Example sentences of "[noun] came [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These images came to her from the metal engravings of the conquest of Libya which had appeared in the illustrated journals ; she did not remember the different countries of the Italian empire in question , for all of Africa — Libya , Somalia , Eritrea alike — beat out a rhythm of adventure and spoils and heroism . |
| 2 | When Pat came to me in the autumn of 1989 she was suffering from osteoarthritis of the neck and spine with accompanying raised blood pressure . |
| 3 | Her lips came towards him through the darkness , he felt the touch of her fingers at the most erotic points of his body . |
| 4 | At the same time , the sound of distant gunfire , explosions and shouting came to him on the night breeze , somewhere off his right and muffled by the intervening trees . |
| 5 | Agassi 's coach came to me with the rackets . |
| 6 | Since it was the golden-fleeced ram the king really wanted , he was not at all pleased when Marko came before him on the seventh day with a jug of sweet wine and a cluster of grapes in his handkerchief . |
| 7 | IBM came to them with the notion , the firm says . |
| 8 | Lightness and truth came to her with the wind 's speed . |
| 9 | When Christian left for London to begin his new life in the Methodist ministry , Seb took him to the railway station at Shipton-under-Wychwood in the farm 's gig and Carrie came with him for the ride . |
| 10 | A picture came to her of the shaggy wanderers huddling together in the bus shelter at the top of the road where she had been born and bred . |
| 11 | People came to us after the meeting , we met this lady and er she was really interested in our cause . |
| 12 | When word came to them of the Macleans , three galleys off the Rubha Aird Druimnich , they just sat and waited quietly for their enemies to arrive . |
| 13 | It worked ; the old man came with him into the junk-filled yard . |
| 14 | A moist breath of autumn and ripeness came to them through the open window . |
| 15 | ‘ The composer came to me with the piece , which had written with me in mind , ’ says Lin . |
| 16 | Carrie 's voice came to him in the darkness . |
| 17 | No more than an hour passed before Jean-Claude came to me in the scullery and said he would be away for a few days . |
| 18 | Whilst Richard Baxter was visiting his sick father in Shropshire , Mr. Baldwin came to him with the news that he too had been forbidden to preach . |
| 19 | An explosive snort came at him from the centre of the room behind him . |
| 20 | Four times a day the nurse came towards her across the wide spaces of lino with the shiny basin containing the rattling metal syringe . |
| 21 | Shrimpton came with him to the top of the stairs . |
| 22 | Voices from the breakfast table came to her through the open window . |
| 23 | Jenna began heatedly , but he glanced away as his mother came towards them across the lawn . |
| 24 | After a word with his clerks , Henniker came with me into the other room . |
| 25 | Aunt Louise came to me at the end of the summer . |
| 26 | Conversely , if the accused can show that the material came to him in the normal course of business from a reputable supplier , he may have a defence . |