Example sentences of "[pers pn] come [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I came a long way to say I 'm sorry , ’ Leonora reminded him . |
| 2 | ‘ Then I found out that I came a poor second to the real love of her life — money . |
| 3 | Highton Highton I came a nice part . |
| 4 | Joe and I mean I come a long way and they said he told them I wan na pop in Friday morning before we go He was surprised He said well I were n't surprised , I said but er you know I want a name yeah well , he just said well I ca n't he ca n't fault me on anything . |
| 5 | With them came a small retinue of mainland filing clerks , bodyguards , etc. for whom well-furnished houses and flats were also purchased . |
| 6 | From behind them came an angry gasp and , as Robert quickly released her , Sophie saw Dawn , her green eyes blazing with fury . |
| 7 | Behind them came the fat boy in glasses from Cranborne School . |
| 8 | ‘ All very well , Miss Kyte , ’ had said Agnes Diggory bluntly , ‘ for you to come the fine lady over me , but I 've only the one pair of hands ! |
| 9 | On the river the Emma Louise was making good speed … but at five mph , she came a worthy second … |
| 10 | oh yeah , she came the other week with somebody , I reckon he ill treated her |
| 11 | ‘ And do n't you come the old biddy with me ! |
| 12 | So she come the other day , she said well my dad is like that . |
| 13 | Unfortunately that was n't to be , I er we came a good second but there you go . |
| 14 | ‘ Have n't we come a long way ? ’ he said , and collapsed . |
| 15 | They stopped only to pick up Cheryl , who saw them coming a long way off and ran down to the road to meet them . |
| 16 | From behind her came the sleepy groan of a child . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | But as he did the wind caught at him even more mightily than before ; there was the sense of commotion and movement in the air and out of the darkness behind him came a terrible crack , a heave and a bang and whoosh such as he had never heard in his life . |
| 19 | With him came a young staff officer destined to become one of Germany 's greatest commanders in the Second World War ; Erich von Manstein . |
| 20 | From inside the hut behind him came the sudden sound of gongs and drums being beaten and immediately a bare-breasted woman appeared in the doorway at the top of the stepped log , holding aloft a tall earthenware jar . |
| 21 | Our Betty were looking for biscuits and thought when they come the other day but I did n't buy any . |
| 22 | to his brain , then they comes the next day , oh no that was it , they , then they , we left it , we left it , we left it , he kept saying we might have to make a decision , erm your dad 's leg deteriorated he 's got no circulation in his legs at all , we 've found a pulse in his left leg but we ca n't find one in his right , he said I think you 're gon na have to make the decision of amputation oh god , anyway comes Monday came off ventilator and of course he could n't talk |
| 23 | He hated the vulgarity of showing off the delegates as though they were exhibits , and the insincerity of pretending that platitudes were pronouncements of world-shaking import , and the feeling that he came a long way to greet fellow-Christians and found himself turned into a ham-actor on a second-rate stage . |
| 24 | But he came a long way round from a long way back , and O'Brien , by no means a habitual blamer of jockeys , is still convinced they should have won . |
| 25 | Well he came a long way to get chucked out did n't he ? |
| 26 | They did it , very slowly and tenderly , and then drove on again ; and then Boy made him stop the second time , in a layby with the first lorry headlights going past , and the man took Boy 's cock in his mouth again , and masturbated Boy again so that he came a second time , and then they drove again . |
| 27 | But he missed his trick and he came a little bit too far and he knocked me over and I was underneath the front of the van . |
| 28 | With it came a new sound — deep and frightening . |
| 29 | A street lamp threw faint light and out of it came a young woman . |
| 30 | This objective was indeed achieved , but with it came a spectacular collapse in crude prices , which lasted from 1985 into the following year , when there were calls from the Gulf states for Britain to cut its North Sea output ‘ as part of a global effort between OPEC and non-OPEC exporters to restabilize the world oil market ’ . |