Example sentences of "they come from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They came from the right hon. Member for Brent , North ( Sir R. Boyson ) ; from the hon. Member for Hendon , South ( Mr. Marshall ) ; from the hon. Member for Lancaster ( Dame E. |
| 2 | They came from the armed forces , from war work , from factory , farm , workshop and office . |
| 3 | From the 1960s to the 1980s , they came from the impoverished north-eastern states — Paraiba , Pernambuco , Bahia and Minas Gerais — to find shelter , food and livelihood in a city that has expelled them . |
| 4 | As for the clothes , money and jewellery sported by many locals , they came from the gruesome supply of drowned bodies that were washed ashore each morning on the high tide . |
| 5 | They came from the four corners of the world , east and west , north and south , and they spoke many languages . |
| 6 | Encouraged by the pride of the town authorities , the Guy Fawkes celebrations provided an annual explosion for the town 's poor : deprived as they had been of saints ' days with the advent of Puritanism , they came from the miserable hovels cramped in the town 's back alleys to protest not only against the symbols of oppression but also , in bad years , against the local oligarchy . |
| 7 | They came from the big houses down the loch or over the pass towards Loch Lomond , or the castle at Inverary , from miles and miles , little girls in furred and caped coats and dresses gathered into heavy bows behind the cascades of ringlets . |
| 8 | Denis wondered sometimes if they came from the same father and mother . |
| 9 | These characteristics very considerably , but similar patterns can be found in several different churches and one can be fairly confident they came from the same workshop . |
| 10 | They came from the same country . |
| 11 | I er I did n't buy them and he sent us three boxes and they came from the same warehouse . |
| 12 | Although there is no precise information about the provenance of all of these finds , it is reasonable to assume that they came from the original excavation of the ‘ villa ’ or from adjacent sites . |
| 13 | We need to be able to take deliveries at all times of the day and it is very difficult to dictate to carriers , especially when they come from the other end of the country , what time they can deliver . |
| 14 | They come from the other way |
| 15 | Well they come from the right area , do n't they ? |
| 16 | The curriculum is designed by teachers who unconsciously reflect the view that city life is best , even if they come from the rural areas . |
| 17 | What was interesting about those MPs who were swift to defend him was that they come from the traditional working-class wing of the parliamentary party — people like Jimmy Hood , or Aberdeen North 's Bob Hughes . |
| 18 | They come from the roughest jails where they expect trouble all the time . |
| 19 | They come from the upper classes and are socially acceptable . |
| 20 | FROM the birth of radio astronomy in 1932 , when Jansky discovered cosmic radio waves and established that they come from the Galactic Centre , it has been clear that something very remarkable is taking place at the core of the Milky Way . |
| 21 | Although they come from the same family as the more familiar Corydoras , they differ in both body shape and breeding habit . |
| 22 | If John and Bill have a lot in common if , for example , they come from the same community or are part of the same culture then Bill is likely to interpret most of the signals in the way John intended . |
| 23 | It is interesting to note that they come from the same stable that brought us the national insurance surcharge . |
| 24 | ‘ As you say , when these instructions arrive , you 'll find that they come from the very top . |
| 25 | They come from the Arctic , to winter in Caithness , as do flights of wild whooper swans from Iceland . |
| 26 | We accept figures for newspaper circulations because they come from the independent Audit Bureau of Circulation . |
| 27 | Yes , they come from the local schools and erm The Watch , the children of what they call The Watch erm part of the Sussex Trust come along , and erm oh , they just pop in and very often they , at the end of term they come with tadpoles and things that they Oh , I , I have n't mentioned the frogs and toads , we 've plenty of those . |