Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] i came " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Then I found out that I came a poor second to the real love of her life — money .
2 No , I came to get a ticket for the literature festival but it was pouring down so I came to get out of the rain .
3 He hung on until I came out and I was given embarkation leave or demob leave rather and I did n't even have a chance to have that , they wanted me down there so quickly , I think I came out of the forces one week and I was working down there the following week because was way past his retiring age .
4 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 .
5 I tell you why I get up , I get up because I came back from that conference .
6 well it got just eased of a little bit and I thought oh well I 'd make it , so I hopped up to get me erm pension erm and I just got down here when it started again and I came around the front from there and I came around the front I was soaking
7 He looked up when I came in .
8 He looked up when I came in , gave a kind of cry and ran upstairs and into the study .
9 Malcolm looked up when I came in .
10 I 've been up here tw twenty-three years and I did n't go out till I came here so I should say I was about twenty-two years ago I started back to work .
11 ‘ I was kicked out by my landlord and put in this hostel which was just awful and I had to get away so I came here — I do n't know why , really , I … ’
12 ‘ You and Salvo were talking just before I came out to breakfast .
13 I had no intention of marrying early when I came to this town .
14 ‘ No , ’ Kate says apologetically , ‘ they said I did n't need to bother to learn any before I came . ’
15 Believe it or not , and I did n't before I came out at work , it is possible to change the people around you , just by honestly being who you are .
16 Cos he went over lovely , he was sitting there and I came up
17 They sat up as I came in , then relaxed when they recognised me .
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