Example sentences of "[pers pn] came to [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 With distant astonishment at her own efficiency , she heard her voice saying very clearly and reasonably : ‘ I do beg your pardon , but I came to you as the nearest house .
2 You came to him through the spirits of your ancestors so that spirit worship and fear of the spirits of your relatives was very real to the people . "
3 I waited until you came to me in the hospital , I had to .
4 ‘ When they came to me in the summer , some of the shirts they offered were horrible .
5 He said : ‘ They came to us with the scheme in the first place .
6 She said er well they came to us in the interval and Con was just like , I thought she 'll call me when Sally has gone , Sally had their address , she 'd just you know , she was gon na be in there and Con said , look , did you look at that dress she said , whoever makes them !
7 Almost always she answered ‘ yes ’ because she had come to prefer lying still , with his soft sleeping body behind her , breathing the night air scented with pine wood and wild thyme as it came to her through the open shutters , and listening to the faraway ululation of the Borzoi dog chained beneath the walls of the Castello Crocetto .
8 Leon Kennedy slumped in his chair , laughing , and it came to him with the same elegance as movement .
9 It came to him in the small hours .
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