Example sentences of "[pron] come a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I came a long way to say I 'm sorry , ’ Leonora reminded him . |
| 2 | ‘ Then I found out that I came a poor second to the real love of her life — money . |
| 3 | Highton Highton I came a nice part . |
| 4 | Joe and I mean I come a long way and they said he told them I wan na pop in Friday morning before we go He was surprised He said well I were n't surprised , I said but er you know I want a name yeah well , he just said well I ca n't he ca n't fault me on anything . |
| 5 | With them came a small retinue of mainland filing clerks , bodyguards , etc. for whom well-furnished houses and flats were also purchased . |
| 6 | He had his legs crossed , and he was smoking an old pipe , from which came a vile smell and great plumes of smoke as he puffed at it . |
| 7 | From left were Peter Marshall of Pitman Publishing ( third , 1.71 days ) ; Wendy Edge of International Thomson ( who came a close second with 1.68 days , and appeared to be very much the people 's choice ) ; Colin Marshall of Leicester University Bookshop ( who was responsible for collating the results and who collected the award on behalf of the absent Butterworth Law ) ; and Derek Hall of Addison-Wesley ( fourth , 1.72 days ) . |
| 8 | On the river the Emma Louise was making good speed … but at five mph , she came a worthy second … |
| 9 | Unfortunately that was n't to be , I er we came a good second but there you go . |
| 10 | I 've got a big one coming a wooden one , supposedly I think of something . . |
| 11 | ‘ Have n't we come a long way ? ’ he said , and collapsed . |
| 12 | They stopped only to pick up Cheryl , who saw them coming a long way off and ran down to the road to meet them . |
| 13 | After 1956 , with the Soviet cause politically and morally bankrupt , there came a gradual softening of the brutal Stalinist line of the immediate postwar years . |
| 14 | Then from out there where Slorne 's gaze had led him , from out of the dark moonlit sky , there came a distant calling of a name , a place , a power , and it was like a great presence he could only feel and not see , and it cast itself over him , and over his cage , and over the whole Zoo , and over more than that . |
| 15 | Behind him the dogs bayed in triumph , then suddenly there came a terrible scream which clutched Corbett 's heart — a cry of dreadful despair . |
| 16 | After the strike by Madrid cleaners , there came a two-day stoppage by workers in the hotel industry . |
| 17 | He was just scooping the lard out of the trout mask when there came a violent knocking at the bedroom door . |
| 18 | As Rincewind stared at the crowd , with sensations of prickly horror travelling up his spine , there came a gentle prod in the small of his back . |
| 19 | But , almost at the end of the ascent , there came a new series of alarming jerks and they juddered to a halt once more . |
| 20 | After the two men had served more than six years in prison , there came a new twist to the case . |
| 21 | But during the second half of the century there came a new approach to physiology , involving chemistry . |
| 22 | And then there came a nasty little uninvited unspoken voice which added wickedly , ‘ If you can . ’ |
| 23 | One eye-witness account noted : ‘ At twelve noon , when the horses were pulling the Indian , there came a great gust of wind , and after this a rain shower which made everyone , including the soldiers , run for cover at great speed . |
| 24 | Once production was under way there came a great demand for the engines from the ore mines of Cornwall . |
| 25 | Even as she switched off her light , there came a low sibilant whistling ; this was followed by something between a gargle and a hiccup . |
| 26 | There came a sudden metallic commotion . |
| 27 | There came a hissing sound and the ducks turned to see a swan cruising towards them . |
| 28 | After martial law had failed to bring them under control , there came a last military experiment with the designation of General Azhari to succeed Sharif-Emami . |
| 29 | There came a muffled exclamation and a curse . |
| 30 | Silver was almost at the crest when suddenly , from half-way up , there came a high screaming — the sound a rabbit makes , not to call for help or to frighten an enemy , but simply out of terror . |