Example sentences of "[pers pn] come a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must when I came a bit short again , I said |
| 2 | I came a chief to talk to a chief . |
| 3 | Coming down here this week , I came a week early actually , I , I used a week 's holiday as well , and er my lady friend says I think we 'll buy a house in Goodwood . |
| 4 | From directly above them came a noise like an explosion in a slate quarry . |
| 5 | Their guns were on the table by their hands , out of Tug 's reach , and from both of them came a feeling of expectant tension . |
| 6 | But then behind me came a lot of other lads , |
| 7 | Yeah , when she came a stripper . |
| 8 | She came a step closer , rested her hands lightly on his shoulders and kissed him full on the mouth . |
| 9 | Always , always , she came a cropper over people . |
| 10 | Admittedly , it probably helped that in real life , she came a cropper over Keifer . |
| 11 | She came a cropper , no doubt about that , but she was in a hurry , naturally . |
| 12 | I like them , they 've brought us central heating an' that , but we do n't want all these roads cutting into the green belt ; and you ca n't sneak up on anybody now when they can hear you coming a mile off . |
| 13 | They 'll see you coming a mile off ! |
| 14 | You come a bit early from |
| 15 | Er right okay well I 'll tell you what , I think erm people are coming to see me until about two or three or so but erm if you come a bit after three you 'll probably catch me on my own |
| 16 | ‘ You come a step farther up that ladder and I 'll run you through with this fork . ’ |
| 17 | Would you , should you Come a cropper |
| 18 | No , we came a bit earlier because it was so dingy . |
| 19 | Do we were on a boat , went down to , we came a lot quicker . |
| 20 | More or less you see them coming a mile off now . |
| 21 | From behind her came a spear of light that struck steam from the ground at her feet . |
| 22 | Then behind her came a staff nurse . |
| 23 | ‘ And the keys , they came a bit pricey , I ‘ m afraid . |
| 24 | They came a fortnight past Saturday afternoon when the match was on ! |
| 25 | right now though Swindon are more concerned about their league form … in yesterday 's live Central Match they came a cropper … |
| 26 | But most clever journalists see him coming a mile off . |
| 27 | You could see him coming a block away . |
| 28 | A track runs east from the car park , alongside the magnificent Water of Nevis , starting off benignly enough to lure bored coiffured teenagers in high heels along it until they come a cropper as it climbs through the woods and becomes rocky . |
| 29 | He came a couple of months before Canon Wheeler . |
| 30 | He did n't always win , and occasionally he came a cropper — just as he 'd done at Masons ' gates a few days before . |