Example sentences of "[was/were] come [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To our utter dismay and astonishment , he told us that our certificates meant nothing at all to him or BSAC and that ‘ even if Jacques Cousteau were to come along with a PADI qualification , no notice would be taken of it . ’ |
| 2 | Erm I think it 's also now pretty much common ground that the capacity of York city is around three thousand three hundred , but I think in in in taking an view on that , and in taking any view o on future windfalls , it is necessary for the panel to keep in mind that historically in the nineteen eighties windfalls were coming through at a time when it was not a adopted local plan for the city of York , so to some extent anything by definition of a substantial size was likely to be a windfall , erm , but also more to the point than that definitional point , I would expect to see , and I think what Mr Curtis has said earlier on that the local plan is likely to tighten up on criteria for release of sites , both small and large , he referred to the shortage of open space , and I would expect to see a policy change in short , a policy climate change , within the city of York that would constrain past historical rates of windfall release . |
| 3 | But more people were coming on to the paper . |
| 4 | It was raining softly and , because it was early evening , lights were coming on around the airport . |
| 5 | We were coming up to a twist in the precipitous road ; as we swung round it , the wheels screamed and we seemed to swerve towards the edge of the precipice . |
| 6 | Just as we were coming up to the laundry , Kaptan broke free of the Corporal and ran down the side of the building . |
| 7 | I says I 've already told you about it , she says yeah I know she says but you 're going for some petrol tonight , I just wondered if you were coming up for an hour tonight . |
| 8 | Some figures were coming up from the road to meet him , a girl and a couple of boys . |
| 9 | All went well until we were approaching Ramsgate and about to cross ahead of two coasters that were coming up from the south . |
| 10 | Daffodils were coming up in the garden but it would be dark when his guests came to the house to eat their meal . |
| 11 | All their backs were coming up like the clappers . |
| 12 | Fearful anticipation had proved somewhat worse than the event , and most Viennese were coming round to the opinion that , whatever the failings of Napoleon 's men , they were at least an improvement upon the Hapsburgs ' Russian allies , whom everyone loathed . |
| 13 | She and Hattie said they were coming around for a cup of tea . |
| 14 | Third did he ? the first which was the Sunday and he had to get it ready because they were coming in on the Tuesday , on the third . |
| 15 | Writs were coming in from every direction . |
| 16 | On the far bank white oxen were coming down to the water . |
| 17 | and it went up into those they were coming down in the minibus and er we stopped so the I ca n't remember where we stopped . |
| 18 | They were coming down from the Quarry , bigger engines . |
| 19 | Because when we were coming back from the park at er , no not the park where was we ? |
| 20 | Pete and Mum were coming back from the shops . |
| 21 | An NCO clutching a grenade marched up to the barrier and Kahane told him that they were coming back from the front and were in a hurry . |
| 22 | One evening when they were coming back from the hunt , he pretended to be someone else and , all alone , jumped on Albuin pretending that he was going to steal by violence the horse Albuin was mounted on . |
| 23 | Yes , worried folk were coming along from the Tower to Billingsgate , some carrying a few possessions . |
| 24 | Er men were coming , young men were coming out of the forces and er they wanted their jobs back and er I began to wonder what was going to happen to me , if , because I was on the temporary staff and erm there was no guarantee that I 'd be able to stay erm , and then of course erm I was thinking of probably getting married and erm er the salary at that stage was n't er , was n't very much to get married on . |
| 25 | On the other side of the yard , the first of the City 's homeless were coming out of the union . |
| 26 | They were coming out of the end of the hangar now . |
| 27 | And they used to bring us girls chocolates ; because when they were coming out of the dining-room , anything nice ( they had n't time to take off their gloves ) anything nice that was left in the dishes they used to pinch a piece and eat it . |
| 28 | Jotan and the others were coming out of the audience chamber now . |
| 29 | Then I felt the post begin to slide upwards through my hands , as if more of it were coming out of the ground . |
| 30 | But as we were coming out of the doorway , running across there , sidling round the side was the inspector . |