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Example sentences of "[pers pn] came [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Erm when I came on to the flats I came with an open mind and I was gon na you know take things as I as I met them .
2	When I came round from the chloroform I was in bed .
3	‘ When I came round after the operation I asked the doctors if they would let me have the screws .
4	I came up into the air gasping deeply , panting , aching lungs swelling , feeling a rush of suppressed terror , clinging onto the curtain in a shaky state .
5	‘ The church clock was striking ten as I came up into the street from Custom House Quay . ’
6	I came up with the idea of having a sale .
7	You also had to maintain things , so I came up with the figure of thirty-one .
8	I came up on the pools !
9	Long before I came up to the gate out of Bourani , I saw something whitish lying in the gap .
10	‘ Childbirth ’ our local priest called it , but I did n't really understand what he was on about until several years later when I came up against the problem again .
11	Er you sent me on I 'm gon na go , and I came up before the receptionist .
12	I missed several classes because they put me up in , for instance I , when I came up from the infants to the big school I missed the first standard and they put me into standard two and I went from two , three , four , five , six , seven and seven and I was only eleven , you see , so I did pretty well and then the Headmaster came to my parents and said , why do n't you let her go in for a scholarship to Stowmarket Secondary and so I went in for that and er there was one other girl went as well , there were two of us and erm , and of course we only heard during the summer break and er we passed .
13	I was before I came up in the world , true , but lower-middle-class , not working-class .
14	I came along with the Maxteds .
15	‘ I came in through the door . ’
16	Then , in the afternoon , I came in from the garden and found her in an armchair , engrossed in a thick , glossy-looking book .
17	I came in by the south door as usual and locked both it and the door in the grille after me .
18	I came down for the fire , for it was cold in my room .
19	‘ But I came down to the theatre and was assured it was suitable for children so we came with open minds , ’ she said .
20	Billy ( Nottingham ) and I came down in the afternoon to help .
21	‘ When I came back across the square , ’ she said , ‘ and saw the trees swaying , I felt like Moley following Ratty through the Wild Wood , scenting his own little house on the wind . ’
22	It was n't until some years later that I came back to the question of the receptors and showed that the most dramatic effects involved the NMDA glutamate receptor I mentioned in the last chapter ( but wo n't discuss further here ) .
23	Then I came back to the courts at Bisham again before going back to school again at 3pm for history and then I come back and play again afterwards .
24	It happened like this : last Saturday , after the farewell party at Nanking University , I came back to the hotel , and packed my things ready to leave for Shanghai , then about 10.30 I started to feel sick , and it got worse and worse and went on and on until I had to wake up Comrade Wu at about 3.30 and ask her to get a doctor .
25	When I came back to the world of RAM and ROM , my subconscious had apparently been connecting up some loose neurons , and everything fell into place .
26	It was not at all sweet for Alfred Noyes I learned when I came back to the boat , for he had a bucket of slops emptied on his head .
27	‘ Well , I came back to the Club , did n't I ?
28	I came back to the flat with one of my regular clients who I had planned to meet .
29	By the time I came back with the camera it would be almost a beaten track .
30	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 .