Example sentences of "[adv] came [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He only came to life when she began unbuttoning his trousers , for as she touched his fly buttons , so he grabbed at his belt . |
| 2 | ( The General Next to God , Collins ) Many of his far-reaching proposals only came to fruition during the social reforms after the Second World War . |
| 3 | Part of the scandal only came to light when an eagle-eyed bank clerk spotted changes made to the bank destination information on an authorised cheque from Craven Grain . |
| 4 | The crimes only came to light in 1990 when one of Oldfield 's victims , then an adult , was himself charged with indecency to children . |
| 5 | This new evidence was held by the defence and only came to light during the trial . |
| 6 | Parts of the contents of the manual only came to light as a result of criminal trials following an incident at Orgreave during the strike , at which some of the techniques were implemented for the first time . |
| 7 | The spraying of the pesticide , Galecron , took place in 1976 , but only came to light during a recent Swiss TV programme . |
| 8 | ( Details only came to light in 1972 , when London Transport received a compulsory purchase order , in connection with a further rebuilding of the bridge . ) |
| 9 | The offences only came to light because of an attempt to inflate profits at Alexander Howden , which was discovered by the American company Alexander and Alexander after it bought the company . |
| 10 | It only came to light today . ’ |
| 11 | News of the car smuggling scandal only came to light when Col. Luis Catalino González Rojas , commander of the fourth infantry division , defied orders and leaked evidence of the affair to the press . |
| 12 | ‘ But , unfortunately , this undesirable side to your brother 's character only came to light after I 'd hired you . |
| 13 | The assault only came to light four days later , when he went to hospital for treatment . |
| 14 | Her case only came to light because the Health Authority meeting were mistakenly sent to the media . |
| 15 | The matter only came to light when police , conducting an inquiry into the running of children 's homes in North Wales , interviewed the boy last year . |
| 16 | The matter only came to light when police , conducting an inquiry into the running of children 's homes in North Continued on Page 5 Continued from Page 1 Wales , interviewed the boy last year . |
| 17 | Police were not informed and the matter only came to light last year during a police investigation into the running of children 's homes in North Wales . |
| 18 | It operated at 4,800bps and only came with DOS software , including a huge TSR program , over 200Kb in size . |
| 19 | It was an exercise to prove the existence of a Nonconformist unity which only came into existence by the exercise . |
| 20 | There are early mentions of the Portadown district in Latin documents about Papal taxation in 1296 and 1302 where the references are to Plebs Varren ( or , more familiarly , Ballyoran ) and the name ‘ Ballywarren al' Portadowne ’ is in the Ulster Inquisitions of 1609 but Portadown as a village only came into existence at the Plantation of Ulster . |
| 21 | Pakistan only came into existence as an independent country shortly after the end of the Second World War and consequently shares much of its cultural and rug-making heritage with India . |
| 22 | ‘ Do you know that in the mythology of Earth the concept of freedom only came into existence after male and female ate of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil . |
| 23 | Although Trusts only came into operation in April ninety one , the evidence suggests that many , that many have improved patient services in many w many areas waiting lists have been cut through greater efficiency and increased use of day surgery . |
| 24 | The argument that , quite apart from the question of recklessness , the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 ( which only came into force in the UK in December 1986 ) does as a matter of law override the limitation provisions of both the Hague-Visby Rules and the Athens Convention ( for passenger claims ) will not be easily accepted by Norton Rose . |
| 25 | The inshore lifeboat only came into action to take the men ashore after one of our vessels was damaged . ’ |
| 26 | So came into existence the ‘ Harborough Arm ’ a branch that should have been a main line . |
| 27 | I put on the dress and it suddenly came to life . |
| 28 | A thought suddenly came to mind . |
| 29 | It was the headlamp of a large Harley Davidson motorcycle roaring towards the cinema audiences of the mid-Sixties as the biker movies suddenly came into vogue , along with all the other fashions and fads of the emergent , decadent age . |
| 30 | Rounding the great bend opposite East Ord , they suddenly came into view of the English forces massing over a mile ahead . |