Example sentences of "[adv] come [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had emigrated with half her family to England when a baby , but they had all come back the night an auntie 's house in Derry had been seen on TV news , with the sofa flying from an upstairs window and loyalist thugs pouring petrol on the geraniums . |
| 2 | Unfortunately for our timing one of the hosts suddenly said , ‘ I 'm sure you do n't want any coffee , Prime Minister , you 've just come off the plane . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've just come off the Isle of Man boat . ’ |
| 4 | The tot , Britain 's most premature surviving child , had just come off the danger list after a three-month fight for life . |
| 5 | At last the restoration was completed and R5868 looked as if it had just come off the production line , a fine tribute to F/L Peaple and his team . |
| 6 | The front of the jeep was as clean as if it had just come off the boat from Japan . |
| 7 | give us time to get dressed , she says oh hurry up now and we 've just come out the bath |
| 8 | In 30 years no band has ever come out the system alive . |
| 9 | Although Vinny Samways has now come off the transfer list , Spurs look light in the key area . |
| 10 | I 've now come off the pill without telling my boyfriend . |
| 11 | He has not yet come off the fence and told us whether he supports the barrage project . |
| 12 | May I , as someone who has recently come off the dole , comment on Donald Gould 's article ( Forum , 20 January , p 180 ) . |
| 13 | He said ‘ The RS/6000 is not big now in Hungary , and it has only recently come off the Comecon list . |