Example sentences of "[noun prp] come [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Singh came down the hall and opened the door , smiling . |
| 2 | Carrie sat around the bed with her mother and Fred chatting for a while , and it was not too long before they saw Joe Maitland coming down the ward . |
| 3 | Victoria came up the room and seated herself on the couch , and without either greeting or preamble , she said , ‘ I 've had indigestion ever since Christmas Day . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , have you not ? ’ snapped the other , coming hastily forward to confront her as Theda came down the rest of the stairs . |
| 5 | While she was working , Kalchu came up the ladder carrying a basket of jharo , the resinous wood that 's gouged from deep inside the trunks of the oldest , tallest pine trees , then cut into chips and burned for lighting . |
| 6 | Kalchu came up the ladder carrying a cockerel . |
| 7 | Martha came up the companion , followed by a boy very much taller than she was . |
| 8 | Dawson came down the scale and finished with a bass boom , index finger down heavily , thumb extended . |
| 9 | Wilkie came up the sand and arranged her return with M. Grimaud . |
| 10 | Let's go ! ’ and Dave came down the tree in a way that made my eyes water . |
| 11 | ‘ Look , ’ he says , ‘ here are the Waylands coming up the Parkway to call on Charles Aught … |