Example sentences of "[was/were] come [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But more people were coming on to the paper . |
| 2 | Just as we were coming up to the laundry , Kaptan broke free of the Corporal and ran down the side of the building . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | On the far bank white oxen were coming down to the water . |
| 5 | The underground revolution was coming up to the surface , although it was nowhere near breaking through . |
| 6 | What they , yes , what they done , they used to have a large long pull with a hook on and attached to a rope and as the ship was coming up to the river , they would throw this here pole on to a ship with a hook and then pay the rope out and then get towed up to the quay , the ship would n't stop for them to pick them up , pick that boat |
| 7 | I left him to his problems because it was coming up to the time when Emil had said the crew should board the train , and I was due back in the coffee shop . |
| 8 | William completed his five-year stay in Clerkenwell successfully ; by the time it was over his brother Benjamin James was already down in Somerset and Charles Frederick was coming up to the age when he , too , would become an apprentice . |
| 9 | You talk about going and — all I was afraid she was going to do — she was coming on to the road so she would run into me ! |
| 10 | She said that a tree expert had been consulted and was coming back to the council with advice on the breadth of a ‘ stand-off ’ zone to ensure no damage to the beech roots . |
| 11 | I was coming back to the fox hunting here , when it 's mentioned sorry about that Chair . |