Example sentences of "came [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon the marching changed to slithering as the patrol hit a scree that propelled them forward as if they were on ball-bearings and they came tumbling headlong to the bottom . |
| 2 | And , every twenty minutes or so , a storm broke : thunder rumbled , lightning flickered , and tropical rain came crashing down from the showerheads fitted in the ceiling . |
| 3 | The ground trembled and over-head many bikes , toy tractors , etc. strung above the ceiling for display purposes , came crashing down upon the team . |
| 4 | She must have sat alone there for a good quarter of an hour , singing to herself , before Henry and Lettice came crashing back through the woods , squealing that they had seen Humphrey and Janet and must take to the skiff at once . |
| 5 | A car came speeding out of the fog , mounted the pavement and smashed into them . |
| 6 | He was climbing on the barrier so he came to go back into the room to tell you what he was doing when Dale fell . ’ |
| 7 | However , I made my position very clear to the Whaddon and Mitchley Argus sports hack , Mark Crowe , when he came sniffing round at the funeral . |
| 8 | But when the death coach came galloping out of the wild black sky to take Darby O'Gill to hell , it fairly put the fear of God in me ; more so than any clergyman before or since , however vivid their threats of eternal damnation . |
| 9 | Scraps of paper , issuing from the city , came twirling in through the cab window . |
| 10 | As he entered the paved courtyard the rain came whipping in from the sea , lashing against the car and obliterating everything . |
| 11 | They almost all wanted to stay at the fabulous old Hotel Mamounia , a place of wonderful gardens and lakes that had achieved fame when Winston Churchill came to paint there in the fifties . |
| 12 | Otley came tearing back down the stairs white as a sheet and put the mug of cocoa down on the table . |
| 13 | Was there a lot of people who came to work here in the fishing town . |
| 14 | Ranulf and Maltote following suit just as the two crossbow quarrels came whirring out of the darkness , skimming the tops of their heads . |
| 15 | A stray , dingy orange kitten came yowling up to the back door one night . |
| 16 | ‘ And I knew it from that first day when you came driving down to the chais like a crazy woman . |
| 17 | Hers said it was by mistake but I know it was n't and he came wandering out of the wood , all black and shaggy like the Beast in the fairy tale in the most peculiar clothes , very ancient , and dreadful wild hair like pictures of the Prophets . ’ |
| 18 | As the sun rose higher , shortening the shadows and drawing the dew from the grass , most of the rabbits came wandering back to the sun-flecked shade among the cow-parsley along the edge of the ditch . |
| 19 | Hotspur put up a hand to the furred collar of his cloak , and let it slide from his shoulders ; and like a silent and attentive valet the girl came gliding out of the shadows and took it from him . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Caspar came bounding out of the tangle of fallen trees below the cliff . |
| 22 | She came stumbling back into the dining car followed by a commotion of people yelling behind her . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Also , I had sobered up by then and caused some complications by trying to stop the cheque — until my father came squealing on to the line . |
| 25 | As she let herself in at the front door her mother 's voice came booming out of the kitchen . |
| 26 | A daunting figure came looming out of the night . |
| 27 | Zoser came hurrying out of the church and joined his wife . |
| 28 | Just as her words were out one of the charity women came chattering in through the open doors to the terrace . |
| 29 | And Mrs Fawcett came rushing up to the hospital with the perfect solution : she lent me a battery-operated portable radio . |
| 30 | I thought she was talking about you , I mean she never mentioned no names when she came rushing up to the top just the same , do n't know what 's the matter with Wynne today , the edge there Lynda . |