Example sentences of "[adj] that [pers pn] come [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It is possible that it came from the east of the Frankish confederacy , rather than the Rhineland .
2 The country was bracken-clothed dunes , the plants so tall that they came over the horse 's withers in places .
3 Fiona and Mark mean something quite different by the word " God " such that they come to diametrically opposite conclusions .
4 But if we react too strongly to fear , the brake is applied so hard that we come to a standstill , and fail to grow — which means a wasted lifetime .
5 It was because we were unable to bear troubles like these that we came into the Party .
6 It is more likely that it came from Marks & Spencer or from that little boutique round the comer .
7 I 'm , I 'm , if there any question over it , the reason why I said ten days I 'm already sitting in London for , until the end of next week and therefore if there were any question , it 's obvious that it came before me , and that
8 It 's good that you came to me .
9 Not all meat and dairy products are produced intensively and Singer seems to allow that it we are confident that ours came from animals humanely bred and slaughtered then we are doing nothing wrong in eating it .
10 In the middle there is a little pond with a fountain , and the golden carp that swim in it are so tame that they come at the sound of Dennis 's voice .
11 That 's one of the reasons why it is important that we come around the Lord 's table .
12 If you know that I have just bought an angora woollie at half price in a sale , it is unlikely that it came from Boots the chemist .
13 But all the indirect evidence , including the records of his reading in such writers on generation as Erasmus Darwin , Johannes Müller and Giorgio Gallesio , makes it most probable that he came to pangenesis in such a revision of his 1838 position , and that he did so in the years 1840–1 .
14 ‘ Now all this basic planning does take time , which is why it is essential that we come onto a programme during its very early planning stages .
15 I see well it 's convenient that it comes at the end of a week 's holiday is n't it ?
16 It was there , in Hanover , about 1716 that he came to the notice of Frederick , Prince of Wales .
17 It is not surprising that they come into conflict , with one side feeling threatened by innovative theory and the other feeling frustrated by established practice .
18 ‘ I was surprised that you came on the Mantela . ’
19 She was of course aware that she came from a Catholic to a barely Protestant country in a state of intense flux and religious upheaval ; her new subjects presented her with a set of pressing confessional and political problems .
20 Boulestin 's writing still seems so fresh and original that it comes as a shock to realize that these happenings occurred over forty years ago , and that his first cookery book Simple French Cooking for English Homes appeared in 1923 .
21 Another suggested it was produced by special nerve cells in the brain ; a third that it came in units called psychonic impulses , generated when two nerves were in communication .
22 And yet it may still be true that he came within minutes of Jerome 's flight , found the man only stunned , stooped close and knew him , for then knowing was possible , and killed him , and only then took thought how to escape suspicion , and came running into the town , to me . ’
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