Example sentences of "[noun sg] i come [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ While I was checking the computer I came across a reference to the P-PRD . |
| 2 | My social history is very different from Trevelyan 's , one of the most remarkable books on English social history , because of course I come from a very different background , I 've different experience from Trevelyan , but also I 've been writing at a different time . |
| 3 | During this research I came across a startling discrepancy in various fishkeeper 's views on this species . |
| 4 | Heavenly Father , thank you that as I come to you with my concerns about the conflicts in my life I come to a God who understands my humanity completely because you shared this experience fully in the life of your Son . |
| 5 | In the end I came to a good old British compromise . |
| 6 | At Folkstumyren I came across a pair of bluethroats which were busy catching insects , sometimes flitting up into the air like a flycatcher to intercept craneflies . |
| 7 | On the same holiday I came across a sandy bank in a patch of sun — except that the patch was a dazzling blue . |
| 8 | Around that time I came across a dog-eared treatise on the 1968 student uprisings , in particular the LSE sit-in . |
| 9 | I 've never had an honorary degree before , in fact I come from a generation which found it difficult to get to university so I did n't have a degree of any kind |