Example sentences of "came from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Sundays the ‘ psalm children ’ came from the villages to be heard reciting a psalm which they had learnt by heart during the week . |
| 2 | Shallow cores show that the pebbly sands and clays that came originally came from the ice-sheet contain shells that lived in the shallower waters of the continental shelf . |
| 3 | Mr Carroll , whose address was given by Strathclyde Police as East Street , Monance , Anstruther , in Fife , originally came from the Possilpark area . |
| 4 | The ancestors of practically all the animals that live on the vast plains of western India originally came from the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East . |
| 5 | Recently a ‘ successful ’ horseperson came from the USA to judge at a major Australian show and to give a seminar on training horses . |
| 6 | Much of this form of headhunting impetus obviously came from the USA after the opening of branches in London by the Big four . |
| 7 | And the fact of George Carey 's criticism of massive pay rises to top bosses , and his sermon on the social responsibilities of wealth creation , is of concern to those bosses and wealth ‘ creators ’ because remarks that would have been unexceptional from other quarters came from the head of the established church — a case of the upstart vicar from Barking not yet fully appreciating the nature of his role within the establishment to which he has only recently secured entry . |
| 8 | She managed to convey enthusiasm but the feelings came from the head and not the heart . |
| 9 | The second came from the head of Captain , Colin Calderwood . |
| 10 | The latest outbursts against Governor Chris Patten 's democracy package came from the head of China 's Hong Kong affairs office , Lu Ping , who said Mr Patten would be ‘ condemned through the ages . ’ |
| 11 | Several publications came from the society , including Isis Unveiled and The Secret Doctrine , both produced in a trance state and automatically written under the guidance of the ‘ Masters ’ . |
| 12 | The impact threw up vast quantities of material into the upper atmosphere , where it stayed for months or years , blotting out the light of the Sun ; some of this material came from the comet , some from the surface of the Earth . |
| 13 | Water came from the taps and sat in an unnerving basin shape : the blue plastic failed to dematerialise from the world where I had been a grateful and temporary guest since the moment five years ago when I had vouchsafed in the sight of the God of men Ido . |
| 14 | Much of the initial cost of setting up the campaign was covered either by various committee members somehow doing things for free or came from the remainder of the money raised at the Comedy Store . |
| 15 | The Ephraim Hallam Charity promised £18,500 , and a further £4,000 was donated while the School was being built ; £2,000 came from the Brownell Charity ; Mr. G. H. Norris , a Governor and Old Boy gave £1,000 . |
| 16 | Anything that came from the convent she regarded as her right . |
| 17 | Soon the only sound came from the carousing in the hall below . |
| 18 | SIDT 's initial start-up funding and training support came from the Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific ( FSP ) and for the last four years , the UK Foundation ( FSP/UK ) , based in Edinburgh , has been raising money for SIDT throughout Europe . |
| 19 | The clue to the Charmley book came from the Sunday Telegraph , where over the review was the message : ‘ Andrew Roberts considers an iconoclastic and scholarly study of the Churchill myth ’ . |
| 20 | The wind came from the west . |
| 21 | Thirty guineas came from the Earl of Hertford , ten guineas from Lady Frances Coningsby , five from the Earl of Breadalbane . |
| 22 | The first challenge to the regime came from the Earl of Lancaster who perhaps felt that Mortimer had denied him the authority which was his due as chief councillor to the king . |
| 23 | A woman came from the villa to which the girl had delivered the flowers . |
| 24 | One of the direst warnings , pleading for immediate though unspecified action , came from the state Governor , Mr S.S. Ray . |
| 25 | One of the direst warnings , pleading for immediate though unspecified action , came from the state Governor , Mr S.S. Ray . |
| 26 | In many ways the most powerful impetus to greater concentrations came from the state . |
| 27 | He spoke very shrewdly and at alarming speed , in a low voice that seemed to come from elsewhere ; though his lips might be moving in front of Arthur , the shafts of help would sound as if they came from the wings or the orchestra pit . |
| 28 | It came from the fortune teller . |
| 29 | The man at the British customs was much sterner than the magistrate who came from the capital to investigate crimes committed in our village . |
| 30 | But these were only partially successful and a much more systematic assault on the question of poverty came from the capital , with a mixed reception from the local gentry . |