Example sentences of "coming [adv] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Noses to the ground , the dogs were coming on at an fast , distance-consuming lope .
2 Even when set up correctly some units have their clip lights coming on at the slightest provocation , while the Alpha seems to have more headroom before it clips , which should therefore mean less chance of unwanted distortion .
3 On Easter Sunday and Monday April 19th and 20th , farm shops and food and drink producers from southern England are coming together at a traditional food fair at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum , Singleton , near Chichester , to show how local produce can be bought on a regional basis .
4 Reaction to their two recently-rescued Sam Powell ales , formerly brewed by the Sam Powell Brewery in Newtown , Powys , is also very encouraging , with repeat orders coming in at a good rate .
5 Eva was coming in at a high spot of the Army 's history .
6 OS/2 will get 8.5% of the total workstation market by 1996 , it says , with Unix coming in at a hefty 47% and Windows NT possibly capturing 30–40% of the office desktop/workstation market .
7 of 1826 coming in at a deserved third in the field .
8 Less than 36 hours after the discovery of the body , facts were coming in at a fair rate , though it was still not possible to decide which were relevant and which not .
9 Essex were , for a time , in some trouble after Munton had claimed two wickets in as many balls but Gooch , still snuffling after his touch of ‘ flu and coming in at an unaccustomed No 5 position , thwarted the hat-trick ball .
10 They could perhaps find a replacement make-up artist , though that would prove difficult at such short notice , but someone coming in at the last moment would find it hard to cope with the unusual styles , and the actors would be having problems enough dealing with first-night nerves without having to face any added strain .
11 ‘ Otherwise , if they keep coming in at the same rate , Hong Kong will be totally swamped and will not be able to cope .
12 That grievous bodily harm thing was coming up at a special court this morning , but that ought to be all wrapped up in half an hour .
13 At nine o'clock , by arrangement , I rang one of my colleagues at the hospital , Dr. J. D. Underwood , about a matter which is coming up at the next medical committee .
14 He stumbled but did n't fall , turning his motion to attack with balletic ease , and coming back at the other man with tremendous force .
15 Then there were those brown corduroys and blue jeans : the very seams of his old , faded pants enraptured me , seeming to underscore the seductive outlines of his lower frame , running from the back of his thick leather belt down along that mysterious , rich intercrural channel , and coming out at the other end of the tunnel at the tense crossroads orienting the scrotum 's heavy bag with its blissful raphe , or subtly defining and underlining the inside and outside of the long , smooth thighs and the stocky , bulgy , athletic calves .
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