Example sentences of "[conj] come [adv prt] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had seen his earliest pupils , as had my father , either not come back at all , or come back broken men . |
| 2 | He had seen men come and go ; squads of them went through their training and came out bright-eyed WOP-AIRs thirsting to get on to an aerodrome to finish their training and then into action . |
| 3 | It was followed by the educational ‘ comic ’ , Orbit ( published by the Commission for Technical Education and Vocational Training ) , which was sold through schools and came out three times a term . |
| 4 | Niki ducked into the pits , changed tyres and came out twenty seconds behind Tambay . |
| 5 | Tired , too : she lay awake at night , thinking , and came down several mornings so pale that Auntie Lou wanted to go to the chemist and buy her a tonic . |
| 6 | Her mum 's 30-year-old wedding dress , altered to fit Joanne , was ruined at the cleaners and came back two inches shorter than when it went . |
| 7 | I have n't stayed in for about two months , about eight weeks , not one night , and he goes , ‘ I think you should stay in at least one ’ , and I goes , ‘ If you think I 'm staying in then you get lost , because I 'm not staying in this flaming house ’ , and he goes , ‘ You 're staying when I tell you to ’ , and I goes , ‘ I wo n't ’ , and I walked out and came back ten minutes later and said , ‘ I 'm going out , all right ? ’ and he goes , ‘ Okay ’ , and he give me some money to go out and come up here [ to the youth club ] . |
| 8 | He would have recognized the place if he had left at once and come back six months later . |
| 9 | It is necessary to keep your balance by not over-extending your stride , especially when coming down steep slopes . |