Example sentences of "came at [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She came at things from an angle ; she made connections . |
| 2 | Although much of their classicising work in bronze produced after 1933 was liked and acquired by the regime , even these far from rebellious artists came at times under suspicion of being ‘ degenerate ’ . |
| 3 | A total of seven points out of eight were lost to the Tayside club last season and Aberdeen 's only point from United this term came at Tannadice in December after they had held , and then surrendered , a two-goal lead . |
| 4 | Dave 's first major success with Fernandez came at Fulford in 1975 when the Argentinian clinched the Benson and Hedges International . |
| 5 | ‘ From Armidel , ’ writes Johnson , ‘ we came at night to Coriatachan , a house very pleasantly situated between two brooks , with one of the highest hills of the island behind it . ’ |
| 6 | Where he had been a child , when the fox came at night around the barricaded chicken houses then the old bugger always scented the chicken house sides , left his stirik , boasted that he had been there . |
| 7 | Pressure generally came at moments of crisis , such as Suez in 1956 or the Irish conflict in the 1970s and 1980s , and tended to focus on particular programmes . |
| 8 | Apart from a few lesser results , the high point came at Fuji in Japan — the race that saw James Hunt crowned champion when Niki Lauda , his nearest rival , still recovering from his terrible and incendiary accident at the Nürburgring , withdrew from the race on the second lap because , as Niki said , ‘ only a fool would race in these conditions ’ — when Mario was on pole and won the race magisterially . |