Example sentences of "he came [adv prt] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After months of experimentation he came up with a vanilla ice cream bar on a stick , bonded with cocoa butter to a coating of chocolate . |
| 2 | He came up with a system that he has named after himself , ‘ nanbudo ’ ( ‘ way of Nanbu ’ ) . |
| 3 | Instead , he came up with a drink that has spread its alcoholic tentacles around the globe . |
| 4 | He came up with a sugar called 2-deoxygalactose ( 2-Dgal , which bears the same relationship to the sugar galactose as 2-DG does to glucose ) . |
| 5 | Anyway he came up to London , she went to London to be a nanny to this woman with three kids like , you know , two babies and a an older one and she said he came up at a time , he said , sorry , you know , got ta finish he 's got this girl pregnant ! |
| 6 | For a few anxious moments Franco thought he was dead but he came round within a minute or so although he remained in a semi-conscious state . |
| 7 | ‘ Apart from his match-winning goal against Oxford United , I was pleased with his overall contribution when he came on as a second-half substitute . |
| 8 | ‘ The moment I will never forget is our second goal in the Cup final against Manchester United when he came on as a substitute . |
| 9 | If anyone have seen pictures from our game against Poland he came on as a substitute for Fjortoft as lone attacker — and he played brilliantly for the 20 minutes he was on . |
| 10 | McLoughlin giving Ireland the trip to the USA with his 1–1 equalizer vs Northern Ireland — he came on as a substitute — meaning that Ireland left Denmark at home — same points , same goal difference — but Ireland got more goals |
| 11 | He came on as a substitute against Monaghan in the provincial semi-final and played well , but a place in the final starting line-up still eluded him . |
| 12 | He came along with a project which was to get to get somebody to change in a company where we bought forty per cent of it . |
| 13 | ( Years later , he came down to a jam with The Pistols when I thought we needed a keyboard player . |
| 14 | But he came back to a letter from dole chiefs telling him he would not get his income support cash for the 2 1/2 weeks he was away . |
| 15 | He came back with a clutch of drinks . |
| 16 | Marsh went away and was not silly for he came back with a micro-testing machine which worked , which he had designed and built himself . |
| 17 | Went down the road and he came back with a video . |
| 18 | He came back with a handful of pebbles . |
| 19 | Anyway , skirt hangers are on springs and it was rather interesting because he came back with a skirt hanger and also a er kitchen roll tube itself , he said I 've got an idea Mr ! |
| 20 | I saw him take a look at the boat-house first , then , when I suppose he saw you were n't home , he went up towards the house , and after a bit he came back with a bag , you know , like Santa Claus , slung over his shoulder . |
| 21 | A typical Peto story tells how when dispatched by The Observer to photograph a major rail disaster , he came back with a picture of an exhausted rescue worker drinking tea , man 's ability to fight disaster and overcome it having inspired this warm-hearted humanist photographer . |
| 22 | He came back with a brace of fish of a species she could n't put a name to . |
| 23 | Major certainly changed his life as he came back with a lot more than just a sun tan . |
| 24 | When he came back in a temper sometimes , or been drinking , Cis told me they would put Rich on the kitchen table and tell him to dance . |
| 25 | He came back after a while with a tray bearing two plates . |
| 26 | He came in on a boat , I suppose , and he plopped himself down and began making ukuleles , very good ones , and some fabulous guitars which are quite rare nowadays . |
| 27 | He came in for a chat the other day and said , oh how you getting on ? |
| 28 | He came in with a teacup in one hand and a piece of bread-and-butter in the other hand . |
| 29 | They were a bit big for me but they were lovely and dry and I was feeling great when he came in with a bottle of champagne . |
| 30 | And half these buggers would n't recognize him if he came in with a label on Rugby supporters , pah ! |