Example sentences of "[noun prp] come [adv prt] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Captain Tony Wright came in to save the day . |
| 2 | And , but of course young Johnny comes along to spend the day with his grandparents and he likes to ape granddad . |
| 3 | They stayed there , talking quietly together until Annunziata came in to lay the table . |
| 4 | He was sitting behind the tea tray , with its vast load of silver , reading Horse and Hound — Twomey came in to take the tea tray away , and with it the smaller table which held the dish of scones , the plate of sandwiches ( Gentleman 's Relish ) , the fruit cake and the plain sponge . |
| 5 | In the half-hour between chapter and High Mass , when Cadfael was busy sorting his harvest of blackthorn blossoms in his workshop , discarding occasional spines and fragments of wiry dark twigs , Hugh came in to share the gleanings of his own labours . |
| 6 | Only when Lloyd came out did the runs begin to flow , but when the final twenty overs began another 154 were still needed . |
| 7 | Blanche propped her head on her elbow and asked when Nicola came out to visit the castle . |
| 8 | ‘ Thanks , but I was coming up to meet you , ’ she said , as Vitor came round to open the passenger door . |
| 9 | Celia came down holding the baby , who had gone blue and stopped breathing . |
| 10 | Several players were being watched by the County selectors ; even venerable rugby correspondent John Pargeter came along to witness the improvement . |
| 11 | erm Aaron come in shut the door cos your fingers |
| 12 | Sometimes Shadwell came in to watch the show , and one day he started being nice to me . |
| 13 | Ivan Cooper and other speakers were less ambiguous in calling for restraint and Betty Sinclair came back to ask the crowd to disperse quietly . |