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 . |