Example sentences of "[pers pn] come [adv prt] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I suspected there had been an intruder so I made Mrs. Bonnard wait in the car while I came in to check the place out .
2 Er I come up to draw the President 's attention erm to a problem we have within the delegation and that is that when er Dick called the mover of resolution three eight one in the name of the Lancashire region John who was going to move the resolution was in fact sat in his seat within the delegation .
3 I have a lot of ideas to work through before I come out predicting the future . ’
4 Rosie had to stay in hospital for ten days , but on the first Monday morning after they let her out , she came round to visit the family .
5 So he agreed to give her the camera , show her how to use it ; he 'd make sure the family were out the afternoon she came round to get the film developed .
6 Mother Francis often sat there herself when she came up to tidy the place .
7 His niece , Cathy Carne , found him when she came back to open the shop after lunch .
8 When she came in carrying the tin tea-tray with a scratched picture of Buckingham Palace , she whispered , ‘ Do n't stare like that .
9 So as you come in raise the daggerboard , lift the rudder and then when you come into shallow water , turn the boat up towards the wind to lose power for the sail and stop before you hit those rocks .
10 fix your diary , a lot of you were n't here last week , oh by the way P C is er coming along with a film , it broke down the other week , you all enjoyed the talk so I do hope you come along to see the film , it only takes about twenty minutes and it 's on er security , you know , it 's for your own benefit
11 We came down to wash the caravan
12 We 'll see them when we come back to collect the others .
13 Long ago the the abbots of Cupar Angus , they came up to spend the summer m summer months at Dalvaine .
14 that they came in to snatch the bodies and they put a a double watch on .
15 Coun Thorne-Wallis said : ‘ I was pleased they came along to check the fences .
16 but they came out collected the set , we managed to borrow a set from elsewhere
17 They come in carrying the shotgun .
18 Whether it was the caffeine or Anthony 's taking so much trouble over her , or perhaps merely the result of laying her aching , pounding head back on the pillow , Julia felt slightly less uncomfortable in bed and she told Anthony so when he came back to take the tray away .
19 Then I was working and my sister Mary started work and my father went out one night and he came back knocked the door and he was drunk as per usual .
20 Occasionally , when he came back to Cambridge in later years , and especially when he came back to help the university elect another professor of divinity , he would be nostalgic , and say , ‘ I should like to have another go at being regius professor , .
21 ‘ I left the bloody old gate open and he came in to check the place . ’
22 Insert skewer in the centre of the cake , if it comes out clean the loaf is cooked .
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