Example sentences of "he came [prep] the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came into the carriage in his khaki uniform , this great English bear with the manners of a gentleman , and asked if he could smoke . |
| 2 | He came into the department in Orkney at a time of crisis , his remit to operate on a shoestring budget , and to repair social work 's damaged reputation . |
| 3 | James I , when he came to the throne in 1603 , according to Isaacson ‘ admired him beyond all other divines , not only for his transcendent gift in preaching , but for his excellency and solidity in all kinds of learning , selecting him as his choicest instrument , to vindicate his regality against his foul-mouthed adversaries ’ . |
| 4 | It is perhaps only incidental that one of the most distinguished fathers of modern political thought , Tom Paine , spent a turbulent six years in Lewes ; he came to the town in 1768 as an excise officer , a job he combined with a local tobacco business . |
| 5 | The ancestors of the famous American writer John dos Passos emigrated from here , and he visited this village when he came to the island in the 1950s . |
| 6 | He came through the wall in front of me ! |
| 7 | When he came round the Mill in the morning . |
| 8 | When he came round the Mill in the morning . |