Example sentences of "[pron] come [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I came here a bit early this evening , and I did n't want to risk any of those clamps or fines or anything .
2 He said : ‘ When I came here a month ago , they did n't have any confidence .
3 I came here the morning after she died and he told me .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 I came down the slope , trying not to smirk .
9 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
10 And it was Sunday afternoon when I came out the pit the next time .
11 So I came out the pit and went into Cripps and bought a lorry .
12 When I came home the sun was shining brilliantly and warmly into the front of the house so I first of all had a read about the similar groups and then had a quick and short snooze till the phone rang and I began work on the laptop in the sunshine , as the battery capacity lasts about an hour or so .
13 She thought she heard someone coming down the passage , so she grabbed two paper towels and wrapped them round the offending literature .
14 I come nearly every evening for the post .
15 There is quite a lot of activity as I come over the hill .
16 I come here every day , get born again . ’
17 And this day when I come out the bike was gone .
18 Said fair enough he said and with that I come out the garage .
19 I come twice a week at a pound a time , so that 's thirteen , say , and then there 's all the times I 've come with me cans .
20 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 ? ’
21 Hot , bitter tears rolled down her cheeks , and with them came back the noise of the street .
22 I read lots of War-Picture Libraries , which came out every week , and detailed the exploits of soldiers , sailors and airmen in World War Two .
23 They created an egg from which came forth the sun , who fashioned mankind and gave order to the world .
24 And er she got it away eventually bathing it and talking to the little girl and then she said to her now I want you to come here every day she said so I can I see to that for you .
25 When the Alexander teacher thinks you have grasped the fundamental principles of inhibition and direction , he will ask you to come once a fortnight and then once a month .
26 Very often your teacher may ask you to come twice a week for two or three weeks and then once a week for a further period which will vary from pupil to pupil .
27 And they said we do n't mean to be over the men , but what we mean is for you to come down the office , no what the office wants as regards orders , and be responsible and pass them out to the men who you 'll think who 'll do the job best and all that , and that 's what we mean .
28 This year , as well as his old regulars , the Hoflins , Busacher , and old Anton , the répétiteur from Vienna , he had invited his friends on the theatre committee who had assisted so nobly in quelling the Gesner revolt , and Luiza , Freddi and Alfred , who came nearly every year but not so often they took it for granted .
29 Chimes of Freedom , who came out a short-head in front when the pair met over course and distance in July , should emphasise her superiority judged on a recent defeat of Pharaoh 's Delight at The Curragh .
30 I think there was somebody called who came down the isle and gave a couple of balloons .
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