Example sentences of "[noun pl] coming [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the sun rose higher in the sky , the mist began to clear and , suddenly , John saw the Dragoons coming across the muir from the east and heading straight towards them . |
| 2 | From these observations the task before the court on this appeal can be distilled in this form : the court is concerned to inquire as to the persons with respect to whom Parliament is presumed to have been legislating when using the expression , ‘ any person , ’ and in making that inquiry Parliament is to be taken to have been legislating only for British subjects or foreigners coming to the United Kingdom , unless the contrary is expressed ( which it is not here ) or is plainly implicit . |
| 3 | Y'know , with only these two lads coming round the house and then both of them got bust in one of the lads ’ house and they blew me up as the one who was supplying them . |
| 4 | Will my hon. Friend do everything he possibly can firmly to nail the blame on Bruce Millan for the delay in these funds coming to the coalfield areas ? |
| 5 | The animals coming into the infirmary were almost entirely horses . |
| 6 | The number of these tribesmen has decreased considerably in recent years ( due largely to the constant encroachment of urbanized civilization and their forced amalgamation into larger tribal groupings ) , resulting in a decline in both the number and variety of genuine Turkoman rugs coming onto the market . |
| 7 | There was a silence , and then the sound of quick , light steps coming towards the door . |
| 8 | The yellow and black police barrier was still there as a warning to other drivers coming over the crest of the hill . |
| 9 | Obviously , the flavour which whisky gives to a sauce differs from that produced by cognac , armagnac or Calvados ; certainly the aromas coming from the pot while the whisky is cooking are also very different ; but by the time the alcohol has been burned and cooked away I wonder how many people would spot what precisely the difference is . |
| 10 | Uppermost in the priorities of his concentration are the voices coming through the headset he is wearing . |
| 11 | She heard the sound of voices coming up the stairs . |
| 12 | I followed the sound of voices coming from the bluebell wood , there was the acrid smell of wood-smoke and an orange glow lit my way through the wild garlic . |
| 13 | So I took my knife and cut almost through the rope , then waited , listening to the sound of two loud voices coming from the cabin . |
| 14 | The front walkway was deserted , though he could hear the murmur of voices coming from the pigsties past the trees and bushes . |
| 15 | She let herself quietly into the house , and immediately heard the sound of voices coming from the living-room . |
| 16 | On the landing she could hear voices coming from the living-room and she pushed open the door . |
| 17 | The detector was recording neutrons all right , but they could n't be sure if there were neutrons coming from the cell over and above those coming from natural sources , such as cosmic rays and general radioactive ‘ dirt ’ around the lab . |
| 18 | This they decided was evidence for neutrons coming from the cell . |
| 19 | Every Buttermere neighbour and old wrestling foe would be given a free mug of beer as his first drink and throughout the day Joseph would ask a little — often useless — favour here , another there in order to keep them within his ken : so that they kept their eyes , he would say to himself , on the signals coming from the flagship . |
| 20 | For Figure 8 , I used a plotter , a mechanical drawing board whose moving pen is controlled by the electronic signals coming from the computer . |
| 21 | But Steedman said : ‘ The risk to our European status would be considerable with fans coming from the south to see games . ’ |
| 22 | It is , according to report , to test electronic equipment for checking cars coming into the centre of cities . |
| 23 | These are accidents that did not involve personal injury but involved er physical damage to walls , cars , gates , driveways etc. , with cars coming down the road . |
| 24 | He had to grab the wheel twice I think he smashed two cars coming down the road . |
| 25 | And of course the coach had come up the hill could n't overtake where I was parked , blocking off the entrance to the lane where I 'd just come out of so that the string of cars coming down the road and the first one wanting to turn in and of course the coach had covered it . |
| 26 | At speeds of ninety miles a Police car chased a stolen white fiesta … through narrow country lanes … cars coming in the oppositie direction swerve to avoid it car as it weaves in and out of the traffic … at times the Police try to overtake it … without success … forty miles after they spotted the stolen car … the road clears and the Police overtake and stop them … three schoolboys are arrested … one of them … a passenger … is fourteen … in the past eight months he 's been arrested twenty eight times … the day before he 'd been placed under another supervision order by Milton Keynes Magistrates where he 'd faced charges of robbery and burglary and joy riding … it was from the children 's home he 'd been sent that his two friends picked him up . |
| 27 | Even though hundreds of accountants might be interested in corporate finance , the few opportunities coming onto the market are heavily fought for . |
| 28 | ‘ As we went up there were big snow plumes coming off the mountain to the left and right of us but there was n't much wind . |
| 29 | During our stay we were awakened not only by the cocks , but on several occasions by piercing screams coming from the rice-paddies behind us , which would continue for some time before abruptly stopping . |
| 30 | When they did , they centred their national claims around the four basic demands coming from the shop floor . |