Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] come [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe I had the same two horses in that wagon ; and I was coming up the Bungay road past Mr Charlie Skinner 's , and the yardman let them cows out to water , d'ye see , like they allus do every morning after they had milking done . |
| 2 | I could 've come earlier cos I 've been over Tracey 's since quarter past one , as I was coming out the Jehovah Witnesses were coming out |
| 3 | If you were to come down the Cowley Road — I invite you to come down and and come and see the situation , because , you know , if I said okay anyone can smoke or drink in the church or churchyard in Saint Mary and John , the building would be full , not full literally , but we 'd have people all day in there smoking and drinking and there would be nowhere quiet for people to pray . |
| 4 | You were coming down the Pheasant pub then were you ? |
| 5 | The sound indicated that she was coming down the mast . |
| 6 | So my sisters er When we was coming down the lanes , now them country lanes , were n't all done nice , they were grass , where the carts used to come through . |
| 7 | Their brakes must have locked as they were coming down the slope , for there was a twenty-yard slice of chocolate loam where their wheels had scoured the turf . |
| 8 | but that was n't with flood water coming over , that was because it was coming up the drains , cos it could n't drain into the river |
| 9 | By Tesco 's it was it was coming out the field . |
| 10 | The colonel or general or whatever he was came down the platform . |