Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] that [pers pn] come [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The country was bracken-clothed dunes , the plants so tall that they came over the horse 's withers in places . |
| 2 | But if we react too strongly to fear , the brake is applied so hard that we come to a standstill , and fail to grow — which means a wasted lifetime . |
| 3 | In the middle there is a little pond with a fountain , and the golden carp that swim in it are so tame that they come at the sound of Dennis 's voice . |
| 4 | It is not surprising that they come into conflict , with one side feeling threatened by innovative theory and the other feeling frustrated by established practice . |
| 5 | It is more likely that it came from Marks & Spencer or from that little boutique round the comer . |
| 6 | But all the indirect evidence , including the records of his reading in such writers on generation as Erasmus Darwin , Johannes Müller and Giorgio Gallesio , makes it most probable that he came to pangenesis in such a revision of his 1838 position , and that he did so in the years 1840–1 . |