Example sentences of "and came [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	He stepped back onto the concrete and came round to the front of the building where the flowering cherries were just coming into bud on the lawn .
2	As was proved when , without replying to her question about the interview , he left the driver 's seat and came round to the passenger 's door .
3	They boy ignored him , though , and came up to the wood .
4	They passed below them , into the narrower part of the field between the two copses , and it was not until Acorn had been sent half-way down the slope to attract their attention that they turned and came up to the ditch .
5	The grass was lush green and came up to the st'lyan 's hocks .
6	Mavis laid her knitting aside and came over to the bed , where , to my redoubled annoyance , she sat down and took my hands .
7	The green men in their cloaks of leaves and branches then discovered them , and came down to the beach and circled Dulé and his companions where they lay prone , and shook their fronds and squatted on their haunches and kicked their legs and tossed their heads and slapped palm to thigh , in order to rally them and send them off again ; pouring spirits and water into their faces to invigorate them , beating out a rhythm with their feet .
8	About a week later , I finished work early one day and came back to the house .
9	Stephen had a meeting with the shop steward the following morning at 8.30 , and came back to the house afterwards shouting to Victor the butler for strong black coffee .
10	Then he lost his nerve and rushed out of the flat and came back to the house to find me . ’
11	Suddenly , to her relief , the telephone rang , Joanna picked it up , wrote down the message , and came back to the table , looking elated .
12	She headed away into tall grass , hid the baby and came back to the boat for the return trip to Tiger Haven .
13	‘ One spring I left my noviciate and came back to the farm .

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