Example sentences of "came [prep] several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The changes came after several weeks of pressure on the President to reshuffle the government . |
| 2 | They came upon several hollows filled with water , silent dark meres , some little more than puddles or ponds , others several acres in extent . |
| 3 | The fuel for the plants came from several uranium mines located around the country . |
| 4 | The opposition within the Six came from several sources . |
| 5 | Requests for samples of his mould soon came from several laboratories , including the pathology laboratory at Oxford . |
| 6 | oh I came , came to several conclusions , erm , one , one of the problems that the article faced me with , if it had been a simple outburst , if , if the , the Daily Telegraph had simply taken an advert out as opposed to maybe editorials then I may of had less a problem , because the problem with editorials is that they are believed , companies adverts are n't believed , well they 're partially believed , but an editorial carries a lot more weight and therefore when it 's written like that it tends to strike home much harder , therefore that , my immediate thoughts were that if were going to react , if we were going to find a way of cantering the problems we felt this had created , then we would not have to follow any normal course of action , we simply could n't put an advert out because nobody would have believed it , we would have to look at it a different way of actually cantering and that 's part of the reason for the time taking to think it through . |
| 7 | Guided by a mournful bleating , he came across several groups of sheep , huddled together in the vain hope of safety . |