Example sentences of "[coord] came [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were in New York , and came round a corner to find fifteen Father Christmases trying to decide whether or not to go on strike . |
| 2 | When he finally arrived in Calcutta he was not of course allowed to stay with us at the Sisters , which puzzled you children , but he stayed with the Oxford Mission Fathers and came over every day to see us , until a kindly businessman heard about us and took us along to his palatial house until we could decide what next to do . |
| 3 | The train slowed down as it reached the next station and the Punk stood up and came down the aisle towards them . |
| 4 | Joe stood up and came down the table towards Harriet Shakespeare . |
| 5 | Benedict rose and came down the table . |
| 6 | Then the lawyer sighed , rose from his chair , and came down the table to take another next to hers . |
| 7 | She came to the rehearsal and came down the bridge over the orchestra where I was directing , and she said to the manager , ‘ If this veil remains , I do not sing . ’ |
| 8 | But he did n't even wait to hear her protests that she was all right , and came back a minute later with two hospital pillows which he arranged for her , and she thought the faintly male , musky and intensely sensual smell of him as he bent over her was making her more faint than loss of blood . |
| 9 | Joe trotted off and came back a couple of minutes later , holding a parcel . |
| 10 | 67-year-old , took early retirement from engineers seven years ago , but came back a year later to become the head office caretaker . |