Example sentences of "whence it come " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rap , they feel , may help return jazz from whence it came — to a younger , blacker audience . |
| 2 | For example , when Rome 's first sundial was brought to the city from Sicily in 263 BC , during the first Punic war , and was erected in the Forum it was inaccurate because it indicated the time appropriate to the place whence it came which was more than four degrees to the south . |
| 3 | ESR spectra act as fingerprints in distinguishing , for example , the country of origin of flint or marble , and even the particular quarry from whence it came . |
| 4 | ‘ Our hydra 's withdrawing into the warp whence it came , ’ Googol murmured , half in answer to her . |
| 5 | They were aware of a low rumble , a granite growl , though whence it came , whether from above or below them , was not evident . |
| 6 | The very idea of this lot going back whence it came was ridiculous and the impression was reinforced as I began to push . |
| 7 | Cased in the base metal of our fallen state , this ‘ star-fire ’ yearns to return whence it came . |
| 8 | Whence it came it will return , perhaps again , to be communicated to some being higher than man , perhaps to pass through gradations of glory from the pale human soul to brighten the seraph . |
| 9 | The wind blows where it wills , and you hear the sound of it but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes . |