Example sentences of "came on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How 's that ? ’ the girl asked , but then the phone rang and there was no time to worry because they were swinging into action with the RTA , two victims of a car smash who came on a blue light with sirens wailing . |
| 2 | My rebellion came on a solid base of love , admiration and imitation which I had done when I was very young . ’ |
| 3 | In 1899 Watson came on a second tour and this time went to the far west . |
| 4 | The words came on a husky out-breath . |
| 5 | He had been locked in a cabin , a prisoner with the officers when the bombers came on a low-clouded November afternoon . |
| 6 | My first acquaintance with Manzoku came on a bitter day during a New Year visit . |
| 7 | The news of Soeur Dosithée 's holy and resigned death came on a black-edged card in a black-edged envelope . |
| 8 | The end of phase one of Kylie Minogue 's unstoppable rise to world fame came on a sunny afternoon in June 1988 . |
| 9 | Erm and so it was sort of going to the corner shop and buying what they could , er when they had the money , and sometimes they would borrow money from somebody whose benefit came on a different day . |
| 10 | Latimer 's voice came on an indrawn breath . |
| 11 | ‘ In a cliff on the edge of the city , about 2,500ft up from the valley floor , we came on an old tomb , full of bones and ceramic pieces . |
| 12 | The announcement came on the first day of a planned four-day general strike called by the Confederation of Trade Unions ( CTU ) to protest at the country 's perilous economic situation [ see p. 38836 ] . |
| 13 | The allegations of drug-taking sessions came on the first day of Murray 's trial before Lord Kirkwood . |
| 14 | Stock boats came on the first day , they start coming away in May . |
| 15 | My annual rendezvous with Ben Holt , a climbing friend based in Geneva , came on the 125th anniversary of the first ascent of the Matterhorn , which we celebrated with an ascent of the Dent Blanche . |
| 16 | When Therese came on the entire evening lifted into top gear . |
| 17 | Lloyd soon followed for 84 , but then King and Murray continued the torment , and , when the declaration came on the second evening , the score was 687 for 8 , still the West Indies record against England . |
| 18 | The attack came on the second day of a planning appeal on behalf of the town 's Sundial Hotel . |
| 19 | ‘ I think it might even be further away than we came on the Long Drive , ’ said Masklin quietly . |
| 20 | The Bush broadside came on the last day of the Republicans ' convention in Houston , Texas . |
| 21 | Mr Sells 's statement came on the third day of the inquiry into allegations that three London specialists were involved in trafficking in kidneys . |
| 22 | The allegation came on the third day of an insurance fraud trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court . |
| 23 | But they only had one goal to show for all that effort , that came on the half an hour from top goal scorer Martin Foyle . |
| 24 | He denounced the arrests on Aug. 14 of opposition leaders , which , he noted , came on the same day as the release of Sgt. Venançio Mikó Obiang , who was convicted in July 1983 of participating in an attempted coup the previous May [ see pp. 32299-300 ] . |
| 25 | They started drinking before the parson ever arrived and , when he did , fell upon the beer kegs that came on the same cart as though they were men dying of thirst . |
| 26 | The news came on the same day that the car makers Rover announced another year of losses . |
| 27 | The meeting came on the same day the latest casualty of the rent increases left his pub . |
| 28 | But her greatest thrill of all came on the very day they were going home , for the Brownie Guider from Stowbridge came to see them off and she brought the exciting news that a second Pack was being formed at Stowbridge and that the way was now wide open for Brenda to become a Brownie . |
| 29 | A loud imperious knocking came on the tongued boards of the ceiling in the middle of the rowdy relief . |
| 30 | The lorry driver , a relief worker from ISC Chemicals in Bristol , came on the wrong day and found nobody at the plant . |