Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] come [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 We half expected them to come back a few days later , but they have never returned to the barn we prepared so painstakingly for them , although they are still sometimes seen in the vicinity .
2 ‘ I expect they came back the next day , or the next week ? ’
3 Somewhat naïvely , I had expected it all to be sorted out then and there , but the chap just took my name , gave me a form to fill in and told me to come back a few days later for a full interview .
4 You 'll hear it coming down the anal passage
5 She stayed where she was , waiting to see him come down the senior run , and her first sight of his black-suited figure made the breath catch in her throat .
6 Gielgud gave him another chance , asked him to come back the next day and do it again .
7 Her colleagues said she came down the last few hundred feet singing Flower of Scotland with her instructor .
8 ‘ Let's go across the top of the hill and see them come out the other end of the tunnel , ’ Peter said to his sisters .
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