Example sentences of "[pers pn] came [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 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 | Long before I came up to the gate out of Bourani , I saw something whitish lying in the gap . |
| 3 | ‘ But I came down to the theatre and was assured it was suitable for children so we came with open minds , ’ she said . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , I came back to the Club , did n't I ? |
| 10 | I came back to the flat with one of my regular clients who I had planned to meet . |
| 11 | Then he said , seriously , in his own voice : ‘ I came out to the Lock because I was worried he might hurt you . ’ |
| 12 | When you got water , when you came up to the docks to get water , where would you obtain that from ? |
| 13 | It was the right time as she came around to the front of the house . |
| 14 | She came up to the wind and headed out to sea as I swung round . |
| 15 | And having spoken to her on Saturday when she came along to the energy conservation stall I intend to invite her if it 's alright with the meeting to our next meeting which is on the ninth of February to discuss how the Greens can help how the University Greens can help us with that demonstration . |
| 16 | The next time she came down to the village was after a day or two . |
| 17 | One of Aunt Tossie 's luxuries was an early breakfast in bed — later she came down to the dining room where she ate a second . |
| 18 | When she came down to the drawing room , Dada was looking particularly small , too . |
| 19 | Sometimes she came back to the present with a bang to find that one of the girls had asked a question and had received no answer at all because Jenna 's gaze was fixed on the sky outside the window , her mind travelling the road to Paris and Alain . |
| 20 | Now , as she came back to the present , Lady Merchiston 's own eyes were on her in a compelling look , demanding an answer . |
| 21 | She came back to the north with him after that and they lived together again for a time . |
| 22 | His wife answered and I heard a background conversation before she came back to the phone . |
| 23 | When she came back to the house in the evening , Martha told her that the servants had had trouble with Colin . |
| 24 | She came back to the table and excused herself . |
| 25 | When she came out to the sound of splashing and spluttering , she made her way to the end bowl , and there she washed her , face and hands ; but again she was last in the line to run up the stairs and finish her dressing . |
| 26 | One day , she came out to the perimeter fence ; another , she came into the kitchen when they were making me some food . |
| 27 | I said , no , but if she came out to the perimeter fence again , that 'd be the time . |
| 28 | We came on to the dirt road and a woman in a fluttering robe of pale pink organza walked towards us . |
| 29 | We were not very popular when we came down to the sitting-room . |
| 30 | They came up to the gate of the city and the guards saw Rabscuttle with King Darzin 's son . |