Example sentences of "[pron] come [art] [adj] [noun] " 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 | Are you , it is difficult to cross at Lord 's , er , I mean it is as you say , it 's quite a trek from the er , from whichever dressing room you 're in , down the steps , through the Long Room , there 's always someone coming the wrong direction then . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Someone come the other day , what was it ? |
| 7 | With them came a small retinue of mainland filing clerks , bodyguards , etc. for whom well-furnished houses and flats were also purchased . |
| 8 | From behind them came an angry gasp and , as Robert quickly released her , Sophie saw Dawn , her green eyes blazing with fury . |
| 9 | Behind them came the fat boy in glasses from Cranborne School . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It began life , probably in the Severan period , resembling a winged-corridor villa , which had been terraced into the slope which runs down to the river ; it contained several heated rooms in the west wing and a water tank , possibly fed by local collection , in the front courtyard Later additions and alterations greatly improved and enlarged the building ; an ornamental fountain behind the house , from which came the famous Corbridge lion , was now linked to the aqueduct . |
| 12 | Although we did n't arrive until nearly midnight , it was still an early call next morning for breakfast , after which came the tricky task of packing our saddle-bags . |
| 13 | Three Fokker Dr.I replicas made for a fascinating sight , added to which came the Great War Combat Team and a decidedly real SE.5A . |
| 14 | Within this context , this is the description of the customs , beliefs and traditions of human societies , from which come the specific meanings of words ( Rivers 1964 ) . |
| 15 | Now her comes the difficult part . |
| 16 | ‘ All very well , Miss Kyte , ’ had said Agnes Diggory bluntly , ‘ for you to come the fine lady over me , but I 've only the one pair of hands ! |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | On the river the Emma Louise was making good speed … but at five mph , she came a worthy second … |
| 19 | oh yeah , she came the other week with somebody , I reckon he ill treated her |
| 20 | ‘ And do n't you come the old biddy with me ! |
| 21 | So she come the other day , she said well my dad is like that . |
| 22 | Unfortunately that was n't to be , I er we came a good second but there you go . |
| 23 | And of course you meet something coming the other way wrong side of the road . |
| 24 | The road out of the village , southwards , shrinks in a quite unforeseeable manner in order to pass under the porch of a small chapel ; this could be distracting , and were something coming the other way lead perhaps to a rare collision on what is no doubt consecrated ground . |
| 25 | Now when the buses pull up there , they 've got to double park and it completely blocks the road , I mean you 've either got to swing right round the bus on the wrong side of the road and you know you could easily run into something coming the other way . |
| 26 | The one coming the other way . |
| 27 | ‘ Have n't we come a long way ? ’ he said , and collapsed . |
| 28 | She prayed there was nothing coming the other way . |
| 29 | They stopped only to pick up Cheryl , who saw them coming a long way off and ran down to the road to meet them . |
| 30 | He walked with self-conscious haste up the south side of the street towards Temple Bar , staring into the face of everyone coming the opposite way , challenging them to give any sign of their pity and contempt . |