Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] come [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under ordinary circumstances , Nurse Goodman would probably not have given permission but ‘ the Major ’ , as he had become known , was such a mystery that she was glad to feel that at least somebody knew of his fate and cared enough to come to the hospital to see how he was getting on . |
| 2 | ‘ You 'd better come to the flat with me for a start , as soon as the warrant arrives . |
| 3 | Though before she could get in with a quick plea for an interview , Vendelin Gajdusek revealed that he had not for a moment forgotten the way in which the Dobermann had attached himself to her ankle , by decreeing , ‘ You 'd better come into the house and have some antiseptic put on that wound . ’ |
| 4 | His manner was that of a man resigned to repeated interruptions : ‘ I suppose this is about Mr Francis ; you 'd better come into the office . ’ |
| 5 | Shallow cores show that the pebbly sands and clays that came originally came from the ice-sheet contain shells that lived in the shallower waters of the continental shelf . |
| 6 | Only when Scottish independence was once more recognized did there come about the establishment of separate Wardens for each of the three main regions either side of the Border : West March , Middle March and East March . |
| 7 | Okay , but it I mean having said that , it did actually come from the pockets of all the people who are resident in the city |
| 8 | The uncle had apparently come to the school gates at the end of school and when the girl was a little way on her way home had caught up with her and taken her to his house . |
| 9 | I had already come to the conclusion that regression therapy would probably be the best way to help Maxine , and I put the idea to her . |
| 10 | Cards and flowers had already come to the stage door , and Bernie was making mocking remarks at every opportunity . |
| 11 | Many gins later , his guests had just come to the end of the petits fours when Wullie Robertson turned up , forcing his way into La Noblesse , looking like the wrath of God , or the son of some Pictish chieftain , and demanding , ‘ Hyacinth ! |
| 12 | Aikin notes that the cotton industry had just come to the town . |
| 13 | Vice-Admiral Hawkins , together with his two scientist friends , had just come to the bridge in response to Talbot 's invitation that they join him . |
| 14 | In stark contrast to the attitude of the Scribes and Pharisees , Jesus pointed to a poor widow who had just come into the Temple and placed two small coins into the offertory box . |
| 15 | ‘ Is his name really that ? ’ said Penelope , who had just come into the kitchen . |
| 16 | Penelope had taken note of the two quite personable looking men who had just come into the hall ! and were standing looking about them with some bewilderment , as if uncertain what they ought to do . |
| 17 | " I say , you do n't happen to know how this blessed thing works , do you ? " he asked the person who had just come into the music-room . |
| 18 | Peter Hurst had just come into the room , dressed in his track suit though there was some time yet till kick-off . |
| 19 | Then his gaze moved to Merrill as Heather pulled Rob away to meet a small group who had just come into the room . |
| 20 | A tall order with many quality filter systems starting at prices up in the £200/300 price bracket but fortuitously a high performance filter had just come onto the market at an affordable price . |
| 21 | When she arrived at the theatre , a letter had just come by the evening post . |
| 22 | Penelope went hopefully into the vicarage where she found Sophia smiling over a letter which had just come by the evening post . |
| 23 | But the ship in which I had arrived in Brobdingnag was the first that had ever come near the coast . |
| 24 | From farms we had both come to the University and the world of ideas . |
| 25 | As no vocal chords as we know them are to be found in the larynx , the sounds emitted probably come from the lips of the larynx . |
| 26 | Ermentrude 's father had originally come from the Worms area , but he had made his career , thanks to imperial favour , in the west . |
| 27 | They seemed to know when the tragedy of the previous night had occurred , and had maybe come to the theatre in such numbers in the vague hope that they might get a repeat showing . |
| 28 | These functions had previously come under the Treasury . |
| 29 | There was evident a very strong determination on the part of Prof. Barker to remove all obstacles likely to prevent agreement being reached and , in the course of a subsequent conversation with Elvin , he said that he had recently come to the conclusion that it was of primary importance that the WEA should have the full assistance of the Extra-Mural Board in all its work throughout the whole of this District . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's certainly noisy , ’ said Gurder , who had never come across the word . |