Example sentences of "they have come [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 And er , we 'll see that if they 've , if they 've come through with the goods all right .
2 Now there was some dispute over whether Berlin or Bonn should be the capital , they 've come down on the side of Berlin , but is that dispute settled now ?
3 that are grumbling cos they 've come down , but really they 've come down to the same level as
4 They had come up to the Buraimi for the men to look for better opportunities .
5 Not till they had come up onto the green did he realise that the figure in waterproofs pulling the doctor 's trolley was Chris .
6 When it was Meehan 's turn and they asked him what he had been doing that night , he said he had driven to Stranraer ( to case the motor taxation office , he admitted later ) with an Englishman called Jim Griffiths ; and they had come back via the outskirts of Ayr in the early hours of the morning .
7 They had come back across the river and they were in a street close to the Embassy .
8 But she soon realised that they had come down to the manor only as a duty ( perish the word ! ) and courtesy to her , and regarded the house as a white elephant , being too far away and too cold for weekend breaks .
9 They had come home during the height of the disturbances to discover their teenage daughter being ravished by a young police officer .
10 Forest , held to a 1-1 draw at the City Ground , were 3-1 ahead with 17 minutes of normal time left , and deservedly so ; they had come out for the second half bristling with determination to make quality tell .
11 She had tried to explain this feeling to Gay and Felicity , when they had come out of the Jade Cockatoo on their last night together ; but she had known all the time that it was n't a thing that could be explained .
12 They had come out of the Hearing without their children , and without knowing how long it might be before they were able to be together again .
13 He came from Wilton ( Wilts. ) , although the family 's residence there was itself the result of a career move by an earlier professional administrator ; they had come originally from the north west .
14 He came from Wilton ( Wilts. ) , although the family 's residence there was itself the result of a career move by an earlier professional administrator ; they had come originally from the north west .
15 There was one early proposal about archaeology which became a series called The Blood of the British , where they had come in with the idea of the series .
16 Old Joseph was glad he kept the Christmas cards from his son and daughter in 1987 , for every year since then he has taken them out and displayed them as if they had come in with the post .
17 He was glad that he did n't throw out the Christmas cards from his son and daughter in 1987 , for every year since he had taken them out of the suitcase on top of the wardrobe and displayed them in his own room as if they had come in with the morning post .
18 The Scottish pressure on ball won by the Welsh was superb and this really indicated how far they have come on since the match against the Italians .
19 Labour Members say that they want to have a debate , yet because they have been discomfited in other debates they have come in to the Chamber to start shouting and jeering .
20 To this end , they have come together under the umbrella of the Negros Ecumenical Endeavour for Development ( NEED ) , an institution that was formed in 1979 to serve deprived and oppressed communities in the central islands of the Philippines , including Negros .
21 It is no good throwing things at them when they are safely in their dug-outs and shelters , but at some time they have to come out into the open , if only to change their clothes and appearance , and that is when we can get at them .
22 And where they have to come out onto the road before the Shilton dip , where they actually come from Scrubs Lane onto the road , it 's on a right angle bend and , you know , we 've had several mishaps down there .
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