Example sentences of "[conj] i came [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He laughed back when I told him that I came from a poor barrio in Britain and that we were no longer referred to as people either . |
| 2 | I managed to hold the aircraft straight for a short distance , running on the nosewheel which , luckily , had escaped damage , but as the speed came off the aircraft slewed sharply left and I came to a slithering , steaming halt about 200 metres the other side of the dyke , well off the runway . |
| 3 | Nervously , I moved forward , fumbling round the battlements until I came to a protruding wooden pole . |
| 4 | until I came across a small display above bottles of castor oil , laxa suppositories and a well known laxative was a sign reduced for clearance ! |
| 5 | In my case you get pregnant at every verse end , cos I came of a big family you see , mm . |
| 6 | I had already gathered from the groom that Sir John had not left so , when I came to a small copse of trees , I took my horse deep inside , hobbled it and sat on a boulder . |