Example sentences of "come [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The fading light gave way in a matter of seconds to a moist , velvet blackness , as if a curtain had been drawn swiftly across the sky , and the shadows beyond the glow of the hurricane lamps immediately began to come alive with the shrill vibrations of the jungle night . |
| 2 | Her long blonde hair seemed to come alive in the sunlight which gave it golden highlights . |
| 3 | Now those are arteries , that 's the pulmonary artery but it 's coming back to the heart okay , that 's the only time you 're going to find the rule reversed , arteries leave the heart , veins come back to the heart , and the only time that rule is reversed is when you 're linking the heart and the lungs through the pulmonary vein and the pulmonary artery , however , they are still carrying , the arteries are still carrying oxygen charged blood , yes , because it 's come fresh from the lungs so it 's still carrying nice red lovely oxygenated blood , yes , even though it 's coming back into the heart , that is because it 's come fresh from the lungs and the vein although it 's going in the opposite direction the way you normally expect it , is still carrying the old rotten , you know , used up blood , because it 's going back to the lungs to be recharged , do you understand it alright ? |
| 4 | Now those are arteries , that 's the pulmonary artery but it 's coming back to the heart okay , that 's the only time you 're going to find the rule reversed , arteries leave the heart , veins come back to the heart , and the only time that rule is reversed is when you 're linking the heart and the lungs through the pulmonary vein and the pulmonary artery , however , they are still carrying , the arteries are still carrying oxygen charged blood , yes , because it 's come fresh from the lungs so it 's still carrying nice red lovely oxygenated blood , yes , even though it 's coming back into the heart , that is because it 's come fresh from the lungs and the vein although it 's going in the opposite direction the way you normally expect it , is still carrying the old rotten , you know , used up blood , because it 's going back to the lungs to be recharged , do you understand it alright ? |
| 5 | That was n't too pleasant , since he had apparently come direct from a City-wide garlic and limburger cheese sandwich-consumption championship . |
| 6 | A flicker of hope came when three West Indian wickets went down for 69 , but then it was Haynes ' turn to come good after a disappointing series . |
| 7 | Come to think of it , his Viking ancestors had n't exactly been famed for their chivalrous treatment of women , and the traits had obviously come undiluted down the line to him . |
| 8 | SUGAR giant Tate & Lyle has come unstuck in the US . |
| 9 | It was as if the windows had flown open and all the winds of winter had suddenly come sweeping into the room . |
| 10 | All have come short of the divine standard for human life ; none can lay claim to earning the verdict of acquittal by keeping the law in its entirety : ‘ for there is no distinction , since all have sinned and come short of the glory of God ’ ( Rom. 3:23 ) . |
| 11 | I think the thing is going to come unstuck in the , I think the biggest thing is , I was thinking , is the fact that you 've got to get I would n't get a commitment from Social Services until they see a property actually ready for occupation . |
| 12 | A great big hand must go to all the officers , men , Marines and to the wonderful Wrens of the HMS Eaglet , especially the Wren who broke ranks and helped me to fix my medals which had come adrift from the bar . |
| 13 | The instruments sometimes steamed up , the revcounter failed altogether and the carpet in both footwells had come adrift by the time the car had reached the end of its test . |
| 14 | Certain duets thus feel like tortuous workshop explorations , with manoeuvres hard to do and awkward to watch , and it is these moments where Page seems to come adrift from the music . |
| 15 | The Government has failed to add any convincing arguments to its feeble justifications for the changes , and dares not come clean about the real reasons . |
| 16 | The Government still have not come clean about the information revealed in a Select Committee appendix . |
| 17 | Mr Salmond also dismissed a call by Labour 's Scottish affairs spokesman , Henry McLeish , to come clean on the extent of the SNP 's deal with the Government . |
| 18 | AN ESSEX MP yesterday urged the Prime Minister to come clean about a ‘ sensational ’ list of Government services which it is believed he would like to place in private hands . |
| 19 | ‘ To force Nader to come clean about the ship . ’ |
| 20 | Why is the government why is the government refusing to come clean about the size of the further tax increases that British families will face in nineteen ninety five ? |
| 21 | It was a dignified response if not departure with Spurs chief executive Terry Venables forced to come clean over the Shreeves situation after a media leak . |
| 22 | His eyes kept looking away over one of my shoulders or the other , never meeting my gaze , and I got the impression that like his wife he was constantly waiting for something important to happen , expecting someone to arrive at any moment , as though they both could n't believe what had happened and it was all a dream or a ghastly joke and they were just waiting for Clare to come gangling through the front door , kicking off muddy green wellies and loudly demanding tea . |
| 23 | UNHAPPY rail passengers ' dreams are about to come true with the right sort of leaves on the line . |
| 24 | This was the part he had dreamt of night after night in that living room and now — astoundingly — it was to come true in the birthplace of Shakespeare with a great company all around his son . |
| 25 | A lifetime 's dream has come true for an ardent suitor . |
| 26 | An Air Canada plane came low over the river in line for Glasgow airport . |
| 27 | Their well-equipped offices in Los Angeles came complete with a fifty-seat private theatre , and producers , writers , editors and directors walked determinedly around the corridors , calling each other ‘ babe ’ and ‘ doll ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ Hatful Of Hollow ’ , despite the carefully scrubbed edges , came complete with a ‘ sound ’ well within the reach of any band … well , almost . |
| 29 | The four-bedroom Crest home which Melinda bought for £146,000 came complete with a full-size study . |
| 30 | In terms of packaging this meant that the Macintosh came complete with no requirement to bolt cards into the box or work out how to drive unfamiliar peripherals . |