Example sentences of "come in from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Otherwise whoever it was would probably have come in from the corridor . |
| 2 | A game of tag ( see below ) may well be just the thing ; but if they 've just come in from the playground and that 's what they 've been doing for the last fifteen minutes , it would be a bit of a waste of time . |
| 3 | It was a relief when Stephen Copley , the Senior Chemist , arrived just before ten , bustling in as usual , his rubicund face with its tonsure and fringe of black curly hair glistening as if he had come in from the sun . |
| 4 | The train had come in from the sidings and stood in the station , warm and pulsing , its engines reattached , the horses and grooms on board and fresh foods and ice loaded . |
| 5 | Ray had come in from the country bank and we sat with Margaret through the short service . |
| 6 | OVER the past two years , Swedish investors have come in from the cold . |
| 7 | The majority of domestic workers are young women without any formal education who have come in from the countryside . |
| 8 | Then , when the horse is brought out of the stable , instead of just walking quietly along ( which it would if it had just come in from the paddock ) , it is jumping out of its skin , ready to spook and shy at anything , nostrils dilated , eyes bulging , and tail hoisted high . |
| 9 | ‘ This report has just come in from the Environments Officer . |
| 10 | It was quite soon after the terrible motor accident that had crippled him for life , and she had just come in from the garden with a bunch of flowers for him . |