Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] they came " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout the spawning the Scats paid no attention to the eggs , being gently nudged away if they came too close . |
| 2 | As he drew closer and they came face to face , she drew herself up and eyed him coldly . |
| 3 | Not wanting anyone to see her dress from behind — the hem had come undone and she was n't wearing stockings — she had hung back as they came through the doors of the Grill Room . |
| 4 | He brought it up , let it look about as they came to another junction . |
| 5 | Kevin got up when they came in . |
| 6 | Richie Lowell glanced up as they came into his office and then pushed his spectacles up into his greying hair . |
| 7 | They chatted on until they came to the Bramley Arms . |
| 8 | Whereas in actual fact if they come in very nicely and ask very nicely , they might have got more than they actually got here when they came in shouting and yelling . |
| 9 | The Irish may have scored socially but they came a poor second on the field because , says DON CAMERON , they were not prepared for the speed and the impact of the N.Z. game . |
| 10 | ‘ Look around you , ’ Scathach hissed suddenly as they came round a curve in the river , riding slowly . |
| 11 | ‘ Look around you , ’ Scathach hissed suddenly as they came round a curve in the river , riding slowly . |
| 12 | erm , so I could n't carry the wallpaper so the lass says well you ca n't carry it , she says I 'll phone you a taxi , I says okay , so she phoned this , she says any , any particular one , I says I 'll have that one beside us like so phoned association , they 'll be erm , you , you know call up and they came and er pick me up and brought us back with the paper , he charged one pound twenty and I 'm saying to myself one pound twenty , that 's a damn disgrace , by hell I 'll not get that taxi again |
| 13 | They told me to stay there until they came and got me the following day — which I did n't . |
| 14 | The two girls ran on until they came to Vasilissa 's home . |
| 15 | She said coolly as they came up to the stuffed spaniel , ‘ What do you call him , that very fierce dog ? ’ |
| 16 | Both these measures were adopted by the Liberals and implemented soon after they came to power . |
| 17 | but we did n't have many of them , we only had about two or three come up and they came from Australia |
| 18 | Plays about the fractured consciousness of working-class kids who had fought their way through the old class system , emerged on top , and still felt dissatisfied , still realizing that nothing had changed back where they came from , or where they had arrived . |
| 19 | Denis wondered sometimes if they came from the same father and mother . |
| 20 | ‘ Perhaps this trip is a good idea after all , ’ he rasped quietly as they came to the car almost together . |