Example sentences of "he come [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The yellow nylon shirt with the frothy frill amounts to an offence against taste bordering on the criminal , yet it somehow works to offset his complexion ( pale blue ) and the ensemble enables him to come on like a chat-show host from Hell — vast smiles and arms flung out in gestures of mock formality . |
| 2 | I ask him to come down for a few days and I also invite Lady De Marr . |
| 3 | His reappearance in 2010 decisively resolves this , at the cost of making him come on like a Californian religious freak about ‘ something wonderful ’ . |
| 4 | It was only in 1946 that he came up with a practical scheme for using the manyattas for higher purposes . |
| 5 | In 1990 he came up with a middling conclusion : brontosaurs had bones as strong as those of modern elephants in terms of comparative scale . |
| 6 | ‘ He used his resources to try and trace it and he came up with a French jeweller who 'd been offered it about twenty-five years ago . |
| 7 | He came up for a few days and stayed in Mackay 's Hotel in Ardallt . |
| 8 | Donald was in full cry but he came up against a rejuvenated Kapil Dev . |
| 9 | He came down with a First and started his civil service career in the humble surroundings of the National Assistance Board . |
| 10 | Upon reaching retirement age Len found that he missed the job so much he came back on a part-time basis . |
| 11 | He came back with a strong cardboard box and helped Mum to pack everything in it . |
| 12 | He came back with a young fellow in lycra suit , dark glasses , poser gear and all , whom he claimed to have grabbed off the streets of the town with a £10 inducement ! |
| 13 | ‘ Custom , ’ he came back with a satisfied smile . |
| 14 | He came back from a serious back injury last season , but was injured again at the weekend . |
| 15 | He came in with a long stride , with head erect , and calm authoritative eyes . |
| 16 | Faldo just stayed in touch thanks to putts of 15 and 30 feet at the 14th and 16th for a round of 69 , while Ballesteros felt he had been robbed when he came in with a 68 . |
| 17 | Lillywhite , from Walton-on-Thames , started the day with just 20 seconds to spare over Norway 's Ole Simensen , who jumped from ninth to second place when he came in with a four-strong leading group in Liverpool City Centre . |
| 18 | When we started rehearsing , we arrived at the cello 's first entry and he came in with a dreadful slow grumbling noise . |
| 19 | By the time he came off to a huge ovation , Essex were dawdling along at 99-3 off 36 overs . |
| 20 | He came out with a fantastic shot , but it screwed off to the right of the green , and went down oft the mound instead of falling in towards the flag . |
| 21 | He came out with a wonderful phrase which has stayed with me over the years . |
| 22 | When the Friar left the children beneath the tree he went hurriedly but surprisingly lightly for a man of his bulk through the bushes until he came out on a narrow path that twisted this way and that into a deep ravine both sides of which were dark with yews . |
| 23 | When Mr Major waxes philosophical , he comes over as a strange mix of nostalgia and modernism . |
| 24 | Jettisoning Shakespeare , and talking in a ludicrous mixture of Italian and heavily accented English , he comes on as a hilarious parody of a libidinous Latin , pinching handbags from the audience , flogging dodgy cassette tapes and offering healing laughter after all the grief of the earlier acts . |
| 25 | He comes on like a Greek god and claims credit for fixing the weather . |
| 26 | He comes up with a little piece of advice on how to make that picture , or the colouring , or the mounting better . |
| 27 | He comes back with a little piece of paper in his hand waving it , peace in our time . |