Example sentences of "he come [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | He came up on the train for a few days , very nervous , wearing his best suit . |
2 | Old Hewlett-Packard Co hands say that back in their day Lew Platt never looked to be a contender for the presidency : they are gratified to see him elevated since he came up on the Unix side and wonder how much should be read into that . |
3 | He 'd been sitting apparently fascinated by my World Religions class , and when he came up at the end I was sure he wanted to ask a question about Zoroastrianism or Thuggee , or whatever damned thing I 'd been going on about . |
4 | ‘ 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 . |
5 | He came up to the Hilder at the point where the aqueduct pillars crossed it . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | ‘ 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 . |
8 | He came up to the house that evening , armed with the music box and the monkey . |
9 | ‘ So he came up to the farm , and they had a job for my horse , which he was very interested in . |
10 | As he came up over the rise he thought he heard a beautiful song . |
11 | He came up off the floor in one swift , powerful lunge , slamming the full force of his body into Boisson and driving him back towards the dungeon before the man could gather himself for another swing . |
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 | And he was extremely annoyed that evening when he came round at the interval . |
15 | and so he came round with the bread and he said I 'll let you have the recipe and I thought , so I am now |
16 | I had one night of that , and when he came round in the morning , I told him . |
17 | He said he felt no pain , apart from injections which he has never been fond of , and when he came round from the operation the first thing he asked for was the Ipswich football scores and a drink . |
18 | Harry asked as he came unexpectedly into the room . |
19 | He came forward into the firelight then and she saw he had been sitting beside the range , in an old rocking chair which he had left tilting back and forth , to take the lantern from her , grasping her free hand in his . |
20 | He came forward into the room to stand close to her and bent to look into her face . |
21 | He came closer to the desk , sitting easily on one corner of it so that their eyes were almost on a level . |
22 | When he came upstairs to the bedroom he found Lily standing by the bed , and Eileen clutching her hand and moaning . |
23 | Vice-chairman Sydney Moss revealed : ‘ He came here at the age of four , then stood on the Kop when he was old enough . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | ‘ The DJ took up the same line when he came on for the broadcast quiz interview , ’ she went on . |
26 | He came right through the gate . |
27 | ‘ He came right into the carriage from the corridor and said , ‘ I expect you need a hand , sir , ’ ’ Jonathon explained . |
28 | He came away from the lawyer 's office with the keys of the house in his pocket . |
29 | Mr Samways said he came away from the forum feeling angry and frustrated . |
30 | I could see him now , outlined fairly clearly against the light background of the beach , as the torch-beam cleared the path and he came fast along the shore towards the boat-house . |