Example sentences of "[adv] i came [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 Soon I came to a strange place where the river divided , one part of it compressed as a hurling white torrent between steep artificial banks , the other part let into a tranquil canal that entered Galway from the countryside .
2 Open pastureland succeeded the neglected wood as I walked on , and soon I came to a rough circle of boulders on a mound ā€” Lisheen , the little fort , home of fairies .
3 His approach was to nudge me in certain directions , and very quickly I came to a number of revelations .
4 It was probably some arrangement of Sā€“ and R ā€” 's , but whenever I came into a room where they were , they trickled out !
5 And then I came to a promontory of rock from which I had a view of Geneva , and was shaken .
6 The first was when I came across a picture of a heavily armoured man jousting with a naked woman , like knights at a tournament .
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