Example sentences of "[pron] come [adv prt] [to-vb] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The very word ‘ Somerset ’ ( Sumorsaetan ) is Anglo-Saxon , possibly meaning ‘ summer dwellers ’ , men who came down to graze the levels in summer-time . |
2 | ‘ No , Father , there 's yet one more to be seen , a young man from a neighbouring hamlet who came down to help the carters . |
3 | Special Forces seized control of the main dams on the canal , and prepared landing grounds for the helicopter-borne troops who came in to block the roads and defend the canal against guerrilla attacks from the pro-Noriega armed militia , the Dignity Battalions . |
4 | We 'll see them when we come back to collect the others . |
5 | that they came in to snatch the bodies and they put a a double watch on . |
6 | Coun Thorne-Wallis said : ‘ I was pleased they came along to check the fences . |