Example sentences of "[pers pn] come [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Well , I came back to the Club , did n't I ? |
| 32 | I came back to the flat with one of my regular clients who I had planned to meet . |
| 33 | By the time I came back with the camera it would be almost a beaten track . |
| 34 | I came back on the Friday night and erm , well I 've packed my job in at the Transport Department , I better go down to the Recruiting Office and see what else . |
| 35 | I came back into the house soon afterwards , but Emily walked for an hour or two in the rain with her dog , Keeper . |
| 36 | ‘ I went to the toilet and when I came back into the living room , one of them was trying it on with my wife . |
| 37 | I left them together while I went to make some coffee , and when I came back into the room , Shanti was saying , ‘ Patsy , where do I get my big feet from ? |
| 38 | I think it 's time you and I came back into the world . |
| 39 | Yes , if we skip all the intermediate years with , after the war I came back from the army to find we 'd been bombed out and were living in requisition accommodation , after a time , the , we were moved into a new flat over some shops . |
| 40 | When I came back from the bathroom , I looked at my watch . |
| 41 | Oh yes well I mean , I , I , I came back from the war |
| 42 | ‘ When I came back from the war , we still had rationing for a few years . |
| 43 | I felt further away from him than I had ever felt , even when I came back from the hospital . |
| 44 | I came back from the Oval to find that Buffy had blown his brains out because his father had refused to pay his gambling debts . |
| 45 | I had given up a good job to go there and when I came back after the adventure I had looked forward to for so long , I was very disappointed with myself . |
| 46 | And er so when I came back after the War he says er , I object to him starting , he 's not come f direct from conscription , he volunteered for the Army . |
| 47 | I mean , I did n't think so at the time but when I think of it you know , and later when I came back after the war we , oh my God ! |
| 48 | So anyway er I mean being a keen motorcyclist I borrowed a Moto Guzzi last year , you know a big V twin , beautiful bike , I went up into Derbyshire and had a you know ride on it , and thought well that 's not bad , see I 've always had British bikes , and I think I might g I might get one of those , so I came back in the house put the helmet down and said hey that Guzzi 's not bad , I could get a decent one for about two thousand you know about nineteen eighty , you know nice Le Mans Two . |
| 49 | Then he said , seriously , in his own voice : ‘ I came out to the Lock because I was worried he might hurt you . ’ |
| 50 | When I came out of the service I bought a Fender , but I just could n't hold on to it ; it was too small and the weight was wrong . |
| 51 | I came out of the station , having had my break and was putting it into my notebook — ‘ refreshments at such-and-such a time , leave such- and such a time ’ . |
| 52 | And has , I almost , I came out of the station from from I almost spent all my money in my handbag in that place , already , you know ? |
| 53 | As I came out of the church with the dead flowers from Emily 's grave , I saw three other families walk past me . |
| 54 | In the first few months when I came out of the Navy I 'd tried my hand at a couple of things , and then my mother phoned me up one day and said there 's this job going at Drogo . |
| 55 | ‘ I came out of the shelter one mornin' and all I had was gone . |
| 56 | I came out of the forces , he was only waiting for the time that I came out , for him to retire . |
| 57 | He hung on until I came out and I was given embarkation leave or demob leave rather and I did n't even have a chance to have that , they wanted me down there so quickly , I think I came out of the forces one week and I was working down there the following week because was way past his retiring age . |
| 58 | I came out of the army and returned to the Bideford Gazette where I had a year of my newspaper apprenticeship still to go . |
| 59 | in the top flat , they , they were rehoused in a flat in a block of mansion flats and when I came out of the army this was the accommodation I found available , er for me and I objected strongly and after a great deal of fuss erm the Islington Borough Council 's Housing Department found us rooms on the first floor in a Victoria Victorian villa in Penventon Gardens , which erm , were comfortable |
| 60 | But I came out of the stand through the fire exit and I ca n't get back in . |