Example sentences of "he came [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In terms of Greater York and its th the York greenbelt I think it 's true to say that er some time ago when David Kaiserman of Manchester did research on greenbelts he came to the view , or he came up with the conclusions from his questionnaires that he sent round , and that study was done , must be ten , fifteen years ago or more , that greenbelts should endure unchanged for at least twenty years , and probably in excess of thirty , and those were the responses of county planning and other major planning authorities at that time , that view if anything has hardened , the public view would be way beyond thirty years . |
| 2 | But anyway , he came up on the Monday er sorry , on the Friday when they was paying out , he said , Which chappie paid you ? |
| 3 | He came up on the train for a few days , very nervous , wearing his best suit . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | He came up to the Hilder at the point where the aqueduct pillars crossed it . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | He came up to the house that evening , armed with the music box and the monkey . |
| 11 | ‘ So he came up to the farm , and they had a job for my horse , which he was very interested in . |
| 12 | As he came up over the rise he thought he heard a beautiful song . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Her father , when he came up before the Farnham Commission , had proved extraordinarily resilient , but he had still caved in , and then he had proved richly satisfying . |
| 15 | ‘ He came up from the ranks . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | And he was extremely annoyed that evening when he came round at the interval . |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | I had one night of that , and when he came round in the morning , I told him . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ The DJ took up the same line when he came on for the broadcast quiz interview , ’ she went on . |
| 24 | He came over to the bed , holding up his hand to shade his eyes from the bedside light , and peering almost comically close , so that Tessa could smell the whisky on his breath . |
| 25 | He came over to the bed and stood , tall and powerfully attractive , looking down at her . |
| 26 | Apparently finding what he wanted , he came over to the sofa on the other side of the low coffee-table that was all that stood between them , threw himself down among the cushions and started to read . |
| 27 | No he came over to the study , he came over to the study and he said er he comes in and he goes |
| 28 | No he came over to the study , he came over to the study and he said er he comes in and he goes |
| 29 | He came down to the half-landing and stood behind her , peering over her shoulder at Carlos 's face on the little phone . |
| 30 | So he came down to the vestibule , where the three doors were , and under the sills of the two great doors light shone , warm and enticing , and the third was behind a musty leather curtain . |