Example sentences of "[pers pn] came [prep] the [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the curious lull that followed , in which nobody seemed to get on or off , Miss Labrooy leaned forward in her seat and said : ‘ Do you know why I decided to help you when you came to the surgery last week , Mr Barnett ? |
| 2 | She came to the dining-room first , a vast , almost medieval room with heavy furniture set on terracotta floor tiles . |
| 3 | We came across the line first , and that 's all that counts . |
| 4 | But I mean once this strike is over , unless we come to proper agreement erm they know then that then it will be too late then cos there 's somebody saying then they came for the Jews first was it ? |
| 5 | Before he came to the department last month , Peckham was director of the British Postgraduate Medical Federation in London , which coordinates numerous research institutes . |