Example sentences of "[pron] come [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | When I come across a new metaphor , one that stretches my understanding , I feel cold . |
2 | It 's interesting is n't it , you know , I mean I , I come across a lot of people who are poor |
3 | I come to a bend where the outside is undercut and deep and the bank is riddled with a conglomeration of sinewy roots from a huge old tree that leans threateningly over the water , its leafless branches almost touching the smooth surface . |
4 | She is usually working on a series of paintings and says , ‘ One picture sets you off on a road , and I have to make perhaps six paintings before I come to a fork , onto another road ’ . |
5 | She is usually working on a series of paintings and says , ‘ One picture sets you off on a road , and I have to make perhaps six paintings before I come to a fork , onto another road ’ . |
6 | Heavenly Father , thank you that as I come to you with my concerns about the conflicts in my life I come to a God who understands my humanity completely because you shared this experience fully in the life of your Son . |
7 | The sky becomes stained with clouds and I come to a stretch of land by the sea — I do n't know what else to call it . |
8 | I walk through the remnants of ancientness until , close to the cliffs , I come to a brown headstone : shoulder high , two feet wide . |
9 | If I come to a word like meteorological , that is apt to give me trouble , I discreetly rephrase ! |
10 | I can get a lot more atmosphere if I come to a place like this and actually draw what I see . ’ |
11 | I like to understand the meanings of words and always refer to a dictionary when I come on a new word . |
12 | I know I come on a Friday I were absolutely gobsmacked ! |
13 | And by the way , I 'm coming in Monday because I come on a Thursday normally |
14 | ‘ Have I come at a bad time ? ’ |
15 | ‘ Have I come at a bad moment ? ’ she asked . |
16 | I come like a bandit |
17 | I come from a Jewish family which includes victim 's ; that picture of myself was a particularly horrible one . |
18 | ‘ I come from a great medical mafia , most of my relatives are medically involved one way or another , ’ she told David Frost yesterday , adding that none of her family have private health insurance . |
19 | ‘ I come from a village called Um Al-Farajh , ’ she said . |
20 | I think what was different in my approach , and it partly goes back to my background , is that firstly I had been working on educational planning , and that secondly I come from a background of market research . |
21 | I come from a learners ' perspective , a needs ' perspective , and I do n't believe that anybody has a God-given right to make those programmes with all these resources without thinking about it that way . |
22 | I come from a military family , that is to say a family that has always followed the drum , and probably had to carry it too . |
23 | My first ambition was to be a concert pianist , but I come from a long line of actors and I suppose it was inevitable really that I 'd follow them . |
24 | I come from a fanatically rugby-conscious Welsh miner 's family ; five of my six brothers played it with some distinction . |
25 | I come from a family , many of whose members fought in the last war , but at least that was a serious war . |
26 | I 'm not er a great fan of the monarchy , although that I would say that I come from a family which is , devoted a large portion of it 's life in service and work to the royal family . |
27 | Now , there 's been lots of talk about gay and lesbian people not having no rights , I come from a Jewish society , I 've got people who suffer anti-semitic ri , feelings , there 's lot of erm multi-ra , ethnic majorities who cover on this programme , and I think that issue has to be looked at as well . |
28 | ‘ Perhaps I come from a long line of knights and no-one ever told me . |
29 | ‘ Because I come from a booky family , in some ways I 've taken writing for granted — it 's like coming from a family of butchers and going into the meat trade . |
30 | I come from a village It 's like er , erm a lion in general , a lion in cage . |