Example sentences of "[noun sg] he come [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | surrounded by his remarkable collection of relics and reminders of Napoleon , dreamed only of taking the lead in a successful war of conquest , … said that he hoped war would occur while his father was alive ; but , if not , he would start a war the moment he came to the throne . |
| 2 | But on the day he came to the TWW studio to be interviewed , he brought her with him and I thought what a shy , pleasant girl she was . |
| 3 | To her astonishment he came to the edge of the balcony and simply climbed across , ignoring the drop . |
| 4 | This was the closest Neil had ever come to Wembley and on the way home that night he came to the conclusion that this was the closest he would ever come in his entire life . |
| 5 | In the seminary library he came across the works of the medieval Franciscan theologian Duns Scotus [ q.v. ] , and almost instantly recognized in them the philosophical backing for his own instinctive perception of the uniqueness of each being and created thing . |
| 6 | Halfway along the line he came across the Ngo brothers , and his eye fell on Hoc . |
| 7 | Peter even had an audience , 21,000 watching and screaming every time he came with the ball from behind , their knuckles going white as they gripped their seats at Stamford Bridge . |
| 8 | He got the name Egg and chips twice' because , each time he came through the door of the café with his girlfriend , he would shout to the café owner , ‘ Bert , egg and chips twice . ’ |
| 9 | and er they used to come to me and say how much does this man owe now and if he 'd been paying quite a bit next time he came in the shop they was all round him trying to persuade him to buy |
| 10 | I do not know which gramophone company the Secretary of State works for , Mr. Speaker , but we hear the same old gramophone record every time he comes to the Dispatch Box . |