Example sentences of "that they came [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He recorded that the stone was overturned as a result of his visit , as ‘ … some tinners in the contiguous country , of these gentlemen , believed that they came for treasure ’ . |
| 2 | Nicholas received them all himself , saying that ‘ It might be hoped that they came for their own good or his own , for he lived to make himself or others better . ’ |
| 3 | And so they they virtually what they said was would we would we again renew our pledge that they came through Edingley . |
| 4 | I I could have sworn that they came off my skin . |
| 5 | The country was bracken-clothed dunes , the plants so tall that they came over the horse 's withers in places . |
| 6 | And there came with him thirty and six Kings , and one Moorish Queen , who was a negress , and she brought with her two hundred horsewomen , all negresses like herself , all having their hair shorn save a tuft on the top , and this was in token that they came as if upon a pilgrimage , and to obtain the remission of their sins ; and they were all armed in coats of mail and with Turkish bows . |
| 7 | Some may have visited the other side , but most have stayed at home living with political , economic and cultural systems that have very little in common except the original reason that they came into being — the biggest war the world had yet seen . |
| 8 | Its purpose is chiefly to add entries for new words and new meanings of words : ‘ new ’ implying that they came into existence , or came to the attention of scholars , after the relevant part of OED was published , and therefore could not be inserted in the main work . |
| 9 | But she stuck her feet out sideways so that they came against the wall of the hearth . |
| 10 | This did not mean that ideas and values came from some supernatural source , but it did mean that they came from the history of society , not the history of the individual . |
| 11 | A large number of coins was found in ‘ the mortary destruction layer ’ of the vestibule and in ‘ robbing pits ’ in the cella , and the assumption was that they came from hoards buried in the temple floors or structure and were scattered when demolition took place . |
| 12 | Although there is no precise information about the provenance of all of these finds , it is reasonable to assume that they came from the original excavation of the ‘ villa ’ or from adjacent sites . |
| 13 | He knew that they came from two different worlds , but still nothing would deter him . |
| 14 | Some anthropologists argue that they came from China , or in boats from Burma , or even from the Himalayas . |
| 15 | In addition a doctor mentioned the advantage of his privileged background and several people indicated that they came from medical families . |
| 16 | I guessed that they came from the execution during the second war . |
| 17 | They told me that they came from the country near Lagrimone and that they had obtained permission to come to pray in the Santuario for their cousin who was fighting in Russia . |
| 18 | Thor Heyerdahl 's cherished notion that the Pacific islanders are descended from South American voyagers drifting westward does n't stand a chance against the genetic evidence , which says that they came from Asia . |
| 19 | Yes , well anybody can come in and trace their family , so long as they know that they came from Sussex at some point and they 've got something to work on , they 've got some idea of which town or which village they came from , then usually the Parish Registers and things like the Census Returns over the last hundred years are usually able to help them . |
| 20 | Yes , well anybody can come in and trace their family so long as they know that they came from Sussex at some point and they 've got some , something to work on , they 've got some idea of which town or which village they came from . |