Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] come [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All sorts of people come through the Centre 's doors . |
| 2 | Rincewind pounded down an alley , paying no heed to the screams of rage coming from the picture box , and cleared a high wall with his frayed robe flapping around him like the feathers of a dishevelled jackdaw . |
| 3 | The country 's trade deficit was offset , in part , by the bulk of imports coming from the socialist bloc so that " hard " foreign exchange was not used . |
| 4 | The confrontation became heated and a force of Gardai came on the scene . |
| 5 | A piece of paper comes over the pine counter with five numbers on it . |
| 6 | There was the deep throb of music coming from the barn , the unmistakable noise of many lively conversations . |
| 7 | The weight of packets of biscuits coming off the line was a matter of some importance to the company . |
| 8 | The front walkway was deserted , though he could hear the murmur of voices coming from the pigsties past the trees and bushes . |
| 9 | Using eight display screens the team on duty can monitor and control the pressures and flows of gas coming into the region through the national and regional offtakes , maintaining safe operating limits and ensuring demand is met . |
| 10 | Their change of mind came after the president 's aides had said that if denied a referendum he would carry out a non-binding plebiscite anyway to settle the power struggle that has paralysed his reform programme . |
| 11 | In Oxford , particular care has been taken to try to identify all cases of self-injury coming to the general hospital , irrespective of whether they have been referred to the hospital psychiatric service . |
| 12 | THE FIRST big wave of Russians came after the 1967 war , when Zionist feelings were awakened by Israel 's six day victory and Soviet support for the Arabs . |
| 13 | So the solving of your mystery should be a much more gradual affair than any sudden flash of revelation coming to the hero and being kept under his deerstalker till almost the last page . |
| 14 | The other bit of information came from the Bishop 's female Deacon , what was her name ? |
| 15 | The election of Clinton came on the day when trade talks between Europe and the US broke down again . |
| 16 | It was a warm day , the noise of traffic came through the slightly open window . |
| 17 | The milk of paradise came from the story of the Old Man of the Mountains , Hassan , who drugged men and sent them forth as assassins . |
| 18 | The first signs of rust came on the day the first battalion of the tartan army arrived in Cordoba . |
| 19 | We were about to carry on when we saw two women with their loads of pine-needles coming down the path towards us . |
| 20 | One said : ‘ All we saw was loads of smoke coming from the station and then the emergency vehicles arrived . ’ |
| 21 | It is immediately noticeable that the great majority of comments come from the childhood memories . |
| 22 | A look of bewilderment comes over the faces of visitors who can not comprehend why some supporters will not go to watch the national side simply because they are playing on Rangers ' ground . |
| 23 | As Carolyn started to read a look of absorption came over the child 's face , and her thumb slotted into her mouth . |
| 24 | They stood on the banks and looked across at the blanket of fog coming from the river . |
| 25 | At one and the same instant the audience burst into a thundering shout ; the orchestra pealed forth the strains of the Hallelujah Chorus ; the wheels of the great Ellis engine in Machinery Hall commenced to revolve ; the electric fountains in the lagoon threw their torrents towards the sky ; a flood of water gushed from the McMonnies Lake and rolled back again into the basin ; the thunder of artillery came from the vessels in the lake ; the chimes in Manufacturers Hall and on the German building rang out a merry peal , and overhead , the flags at the top of the poles in front of the platform fell apart and revealed the gilded models of the ships in which Columbus first sailed to American shores . |
| 26 | A rich warm smell of baking came from the kitchen . |
| 27 | The earthen floors were swept and the tables scrubbed ; the pots and pans gleamed over the hob , and there was a pleasant smell of baking coming from the wood oven . |
| 28 | When the archbishop of Canterbury came before the pope for his pallium , the canons of York entangled the Canterbury monks in questions about the precise state in which they had found the privileges — whether they had seals attached to them , and so on . |
| 29 | I can still bring it to mind , with lines of people coming off the hillsides and on to the road . |
| 30 | Domestic policy he tended , with a few exceptions such as social security ( where he would reprise his old refrain about the law of averages coming to the rescue of the millions ) , to regard largely as a matter of ‘ drains ’ . |