Example sentences of "[pers pn] come [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It was a ploy of Lord Darlington 's to stand at this shelf studying the spines of the encyclopedias as I came down the staircase , and sometimes , to increase the effect of an accidental meeting , he would actually pull out a volume and pretend to be engrossed as I completed my descent . |
| 3 | I came down the slope , trying not to smirk . |
| 4 | and I bought her but when I came out the loo he is playing with the bus going wheeee , he was having a great time with that , I looked at him and I said got to give that to Charlotte , no , no , I do n't like it I want the house , meaning the garage , so I 've gone out now and bought her a circus |
| 5 | And it was Sunday afternoon when I came out the pit the next time . |
| 6 | So I came out the pit and went into Cripps and bought a lorry . |
| 7 | There is quite a lot of activity as I come over the hill . |
| 8 | And this day when I come out the bike was gone . |
| 9 | Said fair enough he said and with that I come out the garage . |
| 10 | Hot , bitter tears rolled down her cheeks , and with them came back the noise of the street . |
| 11 | And they said we do n't mean to be over the men , but what we mean is for you to come down the office , no what the office wants as regards orders , and be responsible and pass them out to the men who you 'll think who 'll do the job best and all that , and that 's what we mean . |
| 12 | Mrs Stych was singing as she came up the garden path . |
| 13 | She had caught his eye as she came down the aisle . |
| 14 | But Tallis , as she came down the bank , could see that he was frightened . |
| 15 | ‘ And when she came back the situation was reversed ? |
| 16 | Just as she came out the council she said I I 'm just outside the council offices ringing you . |
| 17 | ‘ Lucy saw you comin' up the yard with him . ’ |
| 18 | Will you come up the bedroom ? |
| 19 | She come up the weekend but she did n't come over cos I was n't very well , and I 'd of . |
| 20 | I had you come up the back way " |
| 21 | And there 's manhole covers as you come out the bend . |
| 22 | Well , you know when you get up the top you come out the school gates |
| 23 | Cos you can you could do yeah you know you could you could this question on graphs and you come out the exam thinking , Wow great full marks on that . |
| 24 | Being able to rationalise everything when you come off the field is , I suppose , part of being able to enjoy it all . |
| 25 | ‘ As we came up the trackway of your house , Sir John , we found a Hand of Glory with a lighted candle in its fingers . ’ |
| 26 | Late in the morning Valeria suggested we should all go down and have breakfast , and as we came down the staircase we saw to our horror that her mother was waiting for us at the bottom . |
| 27 | It had to be in on the 7th October and we came back the beginning of September , so it was a bit of a rush , and that 's really one of my feelings about it — I sat down and wrote it off the top of my head and not an awful lot is very considered . |
| 28 | Cos you remember we came round , we came back the night before the traction engine rally cos I did n't have time to get organized . |
| 29 | New Zealand I hope to visit myself probably on my way home as we come round the Horn and thereby circumnavigate the globe ! ! ! |
| 30 | I still like those wedding ones , with them coming out the church flying |