Example sentences of "we come [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think it might even be further away than we came on the Long Drive , ’ said Masklin quietly . |
| 2 | ‘ In a cliff on the edge of the city , about 2,500ft up from the valley floor , we came on an old tomb , full of bones and ceramic pieces . |
| 3 | ‘ The memory will always be with me of those lads ' faces , even though at the time I was only twenty years old myself , to see them sat on the floor of the aircraft , and some of the trying to negotiate the main spar , and the cheers and tears when we came over the white cliffs of England . |
| 4 | Cos , they sold out the , that 's all now and I think came from Yarmouth , they used , they used to have a big place at Yarmouth and we came through the other week and er I see their sheds are nearly all empty now , there . |
| 5 | Walking along the canal bank one day we came across a wee lady siting on the banking drawing . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We came across a small party of people sitting innocently on a rock enjoying the sunshine . |
| 8 | When we came to a final stop we were carried up many flights of stairs , taken into an apartment and dumped on the floor . |
| 9 | Then , after quite a while , we came to a small clearing . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ We came to a lonely place where I could hear the sea crashing on rocks near by . |
| 14 | After two days of arduous travel , we came to a dark-flowing river . |
| 15 | Soon after setting off we came to a forested valley along the banks of the Gwaun . |
| 16 | At about four o'clock in the afternoon , just before dusk , we came to a wooded bluff . |
| 17 | ‘ Part-way along the gorge we came to a smooth cavity that had been ground into the rock by swift flowing water . |
| 18 | We walked further along till we came to a quiet part . |
| 19 | Finally we came to a high plastic wall . |
| 20 | After 15 minutes we came to the comforting realisation that the phone had come unplugged from its socket . |
| 21 | Eventually we came to the Old Mill area where there were no railings at the waterside , making the mill pond quite a frightening place for small children . |
| 22 | But when we came to the Old Town , the Marshal and Sapt moved nearer to my horse , and I could see that they were afraid for me . |
| 23 | When we came to the German trenches there was nothing to see . |
| 24 | We look like we came to the wrong party — like we brought our adopted son to his friend 's birthday , and called at the wrong address . |
| 25 | As we came into the front hall I heard Kevin yelling up the stairs , ‘ Stop the hammering ! |
| 26 | You know when we came in the other day , you came to see the sofa ? |
| 27 | Eventually we came upon an empty railway shed with a paved road and a line of street lamps along one side . |
| 28 | As we came upon the moving picture with its ability not only to entertain us but also to analyse what we could not easily see with the unaided eye , we began to recognize that we had new tools for discovery ; we now knew exactly how a horse used its feet in galloping , what an explosion was like in slow motion , what a street looked like to the condensed eye of the time-lapse camera . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Once the New Year festivities are out of the way , we expect that sales will pick up significantly and continue to improve as we come into the traditional pre-spring buying season . ’ |