Example sentences of "[pers pn] came [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 I do not know how I came through the next few months — but , yes , I do .
2 I came into the first form of his boarding school .
3 Sure enough there was the Marina but this was not pegged and after walking under a railway bridge I came to the first peg , number 65 .
4 When I came to the last two years of school , I wanted to specialize in mathematics and physics .
5 A quiver of anguish passed along my spine as I came to the last dish .
6 Then when I came to the third I did not like it .
7 When I came to the third class , the head introduced me as the ‘ expert from London ’ .
8 Then I came to the fourth floor landing and Toby 's door opened and there he was .
9 When I came around the next time all I seen was smoke … and I knew we put the final bullet in him , ’ Destefani said after emerging from the cockpit of his winning racer .
10 Two of them came in the first half as Bolton tore Watford to shreds .
11 Two of them came in the third round .
12 She came to the last button and , plucking up all her courage , slipped the dress off her shoulders and let it drop to the floor .
13 And when she came to the last name only the fact that she was already frozen saved her from betraying herself .
14 Her eyes widened as she came to the last paragraph , and she stared at it before abruptly crumpling the paper and stuffing it back into her case .
15 Everything seemed to be plain sailing now as we came to the 17th .
16 When we came to the third hole I thought we were going to need some of that cushion .
17 Now we came to the 18th .
18 ‘ As we came off the 17th green Seve said , ‘ There 's going to be a playoff . ’
19 As we came off the 17th green Seve said , ‘ There 's going to be a playoff . ’
20 But erm we went into half time , and we were very pleased with the way things had gone , and it was just a case of trying to keep it going erm we stopped them from playing erm and then we came off the second half and everything just seemed to go wrong for us .
21 Yeah , and I said erm , and I said that were n't , if that was n't enough I said bearing in mind he 'd just come out of intensive care off a life support machine , I said and which I think that , that tells us that he needs a bit of extra care compared to some of them on the ward , I said I know they 're all important and I know you 're busy but I said I think you should 've had a bit of priority , he was dying , and you know he 's dying , you 'd been told , she said yes that 's right , I said but what really broke my bloody heart was from one o'clock that dinner time he sat in that chair , we left that hospital at half past eight and you assured us he 'd go to bed and when we came in the next morning at half past ten Joy he sat there exactly the bloody same , in the same filthy blanket and the same catheter on him , oh I went fucking mad and I said how dare you , I said because somebody 's told they 're dying does that mean they 've got to be forgot ?
22 It was a pleasant walk along well-trodden paths through Birbeck Woods beyond which we came upon the first set of workings in Gunnerside Gill : the remains of dressing floors belonging to the Old Gang Mining Company .
23 They came for the first lot for nine months , then they went back .
24 They came to the second door .
25 By the time they came to the 16th Chris was flagging , after pulling the heavy trolley for fifteen holes through the wind and rain .
26 Within a few yards of the bank on which they had spent the uneasy night they came across the first sign of man .
27 Three miles below the village they came upon the first of the hallowed plantations of Father Noah .
28 Then , during his three years in exile he came for the first time into close contact with the main exponents of the Gregorian ideal , and we must ask how far and in what circumstances he adopted the phraseology of the Gregorian reformers ; then , whether he adopted the theoretical structure which their favourite phrase libertas ecclesiae expressed , or adopted the phrase for use only in exceptional circumstances and for special reasons .
29 He slowed as he came to the first of the two rows , leaning across the dashboard in order to be able to see up the slope .
30 Martin walked carefully along a narrow path that would tortuously between ancient graves and heavy , ornate tombstones until he came to the first of the family plots .
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