Example sentences of "they come [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With just over 20 miles to go Curry led Boone by 1.10 , but the less experienced Roe Valley rider was starting to slow , and as they came past the finish line with 16 miles remaining his lead was down to 48 seconds . |
| 2 | And as they came towards the end of the day he had to do some quick thinking to find out whether he 'd have to keep the men working right up to the last minute in order to get the stint , of three-quarter of an acre 's ploughing for each man , finished . |
| 3 | His parents did not get on and parted during the war , which put an end to the old hierarchic world of Amnersfield , where you were not to look at your masters when they came up the drive , but to hoe on regardless . |
| 4 | Spreading out a little , they came up the hill , rain and wind pushing them , sometimes staggering under the force of it . |
| 5 | There were still soldiers patrolling , and as the cart turned right into Pope 's Quay they came under the scrutiny of a Royal Irish Constabulary man on duty at the corner . |
| 6 | But I was surprised by their looks , as they came through the airlock — enough to keep me from being puzzled , then , about how they had crossed from their pod to my ship without space suits . |
| 7 | As they came through the exit doors , Ricky looked wearily round for an Avis sign . |
| 8 | That we could introduce to our neighbours first they came through the door . |
| 9 | Adele , the younger of the two sisters although some privately reckoned that she looked a little drawn-in and slightly older than Angelica , was wiping down the flour from the big kitchen table as they came through the door . |
| 10 | Cobalt was speaking to Maurin as they came through the garden together . |
| 11 | The Corporal stopped , ordering the boy who 'd fired to go back to the spot and engage the malais as they came down the road . |
| 12 | They came down the side streets in droves , like T.S . |
| 13 | ‘ They came for a weekend just before we left Starlings . ’ |
| 14 | They came for a draw and got it . |
| 15 | ‘ First they came for the Jews , then they came for the communists , then they came for the trade unionists , then they came for me ’ , he repeats over a silky , mesmeric House groove , gradually adding a line each time , until he gets to ‘ and there was no-one left to speak up for me ’ . |
| 16 | And if I remember they came then they came for the Trade Unionist . |
| 17 | They came for the climate , the charm of the river , and the antiquities . |
| 18 | But in latter days they came with a tank and they put it out and put it in a trailer you see but I just worked with bags when it was the first of it . |
| 19 | They came with a boat , and did all their shopping in Tobermory , so we did not see much of them at all . ’ |
| 20 | But they came with the chief being an Anglesey man you see , they came from Anglesey as well to erm they used to come a lot in and erm as apprentices you know And er Aye no , the ol same old game again that er we in Wales seem to inherit it 's in I suppose it 's in the B B C and everywhere is n't it . |
| 21 | September last year they came , September last year they came with the display |
| 22 | Marching on that night , suffering terribly from thirst , they came on a track that was not marked on their maps but was used by vehicles . |
| 23 | Next morning they sighted U-593 and attacked her ; about midday they came on a fleet of French trawlers but were satisfied they carried no German radio operators . |
| 24 | A few miles further down the road they came on a group of Italians with rifles waving at them to stop , obviously having been alerted by the German post . |
| 25 | Now we 're on the road , er , let's see what other goodies we 've got over here going on , oh , yes , we 're checking out how well people are being briefed before they came on the course . |
| 26 | They came on the scene when the private telegraph companies were ‘ nationalised ’ and integrated into the Post Office , the women literally being taken on as a ‘ job lot ’ with their male colleagues . |
| 27 | And this is a Sotino which is a quality brand in those days , I , I , do n't know if it still is , I assume it is , erm , which was not advertised at all , and although the Rolex 's and so on in this world have been heavily advertised as they came on the market , Sotino 's never really was , so my father had a struggle I suspect selling . |
| 28 | They came as a lightning surprise to them when two hundred American planes came over the city clearly visible in the cloudless sky , the Italians kept separating in two camps because of fascist and non- fascist fleet ran around frantically trying to get fog machines working , trying to obscure the target but the fog prevented warships in the harbour for putting up an effective anti-aircraft barrage . |
| 29 | There would have been no question whether the children would come ; they came as a matter of course and ‘ right behaviour ’ . |
| 30 | At last they came to a clearing , where Vic headed for a mossy log . |