Example sentences of "[pers pn] came [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having a bit of a rest in the winter , I was able to relax a little bit more , so I think I came over a lot fresher than I normally do for the start of the season . |
| 2 | Now I came up the hard way , same as you . |
| 3 | It was dark and the sea was rising rapidly as I came up the firth , keeping the bows in the direction of the flashing lighthouse on the White Hill of Vatster . |
| 4 | and then and then I was going yeah I really want to take , I 'll have to take my stereo home and he goes yeah your stereo 's quite big is n't it , I went when have you seen my stereo and he goes oh I came up the other day to see if you were in . |
| 5 | The night shift volunteer was standing next to me getting ready to come on to the phones and as I came off a call he started to chat to me . |
| 6 | It was a ploy of Lord Darlington 's to stand at this shelf studying the spines of the encyclopedias as I came down the staircase , and sometimes , to increase the effect of an accidental meeting , he would actually pull out a volume and pretend to be engrossed as I completed my descent . |
| 7 | I came down the slope , trying not to smirk . |
| 8 | At many revolutions per second I came down the green slide into Brixton and beyond . |
| 9 | And it was Sunday afternoon when I came out the pit the next time . |
| 10 | So I came out the pit and went into Cripps and bought a lorry . |
| 11 | Harvey and I came out the other side looking like a couple of spooks . |
| 12 | and I bought her but when I came out the loo he is playing with the bus going wheeee , he was having a great time with that , I looked at him and I said got to give that to Charlotte , no , no , I do n't like it I want the house , meaning the garage , so I 've gone out now and bought her a circus |
| 13 | Two of them came round a while ago and they said , ‘ Our pigeon 's on your roof , miss , can we go up your house and get it down through your loft ? ’ |
| 14 | Hot , bitter tears rolled down her cheeks , and with them came back the noise of the street . |
| 15 | But she almost turned and fled as she came round a corner and found herself face to face with Guido . |
| 16 | Yes we used to go to see her , and she came up a couple of times . |
| 17 | Mrs Stych was singing as she came up the garden path . |
| 18 | She had caught his eye as she came down the aisle . |
| 19 | Her colleagues said she came down the last few hundred feet singing Flower of Scotland with her instructor . |
| 20 | But Tallis , as she came down the bank , could see that he was frightened . |
| 21 | She came back a week or so later to Farnham , plastered , in the literal sense , and indomitable . |
| 22 | But when she heard her children were being maltreated she came back a year later and fought to have them returned to her . |
| 23 | However when the party broke up and he offered her a lift home , she was quick to negotiate secretly with her hostess for her bike to remain unmentioned in the stairwell until she came back the next day to collect it . |
| 24 | When she came back the next day the stripes had been dyed her natural brunette , but badly , so that her hair still seemed striped , hence her nickname , Bunte . |
| 25 | Granted this authenticity even for the symbol , she came back the next day , nobly escorted . |
| 26 | She came back the next day . |
| 27 | ‘ And when she came back the situation was reversed ? |
| 28 | Just as she came out the council she said I I 'm just outside the council offices ringing you . |
| 29 | ‘ As we came up the trackway of your house , Sir John , we found a Hand of Glory with a lighted candle in its fingers . ’ |
| 30 | They were just there , suddenly , as we came over a hill and saw a river below us . |