Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] came [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt even sorrier for him with that stammer when he went up to read the first lesson , and had to announce that it came from the eighth chapter of Deuteronomy , a word which took him four goes . |
| 2 | I knew a putt would have to drop before long and it came at the 8th , the par-3 ( 178 yards ) . |
| 3 | Urged on by a renewed Ibrox roar , they stormed forward in search of an equaliser , and it came in the 83rd minute . |
| 4 | Martin walked carefully along a narrow path that would tortuously between ancient graves and heavy , ornate tombstones until he came to the first of the family plots . |
| 5 | He walked silently along the thickly carpeted floor until he came to the last cubicle . |
| 6 | Cos he came round the next week and talked to me , he had a quick chat with me for about three hours ! |
| 7 | When I came to the last two years of school , I wanted to specialize in mathematics and physics . |
| 8 | Then when I came to the third I did not like it . |
| 9 | When I came to the third class , the head introduced me as the ‘ expert from London ’ . |
| 10 | When I came around the next time all I seen was smoke … and I knew we put the final bullet in him , ’ Destefani said after emerging from the cockpit of his winning racer . |
| 11 | A quiver of anguish passed along my spine as I came to the last dish . |
| 12 | And when she came to the last name only the fact that she was already frozen saved her from betraying herself . |
| 13 | Her eyes widened as she came to the last paragraph , and she stared at it before abruptly crumpling the paper and stuffing it back into her case . |
| 14 | When we came to the third hole I thought we were going to need some of that cushion . |
| 15 | Yeah , and I said erm , and I said that were n't , if that was n't enough I said bearing in mind he 'd just come out of intensive care off a life support machine , I said and which I think that , that tells us that he needs a bit of extra care compared to some of them on the ward , I said I know they 're all important and I know you 're busy but I said I think you should 've had a bit of priority , he was dying , and you know he 's dying , you 'd been told , she said yes that 's right , I said but what really broke my bloody heart was from one o'clock that dinner time he sat in that chair , we left that hospital at half past eight and you assured us he 'd go to bed and when we came in the next morning at half past ten Joy he sat there exactly the bloody same , in the same filthy blanket and the same catheter on him , oh I went fucking mad and I said how dare you , I said because somebody 's told they 're dying does that mean they 've got to be forgot ? |
| 16 | Everything seemed to be plain sailing now as we came to the 17th . |
| 17 | ‘ As we came off the 17th green Seve said , ‘ There 's going to be a playoff . ’ |
| 18 | As we came off the 17th green Seve said , ‘ There 's going to be a playoff . ’ |
| 19 | But when it came to the first anecdote the tale of her son 's embarrassing performance in a school Nativity play the old professional skills suddenly shone through . |
| 20 | And when it came to the last garment , I pulled that off as well , glad as children always are , and I hope always will to be undressed and free , and stood in what Janet calls ‘ birthday clothes ’ . |
| 21 | It was this fact which led Lord Lyons to comment that the government did not lead so much as follow when it came to the last stages of the crisis . |
| 22 | I 've actually seen erm er been in a workshop as a participant where a chap who was excellent at this had what he did was while while the participants were doing some sort of an exercise he was actually making these tiny notes up in the top corner for himself so that when he when he came to the next sort of section that he wanted he 'd he 'd got he 'd got the odd notes just up there in the corner . |
| 23 | He was going like a winner when he came to the third from home , fell and broke a leg . |
| 24 | As he came off the 13th green he was six under fours with five holes to play and Patrick 's prospects of collecting had improved . |
| 25 | He slowed as he came to the first of the two rows , leaning across the dashboard in order to be able to see up the slope . |