Example sentences of "came [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The lights in the ceiling came on without fuss and illuminated the ancient brick walls and the weathered old grey beams which crossed from side to side , holding up the planks of the floor above : holding up the planks , except where the hole was .
2 We glimpse Raulinus , for example , who came from Devon in the mid-thirteenth century , wasted time as a student in Paris for two years and then came on to Bologna making a living copying manuscripts , drinking and writing love poems to Meldina .
3 A grim twist came on to Taggy 's lips .
4 The pressure came on to Goreng from above .
5 But it was a damp , grey morning , and they had n't gone far before it came on to rain .
6 ‘ He told me that there was a wonderful view , but it came on to rain and — ’
7 — subs were Newsome , Whelan ( who came on for Sharpe towards the end ) and Lukic
8 Before the action came on for trial the defendant applied for an adjustment of his liabilities under the Liabilities ( Wartime Adjustment ) Act 1941 .
9 Strandli again came on for Wallace with about 5 mins left .
10 Strandli came on for Rocky towards the end .
11 Leeds battled fiercely with Whelan playing well up front , holding the ball and putting decent balls in the box a lot ( he came on for Rocky at half time ) but when we did get back in it it was Deano who was in the box and looking like scoring who got hauled down and the ref points to the spot .
12 You said Whelan came on for Rocky , so I assume Wallace then played wide on the right .
13 Whelan came on for Rocky , and hit the post with his first touch , after Macca had made a lovely run and cut-back .
14 Brian Deane took the place of White while Paul Merson came on for Andy Sinton .
15 Half time — Malone 0 Greystones 8 Adrian Bush came on for Willis in the second half and made an immediate impact with a 40 second minute penalty and then a splendid forty metre touch clearance .
16 We we saw him come on against Birmingham about a month or so ago and save that penalty and it 's ironic that that 's how Nigel Spinks started at at Villa was n't it when he came on for Jimmy Rimmer and if Bosnich does the same job as what Nigel 's done over the past ten years then no one 's going to argue .
17 Garcia and Potter came on for Leman and Halls in the 45th minute and Welch replaced Williams seven minutes later .
18 Garcia and Potter came on for Leman and Halls in the 45th minute and Welch replaced Williams seven minutes later .
19 Ipswich made their first substitution after 75 minutes when Whelan came on for Bozinoski .
20 Speed came on for White and did n't seem to have many problems although that 's prob- ably because he did n't touch the ball much .
21 QPR 's right back Bardsley came on for Arsenal 's Lee Dixon at the start of the second half , but lasted only 19 minutes before limping off .
22 We decided in the morning that Alec should press on ahead and try to find a doctor in town , while I came on with Mother and the recalcitrant mule .
23 The pain never came on during exercise , only after a meal .
24 Then he came on towards Philip , scrambling the last bit of the slope .
25 He made a big difference when he came on at Loftus Road .
26 Replacements : G Hastings ( Scotland ) , M Knoetze ( S Africa ) , T Horan ( Australia ) , P Fatialofa ( Western Samoa ) , P Kearns , W Ofahengaue ( Australia ) and A Perelini ( Western Samoa ) came on at half-time for Joubert , Yoshida , Claasen , Sole , Schmidt , Nasser and Mackinnon .
27 The components presentation came on after lunch .
28 You saw that when he came on against Scotland .
29 A roe deer came down into reeds opposite to munch at green stuff .
30 As I came down into Salisbury that day I knew for the first time that I had been happy .
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