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Example sentences for "came from"

  • And then they shall chase him and pursue him so strait, till that he come to the same place that he came from.

  • For, for the greatness of the earth and of the sea, men may go by a thousand and a thousand other ways, that no man could ready him perfectly toward the parts that he came from, but if it were by adventure and hap, or by the grace of God.

  • And a mile from flom Jordan is the river of Jabbok, the which Jacob passed over when he came from Mesopotamia.

  • So the senate received the ambassadors that came from Judas to Rome, and discoursed with them about the errand on which they came, and then granted them a league of assistance.

  • No one related it to me, it came from my own head and heart," said Gellert, pleasantly.

  • He came from Bautzen, and had a letter from the Prince of Prussia to his royal brother.

  • I came from Corinth, my most gracious lord.

  • Thou told'st me, when we came from horse, the place Was near at hand.

  • I brought my master news of Juliet's death; And then in post he came from Mantua To this same place, to this same monument.

  • I came from Edward as ambassador, But I return his sworn and mortal foe.

  • Richard getting hold of this unlucky thing, without a notion where it came from!

  • I knew something would happen on this voyage," came from Mr. Parker.

  • I hope we shall be able to go forward in the morning," came from Mr. Jenks.

  • I hope we will be near enough to enable me to observe it, and make some scientific notes," came from Mr. Parker.

  • We can if we have something to eat," came from Mr. Damon, with something like a sigh.

  • It came from Mr. Barron's cousin, and he said quite frankly that he knew his relative was a man of evil habits, but it seemed as if nothing could be done to reform him.

  • After Mrs. Morris made his bed in the morning, the door was closed, and no one was supposed to go in till he came from school.

  • I told him that every dark night he came from Sudbury I thought of the deep ditch alongside the road, and wished his horses hadn't blinders on.

  • Each part of it, Professor Aronnax, came from a different spot on the globe and reached me at a cover address.

  • Perhaps I would never learn who he was, where he came from or where he was heading, but more and more I could see a distinction between the man and the scientist.

  • Had I discovered who he was, where he came from, where he was heading, how deep he was taking us?

  • Well, what did I do when I came from England?

  • The pages, valets and officers, assembled in the office which led up to the refectory, welcomed the newcomer with the proverbial politeness of the country; some of them were acquainted with Raoul, and all knew that he came from Paris.

  • I came from Paris on purpose to see Aramis.

  • Anger sprang in my heart, and I turned straight about and walked at a stiff pace to where I came from.

  • For this man, Anster, came from Fife, where the Gaelic is still spoken.

  • Here is a bag of good money, and if more be wanted, more is to be had where it came from.

  • The same cry, in words not very different, came from both of us, that the other was come in compliment to say farewell, and then we perceived in a flash we were to ship together.

  • From thence with him to see Robin Shaw, who has been a long time ill, and I have not seen him since I came from sea.

  • It had been all this while since I came from sea at my Lord's for him to play on.

  • He was a tall young gallant, very gaily dressed, dark-haired, and with a rich complexion, I heard him tell her that he came from a friend of hers too high to be named in public or in Blois.

  • I had lost that which was worth all my crowns put together--the broken coin which the King of Navarre had entrusted to me, and which formed my sole credential, my only means of persuading Mademoiselle de la Vire that I came from him.

  • At that very moment, however, relief came--came from an unexpected quarter.

  • Hither we came from Liburnia to escape the unrighteous Cyclopes; for they robbed us, peaceful merchants, of our hard-earned wares and wealth.

  • She saw how AEgeus turned red and pale when the lad said that he came from Troezene.

  • The hero who has cleared the country from all monsters; but that he came from Troezene, I never heard before.

  • Numbers of them clutched the wheels and turned them the reverse way, screaming that it must go back to where it came from; several of them accordingly seized the horses' heads and, amid cheers, turned them round.

  • They believed that the Bible was the word of God, but they didn't know where it came from, how long it had been in existence, who wrote it, who translated it or how many different versions there were.

  • The lady who bought this blouse was told that it came from Paris, and paid three guineas for it.

  • There was a poor devil--a stranger in the town; he came from London--who got the sack for breaking some glass.

  • Amlaf, or Olaf, or Olaus, came from Norway to Ireland in 851, so that all the foreign tribes in the island submitted to him, and they extracted rent from the Gaels.

  • Perhaps the cause more effective than all others in preserving the Irish nation from disappearing totally, came from a quarter least expected, or rather the most improbable and wonderful.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    came aboard; came abreast; came across; came along; came away; came before; came down; came face; came first; came forth from the; came from; came here; came hither; came out; came running; came rushing; came straight; came suddenly; came thither; easy enough; hewn stone; last wrote; plain language; private dining; second thoughts; two thousand seven hundred