Example sentences of "[pron] come [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 When I come across a new metaphor , one that stretches my understanding , I feel cold .
2 I walk through the remnants of ancientness until , close to the cliffs , I come to a brown headstone : shoulder high , two feet wide .
3 ‘ Have I come to the right place ? ’
4 I want to make a limited point at this juncture , I reserve the right to come back later on , and it 's become three points as a result of the discussion we 've already had , my view on the contribution of the of the greenbelt to the York issue is n't just the setting of the city , it 's the character of the city , and that would include the central city and the historic city , and the need to limit the physical expansion and size of the urban area because of the implications inside the historic city , and that would certainly apply to other cities with greenbelts that I 'm familiar with like York , like er Oxford , which the character suffers from expansion , possibly excessive , Norwich , that considered a greenbelt , and London , if you like that did n't get its greenbelt until we had the character rather drastically altered , so I think it is n't just the setting and how you see the city from the ring road , it 's actually what happens inside the core , the second point I want to make is really for clarification perhaps , er and it relates to the question of allocations between the built up area and the inner edge of the greenbelt , as I understand it all those allocations are already er included in the Ryedale local plan , and are already therefore included in the commitments that we looked at in Ryedale , I do n't think there is a further reserve of spare opportunities that might be used either before or after two thousand and six , that 's certainly my understanding and if anybody was was taking a different view I think that should be clear , and now I come to the one point that I was actually going to raise , erm I think it 's important that in this discussion of the relations between York city and Greater York , that we get a , early on , a clear view of what the requirements are in York , not just its capacity which we 've discussed so far , and a figure of three thousand three hundred seems to be a fairly common currency , but its requirements , and I want to address a particular question to the County Council , which is in my proof , so they 've had as it were four weeks notice of it .
5 just tw okay now , just keep , stand here and tell me when I come to the good bit .
6 Now I come to the main task of all . ’
7 I come to the two-metre-high brick wall which surrounds the estate and feel my way along it , stumbling over piles of earth and building debris until I get to the corner .
8 Erm have I come to the wrong place then ?
9 I like to understand the meanings of words and always refer to a dictionary when I come on a new word .
10 ‘ Have I come at a bad time ? ’
11 ‘ Have I come at a bad moment ? ’ she asked .
12 I mean , I keep hearing that when I come into the environmental health department , that , just that people are interested in what Oxford are doing .
13 and she goes why , I goes well every time I got , when I went out the other night and when I come in the other night there was Helena with her arms round Andrew , so it 's not that I , I 'm worried about it but I just think it 's a bit tarty of her cos she 's fancies the pants off Pete and as soon as my back 's turned and Pete is n't there she 's all over Andrew .
14 My first ambition was to be a concert pianist , but I come from a long line of actors and I suppose it was inevitable really that I 'd follow them .
15 ‘ Perhaps I come from a long line of knights and no-one ever told me .
16 I come from a great medical mafia , most of my relatives are medically involved one way or another , ’ she told David Frost yesterday , adding that none of her family have private health insurance .
17 I come from a small village in the far north of Scotland . ’
18 ‘ Because I come from a booky family , in some ways I 've taken writing for granted — it 's like coming from a family of butchers and going into the meat trade .
19 I come from a Jewish family which includes victim 's ; that picture of myself was a particularly horrible one .
20 Now , there 's been lots of talk about gay and lesbian people not having no rights , I come from a Jewish society , I 've got people who suffer anti-semitic ri , feelings , there 's lot of erm multi-ra , ethnic majorities who cover on this programme , and I think that issue has to be looked at as well .
21 I come from a military family , that is to say a family that has always followed the drum , and probably had to carry it too .
22 You see , I come from the criminal classes .
23 Yes , dripping with power I come from the hidden kingdom
24 I am reminded of Letterman 's tennis because as I stroll through the grounds of the club , waiting for the arrival of my transcripts , I come upon a red earth tennis court .
25 Having himself come from a close family he did not at first regard his wife 's involvement with Chloe as unusual .
26 For many years Plugger has specialised in searching out the rare and unusual fish which come into the American hobby , so I came prepared to take fish home with me — but nothing on this scale .
27 There is more to motherhood than this , of course ; it is a source of vital feelings and responses which come about no other way .
28 ‘ I thought you were only interested in certain-death scenarios and fighting Daleks which come to the same thing . ’
29 It should begin to open up negotiations with the statutory services which come under the SAD umbrella to see what sort of progress should be made on this .
30 As part of the open market , blanket legislation comes into effect across the EC , although the changes mainly apply to the large manufacturers , which come under the first tier of the three-tier approval system .
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