Example sentences of "come [adv prt] in an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that the burns had come about in an unforeseeable way did not render the damage too remote . |
| 2 | The-other four Goshawk aircraft came down in an angled line which allowed each gun to rake the target from nose to tail in a continuous devastation of bullets . |
| 3 | Half way through his super-human effort his foot slipped and in mid-launch he came down in an uncoordinated heap just outside the throwing circle . |
| 4 | We worked our way around the central tier , hands in pockets , and came out in an ornamental garden open to the stars . |
| 5 | ( a ) If the kind of damage suffered is reasonably foreseeable , it does not matter that the damage came about in an unforeseeable way . |
| 6 | She had n't even noticed her until now , when she stood up , trembling , words coming out in an uncharacteristic torrent . |
| 7 | Faced with a whole series of books to write , Swainson had the choice of simply following Cuvier 's system , which was coming out in an English version at the same time , or of doing something new ; and he chose the latter . |
| 8 | ‘ Echo ’ is a useful word , for that in a way is what the poem 's metric is based on ; there is no immediate similarity of stanza-form to Bilbo 's song , but once again the ‘ elvish ’ idea of poetry comes through in an unexpected subtlety . |