Example sentences of "[noun] [be] come into " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | At that period of the nineteenth century when the discipline of anthropology was coming into being , material culture studies represented the very core of this emergent social science ( e.g. Haddon 1895 ; Tylor 1881 ) . |
| 2 | A week later it is evident that Fox-type gear was coming into common usage with no need to refer back to the specific case — ‘ a teenage girl was seized by two men wearing ‘ fox-style ’ balaclavas and raped at knife-point ’ ( London Evening Standard ) . |
| 3 | The several centuries of the ‘ Dark Ages ’ that followed the Roman withdrawal from Britain were a period in which peoples from northwest Germany and Denmark were coming into the country . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , reformers within the bureaucracy were coming into their own because they were concentrated in the ministry whose expertise was now at a premium . |
| 5 | In the photograph , the sun is coming into the attic on an early summer 's late afternoon , a time when I am seldom at work there . |
| 6 | ‘ Do you and Cindy plan — ’ but Ruth was coming into the room with a tray , setting it down on his desk , handing one of the white bone china cups with the delicate gold rim to Cashman , watching him take his first appreciative sip . |
| 7 | And now she concentrated the whole of her mind and her brain and her will up into her eyes and once again but much more quickly than before she felt the electricity gathering and the power was beginning to surge and the hotness was coming into the eyeballs , and then the millions of tiny invisible arms with hands on them were shooting out towards the glass , and without making any sound at all she kept on shouting inside her head for the glass to go over . |
| 8 | Easter eggs are coming into the shops |
| 9 | Because the crocuses are coming into bloom . |
| 10 | No way half the BBC is coming into my department without my supervision ! ’ |
| 11 | Quote , ‘ No way half the BBC is coming into my department without my supervision , ’ unquote . ’ |
| 12 | Scorpio is coming into Aquarius . |
| 13 | It was at about this time that the epergne , a standing centre-piece with branched supports for the dessert was coming into fashion . |
| 14 | Chaot had reportedly been nursing a damaged rudder stock for some time , but as water was coming into the boat in increasing quantities , Boschmann decided to abandon ship as soon as other yachts on passage to the Caribbean could come to his assistance . |
| 15 | By the end of the fourth century the martyrs were coming into the city . |
| 16 | It was in the rose gardens that Annie McCafferty met the young ex-boxer one fine , crisp morning when the buds were appearing and trees were coming into leaf . |
| 17 | The weather that mid-April had turned fair and mild ; the trees were coming into delicate leaf , and ladysmocks fluttering over the marsh meadows . |
| 18 | ‘ People were coming into the shop saying they could n't understand why I had taken such an attitude . ’ |
| 19 | Housing advice centres were coming into existence at about the time that the first law centre was being opened , and it is not unrealistic to attribute their inception to the generally increased awareness of the need for advice services . |
| 20 | The fact that the shadow economy is coming into the spotlight of open publicity is encouraging . |
| 21 | ‘ The train is coming into Carrick ! ’ |
| 22 | A moment or two of renewed darkness and then the train was coming into Kensington High Street . |
| 23 | One afternoon the following week , Mary was coming into the yard having been to hear the banns read for the last time , when she came upon a group of local women standing around gossiping about the wedding . |
| 24 | Bookings are coming into the Academy of Culinary Arts for its course which begin this month . |
| 25 | The Gothic revival , with the complementary pre-Raphaelite movement in literature and painting , was then reaching its height ; new materials were coming into use , and church restoration was being undertaken widely throughout the country . |
| 26 | Tears were coming into my eyes . |
| 27 | I have discussed the impact that moves towards a Single Currency may have , especially if the Maastricht Treaty were to come into force . |
| 28 | He was engulfed once more in an indescribable peace , and knew again , as he had known at dawn on the outskirts of Zweeloo , that he belonged to life , that the primal desire of man is to come into being , to achieve this peace . |
| 29 | A poem is coming into focus . |
| 30 | by enacting that a licence is to come into effect on the day it is granted or renewed ( subss. ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) ) . |