Example sentences of "[was/were] come [adv prt] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All their backs were coming up like the clappers . |
| 2 | Pete and Mum were coming back from the shops . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I I will always remember the poor guy who was coming out of the showers with a hard on |
| 5 | I do n't remember what the man looked like but he was coming out of the Arts Centre with his wife , took off his glasses and stepped in between the thugs and me . |
| 6 | And I even noticed that she she was coming out with the thees and thous that that erm |
| 7 | I was coming back from the labs at Menelaus , after some work detail or other . |
| 8 | She was the first to get to get to know about the lady whose husband was coming back from the Forces . |
| 9 | Vocals went straight down with only the minimum of top end EQ to keep them sharp , and when I went for the final mixdown I have to say I was amazed at how big a sound was coming back from the monitors . |
| 10 | ‘ I was coming back from the shops and saw Frankie dodging between parked cars , ’ Monica said yesterday . |
| 11 | I was coming back from the shops the other day when I saw him get out of his car . |
| 12 | ‘ She was out of the oxygen tent earlier- and her temperature was coming down with the antibiotics but then when she came to … she opened her eyes and suddenly seemed to go into a panic . |
| 13 | Led by a small boy in shorts and singlet and over-large wellingtons , a herd of cows was coming in from the fields . |