Example sentences of "come [adv prt] [prep] the line " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a moment 's silence and then another voice , deep and strong and commanding , came on to the line . |
| 2 | ( WES ) ( ANNE ) Still to come on Central News … the round the world race that came down to the line . |
| 3 | Then she came back on the line and faithfully repeated everything I 'd told her , and everything I 'd asked . |
| 4 | Jonadab confirmed that the shepherd was not one for strong drink and was beginning to think that George had possibly made a good choice , when the old farmer and his wife came back along the line . |
| 5 | There was the celebratory dinner on coming out of the line near Cassino , when Captain Sir Hugh Arbuthnot slung a full bottle of wine down a long table at Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Makins , to whom he had developed a sudden antipathy . |
| 6 | The Zekes come in against the line of P–40s , one runs amok as others erupt in flames . |
| 7 | ‘ Specially if they manage to fire the place an ’ have a secret bolthole that comes up outside the line of the fence . ’ |