Example sentences of "we come [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walking along the canal bank one day we came across a wee lady siting on the banking drawing . |
| 2 | On the rocky point near the settlement we came across a small flock of birds which had a very familiar look about them : they were whimbrel , that Arctic version of the curlew which breeds on most of the northern islands , including Shetland . |
| 3 | We came across a small party of people sitting innocently on a rock enjoying the sunshine . |
| 4 | As we turned another corner we came across a few villagers handling copra . |
| 5 | When we came to a final stop we were carried up many flights of stairs , taken into an apartment and dumped on the floor . |
| 6 | Then , after quite a while , we came to a small clearing . |
| 7 | Masha and I found further cause for depression as , walking in search of a tube station , we came to a major intersection , a roundabout of relentless , screeching vehicles , three and four abreast : for in the centre , on the small concrete island , we saw a man lying on his side . |
| 8 | ‘ Eventually we came to a mutual understanding whereby I would fill out five forms to cover each £50 cheque and I actually ended up signing 25 forms and five cheques to obtain my fuel . |
| 9 | At the forward end of that we came to a glass-panelled door , which needed no key , and suddenly we were in the comparative quietness of the drivers ' cab , right at the front of the train . |
| 10 | ‘ We came to a lonely place where I could hear the sea crashing on rocks near by . |
| 11 | After two days of arduous travel , we came to a dark-flowing river . |
| 12 | Soon after setting off we came to a forested valley along the banks of the Gwaun . |
| 13 | At about four o'clock in the afternoon , just before dusk , we came to a wooded bluff . |
| 14 | ‘ Part-way along the gorge we came to a smooth cavity that had been ground into the rock by swift flowing water . |
| 15 | We walked further along till we came to a quiet part . |
| 16 | Finally we came to a high plastic wall . |
| 17 | It looks alright on the surface , you 're not going through a hassle at the moment , and our memories are short , fortunately and once we come into a calm patch the hassles of yesterday are quickly forgotten . |
| 18 | We come to a spatio-temporal individual or particular , but not one which is an ordinary thing . |
| 19 | We come to a stubby cylinder of undressed stone ; the second of the two chimneys from the old railway tunnel under the hill . |
| 20 | Here we come to a delicate area . |
| 21 | The ash-fall which buried Pompeii and the mudflow which covered Herculaneum , however , are first-class examples of two major kinds of volcanic phenomena , which have been repeated scores of times on different volcanoes in different parts of the world and we will be following them up more closely when we come to a detailed consideration of the mechanisms of eruptions . |
| 22 | Everywhere in the stories that make up Joyce 's first major work , Dubliners , we come across a double reality , an invariable focus on the precise detail of place and person , class and bearing , speech and gesture . |
| 23 | With his own modest roots he dismisses the attacks on a class-based judiciary : ‘ The youngsters believe that we come from a narrow background — it 's all nonsense — they get it from that man Griffith . ’ |
| 24 | The fact that we come from a capitalist country means that some topics tend to be dealt with delicately or avoided , but that is all . |
| 25 | It wo n't help us to come to a proper decision quickly . ’ |