Example sentences of "come [verb] [adv prt] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if the Robemaker had left any Sentry Spells , then surely this was the moment for them to come rearing out to challenge the intruders . |
| 2 | Only a few months ago , after this Lord Henry Percy had withdrawn to his other urgent command on the Scottish borders , Owen had run wild over most of North Wales , and made himself master of the counties of Carnarvon and Merioneth ; and while the woollier heads in King Henry 's council had seethed and talked bloody war , Hotspur had come swooping back to hold the balance so sturdily that he had been allowed , on the king 's warrant , to approach the Welsh prince , and attempt to bring him back to his allegiance , on promise of honourable terms . |
| 3 | She sat on the bed and real life came rushing in to fill the vacuum . |
| 4 | Just then brother Jack came strolling in to collect the rest of his clothes . |
| 5 | The saxophone took off again , Damian flicked her away from him , spun her back , and she was breathless with excitement , her body his to command — and how he commanded it ! — as Jerry Hall began to shout like a Spanish gypsy , while a harmonica came rolling in to harden the beat . |
| 6 | He signalled the waiter , who came bustling up to clear the table for the next course . |
| 7 | After that , says Mr Gardner , Miss Richardson will come racing back to attend the December premieres in Paris and London of Damage , the Louis Malle adaption of Josephine Hart 's novel about a middle-aged man obsessed with his son 's fiancee , in which she stars with Jeremy Irons . |
| 8 | And when the twins were babies and shat in Chola 's lap , she 'd call out , ‘ Chu chu chu , ’ and the red bitch would come running in to clean the mess . |