Example sentences of "came into the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The engine whistled as it came into the wide bay of railway lines beside the colliery , where rows of trucks stood in harbour ( 11 ) . |
2 | But when we came into the straight again he was always beside me , running , panting , straining to get ahead just as I was . |
3 | As they came into the straight … headed up the Cheltenham hill it was a two horse race … |
4 | They came into the upper room . |
5 | As he tapped a cigarette on its box preparatory to departing , the front door — always on the latch — was opened and Judith Cohen came into the small kitchen . |
6 | When he came into the Provincial 's small executive team under managing director in June 1990 life was tough for the industry as a whole after the storms and other claims-raising disasters . |
7 | Others came into the new paper . |
8 | But one morning she came into the bare-looking garden to say , ‘ We 're going on Sunday . ’ |
9 | It 's his age that is against him , but he 's helped me a great deal since I came into the Irish squad . ’ |
10 | As we came into the front hall I heard Kevin yelling up the stairs , ‘ Stop the hammering ! |
11 | The rise of the Nevilles and the Percies in the late fourteenth century was the first occasion when families of genuine northern origin came into the front rank of the nobility — one may exclude the duchy of Lancaster from any such comment , because it was closely connected with the royal family and also held substantial lands in the Midlands and the South . |
12 | The realisation that the motivation of life is enjoyment , came into the evolutionary story long after the arrival of the first living cell . |
13 | In the second half of the eighteenth century , two fresh problems came into the open , particularly through the work of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ( 1729–81 ) . |
14 | She came into the cobbled yard in front of the coach house walking carefully in her high-heeled sandals on the uneven ground . |
15 | IAN WOOSNAM , so out of form coming into the Masters , nevertheless began to put up an heroic defence at Augusta National yesterday and was within a stroke of the lead as he came into the finishing holes in his second round . |
16 | Carrie came into the back room to take Rachel up for her afternoon nap and smiled at Annie as the young woman was buttoning up her coat . |
17 | It was only 5.30 pm when I came into the main hospital building , but a cheeky nurse said ‘ Bon soir , Miss Veness , parlez-vous Francaise ? |
18 | One afternoon , when Hindley had gone into town , Heathcliff came into the main room after lunch . |
19 | And when Anne came into the Green Gables kitchen , Marilla said , ‘ You look very happy , Anne . |
20 | The questions our friends were dying to ask were those which the tabloids have trumpeted ever since the case came into the public domain . |
21 | The benevolent influence of a family , such as that depicted in the first chapter of Tom Brown 's Schooldays , reached out to the tenants and other members of the local community ; the girls from the cottages came into the big house as dairy or nursery-maids ; the boys were taken on as under-gardeners or grooms . |
22 | She wondered what her father and brothers were doing at that moment , and pictured Niall and Roger riding in through the castle gate with more stories of escapades , cattle raids , skirmishes , pranks and hunting expeditions ; and so vividly could she imagine them that it seemed that she actually heard their voices , saw their red-cheeked smiles , and smelt the leather of their boots and the steam from their bodies when they came into the big kitchen at the end of a day . |
23 | Dr Nolan looked deadbeat as he came into the little bedroom at Milltown . |