Example sentences of "came [adv prt] [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then ( the 1970s ) double-digit inflation came along to bale the over-borrowed house-owner out . |
| 2 | ‘ We had outgrown our present building when the opportunity came up to purchase the adjoining freehold . |
| 3 | A hand came up to rumple the short hair at the back of his head , a gesture that betrayed his momentary awkwardness . |
| 4 | Keeps bouncing back : dumped by the Chicago Cubs in 1985 after injury , but was reprieved by Pittsburgh ; lasted a mere 18 pitches against the Cubs in game two of the NL play-offs but came back to win the decisive game five . |
| 5 | Emily Lightbody came back to work the following Monday . |
| 6 | ‘ We came back to get the vital point . |
| 7 | She left the cubicle to find a blood test kit , and came back to find the new houseman , Joe Reynolds , ordering head X-rays and a neurologist 's opinion . |
| 8 | Mahmoud was n't there when he arrived , so he went inside to buy his stamps and then came out to use the wet roller hanging against the wall . |
| 9 | And on housing estates all along the line , residents came out to watch the strange scene . |
| 10 | And on housing estates all along the line , residents came out to watch the strange scene . |
| 11 | Humanity had brought many things along , inadvertently , when it came out to populate the stars-unseen stowaways like bacteria , flies , fleas . |