Example sentences of "[pers pn] come [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | In a miscellaneous pile of documents , I came across the following essay . |
2 | I came across the expected pitch ’ below the wedged boulders , which Wainwright describes as ‘ The one difficulty , above which is nothing but simple scrambling to the top . ’ |
3 | It 's his age that is against him , but he 's helped me a great deal since I came into the Irish squad . ’ |
4 | ‘ I came into the first form of his boarding school . |
5 | It was only 5.30 pm when I came into the main hospital building , but a cheeky nurse said ‘ Bon soir , Miss Veness , parlez-vous Francaise ? |
6 | Sure enough there was the Marina but this was not pegged and after walking under a railway bridge I came to the first peg , number 65 . |
7 | A quiver of anguish passed along my spine as I came to the last dish . |
8 | When I came to the third class , the head introduced me as the ‘ expert from London ’ . |
9 | The rooms could have been empty , it was impossible to tell , and in fact when I came to the special dining car I found a good number of the passengers sitting at the unlaid tables , just chatting . |
10 | I came to the rapid conclusion that anyone tackling it must be either incredibly brave , extremely stupid — or both ! |
11 | Then I came to the fourth floor landing and Toby 's door opened and there he was . |
12 | After the first week I came to the reluctant conclusion that Charlie Trumper was n't going to be pleased that I had sacrificed ten pounds of our money — six of his and four of mine — just to appease my female vanity . |
13 | I came at the same time as the Sweeper came for I saw him standing by this very cage in clothes the people wear and not in Keeper-clothes such as he began to wear afterwards . ’ |
14 | As a Lower boy at the time I came before the Lower Master . |
15 | When I came around the next time all I seen was smoke … and I knew we put the final bullet in him , ’ Destefani said after emerging from the cockpit of his winning racer . |
16 | Then when I came near the broken house and stood in the moon shadow I could hear and see nothing . |
17 | Well I 'll be quite honest with you , when I came in the other day you had a couple and I 'm amazed that you 've still got them . |
18 | when I came in the other day , I might have a look now actually get some Chewitts for the kids go on looking something for myself |
19 | ‘ I came in the same van as someone called Gleeson , ’ said Marcus . |
20 | I came from the very opposite . |
21 | ‘ Have I come to the right place ? ’ |
22 | I want to make a limited point at this juncture , I reserve the right to come back later on , and it 's become three points as a result of the discussion we 've already had , my view on the contribution of the of the greenbelt to the York issue is n't just the setting of the city , it 's the character of the city , and that would include the central city and the historic city , and the need to limit the physical expansion and size of the urban area because of the implications inside the historic city , and that would certainly apply to other cities with greenbelts that I 'm familiar with like York , like er Oxford , which the character suffers from expansion , possibly excessive , Norwich , that considered a greenbelt , and London , if you like that did n't get its greenbelt until we had the character rather drastically altered , so I think it is n't just the setting and how you see the city from the ring road , it 's actually what happens inside the core , the second point I want to make is really for clarification perhaps , er and it relates to the question of allocations between the built up area and the inner edge of the greenbelt , as I understand it all those allocations are already er included in the Ryedale local plan , and are already therefore included in the commitments that we looked at in Ryedale , I do n't think there is a further reserve of spare opportunities that might be used either before or after two thousand and six , that 's certainly my understanding and if anybody was was taking a different view I think that should be clear , and now I come to the one point that I was actually going to raise , erm I think it 's important that in this discussion of the relations between York city and Greater York , that we get a , early on , a clear view of what the requirements are in York , not just its capacity which we 've discussed so far , and a figure of three thousand three hundred seems to be a fairly common currency , but its requirements , and I want to address a particular question to the County Council , which is in my proof , so they 've had as it were four weeks notice of it . |
23 | just tw okay now , just keep , stand here and tell me when I come to the good bit . |
24 | Now I come to the main task of all . ’ |
25 | I come to the two-metre-high brick wall which surrounds the estate and feel my way along it , stumbling over piles of earth and building debris until I get to the corner . |
26 | Erm have I come to the wrong place then ? |
27 | I mean , I keep hearing that when I come into the environmental health department , that , just that people are interested in what Oxford are doing . |
28 | and she goes why , I goes well every time I got , when I went out the other night and when I come in the other night there was Helena with her arms round Andrew , so it 's not that I , I 'm worried about it but I just think it 's a bit tarty of her cos she 's fancies the pants off Pete and as soon as my back 's turned and Pete is n't there she 's all over Andrew . |
29 | Yes , dripping with power I come from the hidden kingdom |
30 | But Jim , the chap who lives next door to them came over the other night to collect a pound from me as my contribution to the er , sign on the lamppost saying that this is a watch neighbourhood watch area , now it 's |