Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pers pn] came " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have n't forgotten where they came from and also who put them where they are today . |
| 2 | Hugh 's mother , climbing out of her taxi with a zip bag full of baby clothes , heard the laughter and wondered if she should contact Hugh in wherever it was and suggest that he came home . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , ’ sighed Babushka , ‘ I am too late but I shall lay my black bread in the manager , then the Christ Child will know that I came . |
| 4 | In fact , we might have to be reminded that it came from a pig at all . |
| 5 | Kate felt inordinately pleased at his offer , even though she was astute enough to know that it came from a desire for any company , rather than hers specifically . |
| 6 | I have never forgotten that I came home to my wife and said : ‘ There 's a young man working with us and I 'm sure he is going to be a big star . ’ |
| 7 | and I found D Y by D X and I found that it came to erm X squared . |
| 8 | I do n't think exactly what he wants cos he came back and have some more of that other thing did n't he ? |
| 9 | Would you know if you came across somebody and erm could you tell the difference between a diabetic person and the , a per drug addict if they were unconscious ? |
| 10 | Mr Ashdown reaffirmed his willingness to be flexible and to compromise if it came to negotiating with a minority government of either hue . |
| 11 | I was well aware I should wait until he came to me . |
| 12 | By about 1000 BC much smaller cattle began to appear and they came to be called the Celtic oxen , their different skull shape giving rise to the term Bos brachyceros or Bos longifrons , though they were not in fact of a separate species but members of the Bos taurus species like other longhorns and shorthorns in temperate regions . |
| 13 | put it in the vice , I mean put it in the vice whether , whether it just pull the head off I do n't know but it came out |
| 14 | I 'd wait till he came home , and then go to my mother 's … it sounds childish , does n't it ? |
| 15 | You said you 'd wait till I came to you of my own free will ; let's not prolong the agony any longer . |
| 16 | Tommy 's bus was the very first form of public transport that I encountered because he came every Wednesday to the head of the dale to take us to Barnard Castle . |
| 17 | Yes , there were er , I think there was one , two , three , four houses , four or five houses that were occupied before we came in , they were still building The Chantry incidently and er you know it was a it was quite a shock to us and the wife was a bit upset you know when having to , we came from Plymouth actually , Devon , and er the wife was a bit er down you know all the night travelling all night with the children |
| 18 | I read — I do not know whether it came from the Department of Energy or from Conservative central office ; I suspect that it was the latter — that privatisation of the coal industry will drive a stake through the heart of Dracula , the leader of the NUM . |
| 19 | This bitch was also mated before she came into quarantine in this country , where she produced a large litter of ten . |
| 20 | If we have only been on cover for a short time and it is clear that the majority of the damage occurred before we came on cover , the claim should be referred to the previous insurers . |
| 21 | ‘ And so thought it would be amusing for us to meet before you came up here ? |
| 22 | He 'd forgotten about the way it flickered before it came on properly and made a noise . |
| 23 | Astrid was laughing when she came running up , coat and scarf flying , shopping bags like gibsails billowing , her pretty mouth with little teeth making her seem to shine all over . |
| 24 | She rose as he came towards her . |
| 25 | Julian rose as he came in , and bowed herself unnoticed from the room ; but from beneath her lowered lids she saw them meet , and the private radiance that lit their faces was still a dazzle in her eyes as she closed the door upon them . |
| 26 | They walked towards the unsteady steps , and a figure took shape out of the darkness , weaving as it came and blinking dazedly as the lantern was lifted to illuminate its face . |
| 27 | She moved when he came in , her shoulders sliding up the curved enamel , her breasts breaking the surface . |
| 28 | I am moving slowly now , as slowly as Summerchild moved when he came out of the darkness on that winter 's night . |
| 29 | My whole body trembled when he came near . |
| 30 | I wrote a note to Leon , left it on the hall table for him to find when he came down at God knows what time , and went into breakfast . |