Example sentences of "came [adv] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barnes , playing his first game since rupturing his Achilles tendon in the summer , came on as a substitute and set-up the 87th-minute winner for Ronnie Rosenthal in their 1–0 victory over QPR . |
| 2 | Laura came down with a handkerchief and wiped her son 's nose . |
| 3 | The bag came down with a thud and spilt its contents over the bare oak planks . |
| 4 | But I can remember one thing that happened in in that respect was that the superintendent came down to a meeting or he wanted to see us after nationalization . |
| 5 | Came down in a tree and broke both his legs . |
| 6 | Then she told her sister , who came down in a taxi and I was talking to a woman who would not get off the phone . |
| 7 | ‘ A young man came along on a bicycle and asked me if he could help but I refused his offer . |
| 8 | An attendant from the tabernacle came along with a bucket and a sponge on a stick . |
| 9 | I attended the final meeting , at which the member states , guided by the Dutch presidency , came together behind a text that they found acceptable . |
| 10 | Mini Jakobsen ( MSV Duisburg/ Germany ) came in as a substite and had 4 ( 4 ) great chances ( 3 times alone with the polish goalie ) and tech-boy Bohinen ( who put us 2–0 up against England at home ) was trying to be too clever when twice lobbing over the polish keeper . |
| 11 | With ffeatherstonehaugh 's , if you came in as a guest and they liked you , you could be elected by acclamation on the spot . ’ |
| 12 | Dieter went off and returned a few minutes later with the information that Marie-Claire never came in on a Wednesday because her children 's school was closed on that day . |
| 13 | A little Fulham girl who he said was quite promising came in with a friend or two to dance with her . |
| 14 | This young lad about probably about twenty three , twenty four , and he came in with a cigarette and I said excu excuse me but I 'm afraid it 's a no-smoking area . |
| 15 | And I went down to this bird 's down by the library two weeks ago and this same fella came in with a gram and he was like that , giving out big smokes . |
| 16 | Friends came in for a drink and a snack and kept on coming and going for the rest of the day , which was useful as well as friendly because they brought their appetites with them , and most of the refreshments were disposed of . |
| 17 | In 1980 we changed to a system of community and private nurses who came in for an hour or two in the morning and evening . |
| 18 | The teacher came in like a colossus and the class shrank into a shivering line . |
| 19 | On the Friday evening , their last night , I came downstairs after a bath and was on my way to the kitchen to get supper when , in glancing out of the windows at the front , it seemed that a dense fog had developed . |
| 20 | Maud came through with a drink and said , ‘ Why do n't you read Tales for Innocents ? |
| 21 | We came away with an assurance that the Government would n't force the company off the Grange Road site . ’ |
| 22 | As I watched , the flame , a centimetre behind the wasp 's wax gummed head , freed the antennae from the grease and they came upright for a while before they frazzled . |
| 23 | Despite these precautions , I quite often came home with a flea and my mother would take out the streaked bottle of calamine lotion and dab the itchy lumps . |
| 24 | I was n't even tempted , until Darren came home for a while and started having a lot of fits . |
| 25 | In March 1982 , matters came further to a head when the ILEA informed the polytechnic that it was withholding its block grant for 1982–3 until the financial crisis had been resolved . |
| 26 | At ten-thirty-five , a stout woman in a blue overall with plain , pale-blue collar and cuffs to denote her seniority came up with a clipboard and said , ‘ Tim and Anna . |
| 27 | Hoomey took off as usual , holding his nose , and came up with a shriek that probably carried as far as the bridge party two streets away . |
| 28 | Her mother delved once more into her bag , came up with a biscuit and curled Nicola 's hand round it . |
| 29 | In the rucksack in which she seemed to keep half her life she burrowed and came up with a biro and writing-pad . |
| 30 | Instead , he came up with a drink that has spread its alcoholic tentacles around the globe . |