest of the world . |
| 14 | Silly-Willie met her in the hall , he came from the farthest door ; his step was as fast and light as his dancing . |
| 15 | Evidence that consumers are shaking off their spending caution after the election also came from the biggest credit information group , Infolink , which reported a rise in credit inquiries . |
| 16 | Someone whistled them out when we came to the narrowest place , bows strung and shafts fitted , shouting to us to halt . |
| 17 | Now he came to the youngest brother , who was living in a tiny hut in the forest with his young wife Militsa . |
| 18 | But you know when I when I c last time I came from France and I came a came across the widest part of the channel er I got done once I had a B written on my board and then they come and crossed it out . |
| 19 | Her letter came at the wrongest time . |
| 20 | My attention had been so far away and the dog had timed his jump to a split second so that his bark came at the highest point , his teeth only inches from my face . |