Example sentences of "he come [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the Collector continued about his business , Dr McNab asked him to come over to the window for a moment . |
| 2 | We had a few drinks and all thought he seemed a bit of a laugh so we asked him to come back to the shop with us and have a bit of a sing . |
| 3 | The queasiness which had first compelled him to come back to the house that evening clawed him again , and kept him in the chair under her fond glances and bids to intimacy . |
| 4 | Meantime , he reminded himself , since the entire company was now assembled , he had better be about sending off Father Boniface 's errand-boy to find Aldhelm at Upton among his sheep , and ask him to come down to the abbey when his work for the day was over , and pick out his shadowy Benedictine from among a number now complete . |
| 5 | I was going to ask you to help me to make him come back to the warren . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's coming this way , ’ said Lee who was still looking at Jack as he came up to the gate , his eyes fixed on the gun . |
| 7 | He came up to the Hilder at the point where the aqueduct pillars crossed it . |
| 8 | What a strange wedding-gift he had given her too , when he came up to the manor the other afternoon , making her feel like a tenant in her own home ; which , of course , had once been his . |
| 9 | ‘ Apparently his boat came in sooner than expected and docked at Shields , and he came up to the house hoping to see my sister , and he did . |
| 10 | He came up to the house that evening , armed with the music box and the monkey . |
| 11 | ‘ So he came up to the farm , and they had a job for my horse , which he was very interested in . |
| 12 | They walked out to his car together in a contented silence , and when they got there he came round to the passenger side to hold back the low tendrils of an overhanging jasmine vine so she could slide easily into the seat . |
| 13 | That fact that it was over was all there in his formal goodbye when he came round to the passenger 's side and stood on the pavement with her , and , ‘ Na shledanou , Fabia , ’ he wished her . |
| 14 | We did have an argument that afternoon ; he came on to the set clearly hungover — he had been drinking heavily the day before , disrupting things , disturbing the atmosphere . |
| 15 | He came over to the bed , holding up his hand to shade his eyes from the bedside light , and peering almost comically close , so that Tessa could smell the whisky on his breath . |
| 16 | He came over to the bed and stood , tall and powerfully attractive , looking down at her . |
| 17 | Apparently finding what he wanted , he came over to the sofa on the other side of the low coffee-table that was all that stood between them , threw himself down among the cushions and started to read . |
| 18 | No he came over to the study , he came over to the study and he said er he comes in and he goes |
| 19 | No he came over to the study , he came over to the study and he said er he comes in and he goes |
| 20 | He came down to the half-landing and stood behind her , peering over her shoulder at Carlos 's face on the little phone . |
| 21 | So he came down to the vestibule , where the three doors were , and under the sills of the two great doors light shone , warm and enticing , and the third was behind a musty leather curtain . |
| 22 | ‘ He came back to the dressing room in tears , ’ Pat remembered for me . |
| 23 | He became very dissatisfied and he came back to the U K. |
| 24 | The whole meeting looked up in relief as he came back to the saloon . |
| 25 | ‘ She always used to leave little warning signs when she was younger , ’ he said as he came back to the horses . |
| 26 | By the time he came back to the hotel it was dark . |
| 27 | Slowly , blinking , he came back to the present . |
| 28 | He ran from end to end of the yard and paused as he came back to the edge of the fire to peer down into a shattered mirror . |
| 29 | He came back to the table and sat down . |
| 30 | ‘ What are they like ? ’ she asked when he came back to the table . |