Example sentences of "the [noun pl] came [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lads came up from the gill with buckets of water and stood a-row along the brink . |
| 2 | Clapping their wings the gulls came back from the sea , |
| 3 | The visitors came back into the game with two penalty goals by Graves and could have turned ends 9–9 had he been successful with his third penalty goal on half-time . |
| 4 | The keys came back through the post , without even a thank-you note . |
| 5 | In Sutton , the wires came out into the High Street and ran a short distance to the right to run round a small green at Bushey Road . |
| 6 | It was nearly midday when the worshippers came out of the Emmanuel Chapel after the prayer meeting . |
| 7 | The mourners came out into the frost and mist of the January morning as the last traffic-jams of the rush-hour began to clear . |
| 8 | Most of the owners came down from the Clubhouse to watch the saddling of the runners in the Jockey Club Race Train Stakes , and all the sportier of them wore the rosettes . |
| 9 | … One of the topics came up in the following week 's Science lesson … the girls took great delight in showing the boys how to perform the tasks ! … the improvement in their confidence was most marked . ’ |
| 10 | Suddenly , all the lights came on in the hospital and they eventually opened a side-door and let her in . |
| 11 | There seemed only one answer , for India had seldom boasted fast bowlers of sufficient quality to operate much beyond the first half-dozen shine-removing overs before the spinners came on for the rest of the innings . |
| 12 | On these occasions the gloves came off as the Service most adversely affected sought support in Parliament , in the media , from industry , and from the electorate , in what it saw as its fight for survival . |
| 13 | The girls were less politically conscious than the boys , although the staff would notice a more defensive attitude when the pupils came back from the townships after the holidays . |
| 14 | The men came back across the courtyard . |
| 15 | It was already in her hand before he spoke , and by the time the men came back with the table and pillows they were running in normal saline through a line in his hand . |
| 16 | One by one , the men came down from the top of the rock , and sat with their arms around each other , out of the wind . |
| 17 | WC apps : 8 Runners-up : 1958 After flirting with failure , the Swedes came through to the finals with a point to spare after a 2-0 victory in Poland in their last qualifying game . |
| 18 | The smell of the flowers came in through the open windows of the bus . |
| 19 | ‘ Most of the children came in during the first two days and our helplines were flooded with calls , but they appear to have calmed down now . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Ignore the barrage balloon , ’ he joked , flattening himself exaggeratedly against the wall as the actors came out of the pass door and went up to their rooms . |
| 21 | We did n't pay any attention , but a minute later one of the waiters came up to the table in a hurry . |
| 22 | But as Haslemere relaxed the Otters came back into the game , equalised and went ahead from well-struck short corners . |
| 23 | The singer later needed his prop when the rains came down at the band 's sell-out ‘ Finstock ’ gig . |