Example sentences of "[Wh pn] came [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Governments and organizations such as the European Communities ( EC ) and the Council of Europe sought steps to contain both the influx of migrants , many of whom came from the Soviet Union and eastern Europe , and the rise of racist sentiment . |
| 2 | Others put the current figure for the Roman Catholics alone at about 1,500,000 , the majority of whom came from the Hungarian and German minorities . |
| 3 | The Eastern National , in 1929 , took over followed by United Counties who came on the local scene in June 1928 . |
| 4 | He 'd lived all his fifty-odd years in Oldfield and felt the duties of a host towards visitors , especially those who came with the proper recommendation . |
| 5 | Also on the recovery trail is Marine fullback Keith Proctor , who came through the full 90 minutes of a reserve game at the weekend after a six-week injury lay-off . |
| 6 | Most of the 1,500 crowd who came for the best objects on the last two days of the sale meanwhile , were just tourists , which made taking bids extremely difficult and fatiguing , Tajan said . |
| 7 | Like the Dutch family who came for the half-term holiday in late February one year . |
| 8 | Instead wrong-doers , or even the mischievous who came under the stern eye of the chief dresser , were sent off home to their parents , and like-as-not , a strapping . |
| 9 | He was reckoned one of the islands ' best fishing guides , a man who could name his own price to the rich northerners who came to the blue waters to kill gamefish , but Bonefish believed that his family might stray from the path of righteousness if he spent too much time away from home so he restricted his guide work to just a few weeks of the year . |
| 10 | Other sources observe that HP and Sun , who came to the MAS announcement as cheerleaders , did not exactly pledge to adopt it leaving only IBM who was already involved . |
| 11 | Any kind of bed , by now , would have been welcome ; but to his relief the woman who came to the inner closed door was clean , and her house had no odour of bugs . |
| 12 | Thanks to all those who came to the lovely Garden Party held in aid of CAFOD last Thursday evening . |
| 13 | At Doncaster Mr Frisk , who came to the last fence in front in the Hennessy Gold Cup , should gain compensation in the Constant Security Handicap Chase , and Red Ruddel can gain his fourth consecutive victory of the season . |
| 14 | The mullah was very hungry and when he heard that the Emperor was providing a free iftar to anyone who came to the Red Fort he immediately tied up his donkey and went along . |
| 15 | The squadron also flew the Iraq Levies , A sort of RAF Regiment of the day , they were mainly Kurds who came from the far north of Iraq excellent soldiers but poor airmen who generally laid their breakfast on the cabin floor whilst we were taxying , to take-off . |
| 16 | The farmers remember the lawless boom times a decade ago , when they grew as much coca as they could manage for the drug traffickers who came from the other side of the continent to their market town . |
| 17 | James II 's marriage to Mary of Gueldres had the attraction of providing him with a queen who came from the great artillery-making centre of northern Europe . |
| 18 | I was married to Bernard Parkin for fifteen years , a man who came from the lower middle class , but identified quite violently , for a number of years , with the workers . |
| 19 | At one time he also had a nanny , who came from the German-speaking part of Switzerland . |
| 20 | Yentob and his colleague Michael Jackson , who came from The Late Show to run the music and arts department , are picking up warm endorsements for assuming Channel 4 's mantle of experiment . |
| 21 | She pinned her thoughts on Rosemary , her friend and neighbour from across the corridor , who came from the same sizeable Dorset village that she did . |
| 22 | EWM 's auditors — who came from the same firm as the rider 's accountant — suggested the link-up . |
| 23 | The popes had to come to terms with the nobles and those who came from the noble families of the city naturally built up their own families and factions in order to survive . |
| 24 | But her words were interrupted by Silas , who came from the main office . |
| 25 | The two who came in the first place . |
| 26 | ‘ I think I 'll go across and have a chat with that young fallow who came in the other day , ’ Phil said in a conversational tone to no one in particular and rushed out to Sister Cooney 's office . |