Example sentences of "be come [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The police are coming up the valley , Mr President , ’ he warned , as a hint to him that he should tidy himself . |
| 2 | Yeah but it must be coming up the Daisy Hill . |
| 3 | Someone had called an ambulance , and it must be coming down the service road now . |
| 4 | I mean , he 's all , I mean he walked in the door , he was , I 'm coming down the garden , and erm , he walked down the garden and he 'd seen me , and he started really smiling . |
| 5 | If you were to come down the Cowley Road — I invite you to come down and and come and see the situation , because , you know , if I said okay anyone can smoke or drink in the church or churchyard in Saint Mary and John , the building would be full , not full literally , but we 'd have people all day in there smoking and drinking and there would be nowhere quiet for people to pray . |
| 6 | A trio of skinheads were coming up the pavement , and some kids on bikes came by , saw them and started to circle back . |
| 7 | You were coming down the Pheasant pub then were you ? |
| 8 | Crowds of people were coming down the quays , all heading eastwards . |
| 9 | Their brakes must have locked as they were coming down the slope , for there was a twenty-yard slice of chocolate loam where their wheels had scoured the turf . |
| 10 | The wind is coming up the valley — quite slowly , like an army that will win . |
| 11 | Well it is and it it 's it 's like sludge and that that 's coming out the bottom of the erm tank , the water tank . |
| 12 | Nottinghamshire 's favourite with the weather forecast for the rest of the afternoon , we go to Grantham and er Sharon tell us what 's coming out the sky ? |
| 13 | ‘ Mariana 's coming down the meadow . |
| 14 | but that was n't with flood water coming over , that was because it was coming up the drains , cos it could n't drain into the river |
| 15 | Tony sat it out — in my tent I feel obliged to tell him — listening for the noise of a train , a noise that meant the wind was coming up the defile between him and the sea . |
| 16 | I believe I had the same two horses in that wagon ; and I was coming up the Bungay road past Mr Charlie Skinner 's , and the yardman let them cows out to water , d'ye see , like they allus do every morning after they had milking done . |
| 17 | No , no , if you got called away there would n't be anybody to take over until the next relief if , if the man was coming up the dock with two yo yo well you would n't be able to get in touch with him either . |
| 18 | By Tesco 's it was it was coming out the field . |
| 19 | I could 've come earlier cos I 've been over Tracey 's since quarter past one , as I was coming out the Jehovah Witnesses were coming out |
| 20 | So my sisters er When we was coming down the lanes , now them country lanes , were n't all done nice , they were grass , where the carts used to come through . |
| 21 | Certainly a Glory was coming down the factory drive . |
| 22 | The sound indicated that she was coming down the mast . |
| 23 | The colonel or general or whatever he was came down the platform . |