Example sentences of "[conj] i came [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Indeed , it was watching television recently that I came to the conclusion that what the Lord 's Day Observance Society needs is a good PR man .
2 It was only after extensive reading through the writings of many authors that I came across the work which undoubtedly gave the author this particular inspiration .
3 There was no time to contact him , so I came on the off-chance .
4 ‘ I was at Queen Eleanor 's and they urged me to go to university , but I wanted to be independent , so I came into the Met . ’
5 We lined up in the final and I came off the bend well in the lead .
6 ‘ Through my early years , I always did a lot of running and I came to the conclusion that that was the reason for my injuries .
7 Master Vechey was here when Brother Athelstan and I came to the house for the first time .
8 Indeed , quite early on , I tried to work out in my mind what it was that made his personality ( though he did not like the word ) so compelling ; and I came to the conclusion that it was because he did not let me down in my own estimation of him .
9 And I came to the conclusion that we ought to develop our own music , and let the natural children of rock — the Europeans and North Americans — do their own thing .
10 As the crisis deepened and I came into the depression and withdrawal stages , I knew intellectually that God was still my friend , even though I did not feel it emotionally . ’
11 And I came against the wall .
12 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
13 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
14 So with a little adding up and subtracting you will see that there were five children in the family and I came in the middle , being the third child .
15 well that maybe true , but I think it 's working off an analogy on that , turning it the other way round and saying well erm if , if I got to the stage of erm , well possibly even seeking some information from the commission , well certainly if I gave you a conclusion for example , that it should be referred , erm and I think again even if I came to the conclusion that I should neither want , er there 's no point in seeking information from the Commission , nor should I refer it , or at least refer to the stage erm what his clients would be saying should be done in the interim and what he says in effect , for the reason he 's outlined is , er that we should proceed on the basis of erm the validity of the act erm and of the byelaws
16 now I thought I knew what that word meant until I came to the assembly .
17 I had to go about north-north-east , and if I hit the coast in the wrong place I could go first one way , then the other , until I came to the shingle where I had left the dinghy .
18 Lorimer could certainly hit it harder than Mel — but I came to the decision that he was nt really the specialist free kick taker .
19 ‘ That was because I came from the most stable period of his life and I made him feel secure . ’
20 While I came to the Arctic when I realized that climbing , my first love , was losing its appeal , Tony was born to the area , loving it , one might believe , even before he saw his first photograph of it .
21 Eagles boss Gary Hetherington said : ‘ It 's the best side I 've had since I came to the club . ’
22 Erm perhaps the Since I came to the area about four months ago , the thing that I 've noticed most is the people are very proud and they 're very friendly , very open people .
23 It 's his age that is against him , but he 's helped me a great deal since I came into the Irish squad . ’
24 I have been here since I came from the hospital and while I was there Maria sat by you .
25 Long after I came to the army as I were telling you I used to go to pictures , I were in the S in the Savoy down Mostyn Street one one night I went and there in the programme there was this old er travel picture er some town or other th .
26 He went on , ‘ Matt lived here alone for years before I came on the scene .
27 No , I was told before I came on the course , you 're going on the course to learn to make maximum use out of it , you 're not going on an almighty second holiday and
28 ‘ The fire had been lit before I came to the office .
29 . Sir I am the present overseer but these things was before I came to the Parish .
30 ‘ A particularly heartening statistic when I checked the figures before I came to the Netherlands was that this market — with a relatively small population of only 15 million inhabitants — continues to be the biggest export market for Wedgwood in Continental Europe , ’ he said .
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