Example sentences of "come [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | right , so I had the insurance man come up , come about my pension , he sat where you are and I sat there , he was a well to do man |
| 2 | It is still the case that the vast majority of potential clients who come through your door will do so because of a recommendation . |
| 3 | I urge him to read the newspapers that come through my door in Billericay . |
| 4 | Probably over 80 per cent of our sensory impressions come through our eyes . |
| 5 | but er Barry come off her husband and he said oh you going down oh I says aye , he saves us fifty pence and I got you in your bread and a pie , right , er I want the erm , did Billy take the dishes up ? |
| 6 | I mean me friend come and picked up her two girls and her little lad , he 's thirteen months , leave it , oh his dummy , erm , good boy , and his slipper come off his shoe , he only tried , the little'un to ram this slipper on , he understands everything you tell him |
| 7 | CARNIVAL organiser Tex Flint said : ‘ Floats come from all over the country to take part in the festivities , but sadly some criminals also come for their own reasons . ’ |
| 8 | Maybe they come for our superior quality of life . |
| 9 | ‘ I come for my girl . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Come for it , switch-bitch , ’ Jazzbeaux hissed , ‘ come for my knifey-knives ! ’ |
| 11 | Have you come for my man ? |
| 12 | ‘ Come for your turn on the gridiron , Auguste ? ’ |
| 13 | so , if , if , if they 're all four of them coming er and she says about going in for a meal I shall say oh well if you feel like it go and do that then and come for your tea I mean it 's just putting them round table is n't it ? |
| 14 | Have you come for his drugs ? |
| 15 | The Falklands war saw the Hercules aircraft come into its own . |
| 16 | Then she felt the hot , scalding tears come into her eyes , spilling down her face and entering her mouth , their saltiness exploding on her tongue . |
| 17 | She is clearing away the last glasses from the vigil , and when I come into her living room she has a cloth in her hand . |
| 18 | So it is in deserts ( and on islands ) that reptiles come into their own . |
| 19 | But here the puppets come into their own with hedgehogs as croquet balls and flamingos as mallets — try doing that with a live actor . |
| 20 | After the Dorrits come into their fortune Mr Plornish is found ‘ a small share in a small builder 's business ’ , and Mrs Plornish is established ‘ in the small grocery and general trade in a snug little shop at the crack end of the Yard ’ , where she is joined by her poor father , Old Nandy , to whom she is devoted , and assisted by Maggy . |
| 21 | At this point , cars or bicycles come into their own . |
| 22 | Whilst it is always desirable to have the central repertoire available in the lower price ranges , it seems to me that ‘ bargain ’ labels really come into their own by offering less familiar fayre . |
| 23 | Grappelli 's swinging , fluid style seems at first to be leaving his young guitar/bass duo behind , however well before half-distance they are fully warmed-up ( say by Just one of those things ) and thenceforth come into their own with sympathetic accompaniment and youthful aplomb . |
| 24 | In anticipation and retrospect , holidays come into their own . |
| 25 | This is where dogs come into their own for they are not hampered so much as the rabbits and the odds are shortened in favour of the dog in every chase . |
| 26 | The morning is given over to the religious aspect of celebrations , the afternoon belongs to the children , while the brass bands come into their own in the evening . |
| 27 | But , of all times , it is in dead , dark winter that the best of the variegated evergreens come into their own . |
| 28 | Evergreens are invaluable all year round , but come into their own in winter when branches are bare and the landscape bleak . |
| 29 | When they both snuff it — Streep is pushed down the stairs and Hawn shot — the movie 's special effects come into their own as failed plastic surgeon Willis sets to with the spray paint and filler to patch up the damage . |
| 30 | Styling products come into their own with a slick of wax adding shape , shine and incredible movement . |