Example sentences of "came [verb] in [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Scraps of paper , issuing from the city , came twirling in through the cab window .
2 As he entered the paved courtyard the rain came whipping in from the sea , lashing against the car and obliterating everything .
3 Just as her words were out one of the charity women came chattering in through the open doors to the terrace .
4 He was about to leave the foundry and continue his journey when an apprentice came rushing in with the loveliest girl he had seen in a long while , and his heart seemed to stop .
5 Well , your mother came rushing in from the car with a rare display of energy and snatched it from the fellow 's hands .
6 The glass exploded outwards and rain suddenly came pouring in through the hole .
7 In quick succession , Sandy Lyle , Faldo twice and then , last year , Ian Woosnam came riding in on the crest of a British tidal wave .
8 In the second half , Joey Beauchamp came flying in like the daring young man on the trapeze .
9 As they staggered out of their tepees and another faultless day came smooching in from the Pacific , they would sniff the honeyed air and ask one another what they 'd got up to the previous night .
10 Connon 's voice came drifting in from the hall .
11 ‘ We 're in luck , ’ said Jonna , as Ned came panting in at the doorway with an armful of heavily-foliaged twigs .
12 Phil came running in to the street saying : ‘ He shot my granddad ’ .
13 He came running in from the dispensary , pulling up his trousers , still held up by his MCC tie , the end of his stethoscope bouncing off his fat tummy .
14 A bee came buzzing in under the roof .
15 When a larger group came tramping in behind a piper , Cameron and Menzies recognized some stalwarts from Foss on Tummel .
16 Next moment the swirling fog in the alley was suddenly lit to a brilliant white by the head lamps of the car which came roaring in at the far end .
17 Before the little vole could answer , four mallard ducks came sliding in across the water .
18 On this bright evening , they were looped back by twisted and tasselled cords ; light came streaming in through the sashed plate-glass windows .
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