Example sentences of "came over [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came over one morning when mother was out and Terry had gone to work — just like now . ’ |
| 2 | But instead of prevaricating and procrastinating she came over all gooey , stroking my hand and squeezing my arm and saying she did n't want to lose me but she was frightened , frightened and confused , she did n't know what to do . |
| 3 | He came over all confused and said , ‘ You 're always doing it . |
| 4 | Afterwards he came over all tender and started talking about when we 're married . |
| 5 | ‘ Thing is , Barbs barged in at an inconvenient moment when my brothers were moving some stuff into my place , and they came over all paranoid and looked at her very old-fashioned , and while I know they would n't do anything to her , now she 's gone missing I ca n't help wondering . |
| 6 | Prentice came over all innocent . |
| 7 | For a bet , he had once broken into the flat where a certain Vice-Questore was entertaining a lady friend and removed the couple 's clothes so stealthily that the Vice-Questore thought something supernatural must have occurred and came over all religious for a while . |
| 8 | The Moore came over all giddy at this and had to have a sit down . |
| 9 | TELEVISION viewers waiting for the result of the 3.10 race at Doncaster last Wednesday heard director Bob Gardam called Lord Howard d'Warden an ‘ Old Fart ’ after his lordship wandered in front of the camera and Mr Gardam thinking he was safe in the privacy of the TV scanner , for some reason came over loud and clear on the course 's PA system . |
| 10 | And the message came over loud and clear , from more than 100 people , that they were opposed to the development . |
| 11 | No I was sorry I missed him when he came over last year . |
| 12 | I think obviously erm as they 've already shown when they came over last year , that they are very very big , very physical , and erm there are there are erm a fast pacy outfit , but erm I think erm obviously with the players that are selected , that we can obviously cope with that . |
| 13 | A melancholy came over Arty when Vincent left . |
| 14 | ‘ Tolby came over this afternoon . |
| 15 | ‘ I came over this morning just after ten . ’ |
| 16 | Hence the possibility of saying , when neither speaker nor addressee is at home : ( 83 ) I came over several times to visit you , but you were never there So we must append another clause to our gloss , namely : " or motion towards the home-base maintained at CT by either speaker or addressee " . |