Example sentences of "came [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CHRIS EUBANK could n't help himself — the words of tribute to Michael Watson came tumbling out in a torrent , a year to the Saturday since he put the brave Londoner into a coma . |
| 2 | Janine took a deep breath and all the fears and worries inside her came tumbling out like a great canker that had finally burst . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | A second or two later , everything came crashing down in a big heap on the railway line below . |
| 5 | The ground trembled and over-head many bikes , toy tractors , etc. strung above the ceiling for display purposes , came crashing down upon the team . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A car came speeding out of the fog , mounted the pavement and smashed into them . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He had borrowed the ledger one night and read how a member of the Longford militia came galloping up on a foam-flecked horse to the doors of Carewscourt , yelling that the French and Irish had scattered Lake 's army to the four winds and that they were coming south and for everyone to flee , flee , flee if they valued their lives … . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The jockey 's race never stops … never stalls … so far this season Richard Dunwoody has had three hundred and sixty nine rides … he should be celebrating his century of winners any day … only one man can catch him and stop him and that 's Peter Scudamore … at Wincanton this week the reigning champion came galloping back with a winning treble … |
| 13 | Scraps of paper , issuing from the city , came twirling in through the cab window . |
| 14 | As he entered the paved courtyard the rain came whipping in from the sea , lashing against the car and obliterating everything . |
| 15 | Otley came tearing back down the stairs white as a sheet and put the mug of cocoa down on the table . |
| 16 | Ranulf and Maltote following suit just as the two crossbow quarrels came whirring out of the darkness , skimming the tops of their heads . |
| 17 | A stray , dingy orange kitten came yowling up to the back door one night . |
| 18 | ‘ And I knew it from that first day when you came driving down to the chais like a crazy woman . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Caspar came bounding out of the tangle of fallen trees below the cliff . |
| 24 | She came stumbling back into the dining car followed by a commotion of people yelling behind her . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | United came bouncing back with an equaliser at the start of the second half . |
| 27 | The Woman 's voice came swimming out of a great blankness , forcing itself on him . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | As she let herself in at the front door her mother 's voice came booming out of the kitchen . |
| 30 | A daunting figure came looming out of the night . |