Example sentences of "[conj] came [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The organ could not approach this strangled cry that came welling up from the bowels , from the primitive consciousness of life , of pain , of joy ; the long , tortured note that slowly unwound your intestines to be twanged by the electric guitarist . |
| 2 | Finally she dived through the alley by the Revuebar and into the market on Berwick Street , a drab thoroughfare enlivened by a sudden riot of colour in the narrow sunlight that came slanting down between the buildings — the yellow awnings over the stalls , the bright shades of new fruit , the brilliant white of new cardboard . |
| 3 | Suddenly there was a flash of lightning and a roll of thunder and the heavens burst sending us scuttling into the woods for shelter , but it was n't long before the rain got through and drenched us with miniature Niagaras that came cascading down from the broad leaves . |
| 4 | A group of shaven-headed yobbos , with tattooed cheeks and nationalistic leanings , observed this from the upper deck and came swarming down from the bus . |
| 5 | The group of horsemen , wide-scattered , not in any formation , appeared silhouetted on the ridge and came streaming on towards the ford . |