Example sentences of "came [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brian Swan was first to the ball when Townsend 's penalty came off the right-hand post and Swan was also in support of the stand-off when he touched down for his first try . |
| 2 | Cos , they sold out the , that 's all now and I think came from Yarmouth , they used , they used to have a big place at Yarmouth and we came through the other week and er I see their sheds are nearly all empty now , there . |
| 3 | Early morning summer light came through the barred window and lay on his uncovered back , making a checkered pattern with his freshly healed wounds . |
| 4 | Perhaps the snake came through the air-vent many times before it killed Julia . |
| 5 | Then a little light came through the uncovered spyhole , a flickering , surreptitious light . |
| 6 | She came through the front door of the shop and was a little surprised at not seeing her husband behind the counter . |
| 7 | His neighbour came through the front door of the house to the right . |
| 8 | As he came through the front door he had picked up his post . |
| 9 | The four healthy children lay sound asleep , their breaths coming and going almost visibly in the light from the street lamp that came through the flowered cotton curtains . |
| 10 | Czechs in Cleveland to learn how to cope with job losses WAYS in which the North-East came through the industrial upheaval of the '70s and '80s could prove an invaluable blueprint for revival for the people of Czechoslovakia . |
| 11 | The faint but unmistakable sound of an outraged hen came through the closed drawing-room windows . |
| 12 | ‘ Come in ! ’ voice came through the solid oak door . |
| 13 | Colonel Bowers was in his flying-suit by three o'clock and ready to go , when the long black limousine from the Pentagon 's New York bureau came through the main gate . |
| 14 | Also on the recovery trail is Marine fullback Keith Proctor , who came through the full 90 minutes of a reserve game at the weekend after a six-week injury lay-off . |
| 15 | When the daily help came through the back door and into the kitchen , she found Beth sitting at the table , breathless and dishevelled . |
| 16 | Tom O'Neill came through the revolving doors on a blast of icy air and stepped out on the other side into a blanket of almost oppressive warmth . |
| 17 | Make-up could work wonders , though , and she was just putting the finishing touches to her lipstick when Travis came through the connecting door . |
| 18 | Later , the woman came through the driving snow , staggering before the howling wind , huddled in upon herself . |
| 19 | A chill wind came through the open doors to the balcony . |
| 20 | I was sitting there waiting for the grub to show when Martin Amis came through the open door — you know , the writer I was chatting to in the pub the other night . |
| 21 | Light came through the stained-glass skylights , which were predominantly green and blue , and through a wall of windows of clear glass that held the faintest hint of turquoise . |
| 22 | Despite the fact that the victory came during the fasting month of Ramadan , tons of sweets were distributed by people from all walks of life starting with school children and ending with industrial tycoons . |
| 23 | But when the time came for the annual bail-out , the recession-strapped Culture Ministry balked . |
| 24 | Yes they came for the other islands . |
| 25 | This , at its most exalted , represented the aspiration of Owenism ; and though few Owenites would have heard the song , when the time came for the countless host to stream in through gates of pearl , that surely is what they could have sung as they marched . |
| 26 | Like the Dutch family who came for the half-term holiday in late February one year . |
| 27 | The mounting protests on all sides came as the outlawed Ulster Freedom Freedom fighters , who claimed responsibility for the four shootings , threatened to step up their murder campaign . |
| 28 | The bilateral agreement , the first under the US " open skies " initiative , came as the European Communities ( EC ) prepared for the implementation in 1993 of a common European aviation policy requiring EC members to negotiate as a block . |
| 29 | The escalation of the row came as the European Commissioner and former Cabinet member , Sir Leon Brittan , intervened in the debate to give warning that Britain would cause disruption throughout Europe and suffer substantial economic harm unless it ratified the Maastricht treaty . |
| 30 | The move came as the Labour Party 's housing spokesman , Mr Clive Soley , yesterday complained to the Press Council over newspaper reports that his party was proposing to ban second homes . |