Example sentences of "he come [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Mary Benson recalls Orton Chirwa in Britain 40 years ago when he came to this country to protest against imposition of the Central African Federation : ‘ How vividly one recalls Orton , the slight , bespectacled , amused young lawyer who proved to be an articulate , passionate speaker whose wit enlivened public meetings from London to Edinburgh , while Banda , then a GP in Willesden , embarrassed organisers with his tub-thumping rhetoric — Banda the medical doctor , who was to subject Orton and Vera Chirwa to such extremes of suffering , remaining impervious to every appeal and protest on their behalf . |
2 | They were moving with me all the time and er , the eldest child was four year 's old when he came to this country and er , two and a half year 's old the girl , younger to him . |
3 | He came to this village where there was a festival going on , with everyone taking part in a dance . |
4 | He came to this village where there was a festival going on , with everyone taking part in a dance . |
5 | He came to this charge after years in Mount Darwin , where the war is going on . |
6 | There used to be a woman sergeant in [ place ] who used to refer to the reserve men as ‘ dick-head reserve men ’ , ‘ fucking idiots ’ , till one day this reserve man says to her , ‘ See that man over there , before he came to this job he was a aircraft technician , [ name ] used to be a chief mechanic . |
7 | Well , the angel Gabriel disguised himself as a poor beggar and walked through the forest until he came to this pear tree . |
8 | Now I hear some of you saying this : ‘ Jesus saved me from my sins by taking my burdens himself ; he came to this earth to save me and to redeem me . ’ |
9 | ‘ He came across this seed in Cumbria and said : ‘ I wonder if we ought to invest in a bit ? ’ . |
10 | So he came along this morning and picked it up ! |
11 | What if he came in this evening through a door that was n't there and sat in a chair-shape , reading a paper that had never been printed , saying aloud bits that were only hum and haw again to me ? |
12 | He came in this morning with fourteen different bottles . |
13 | The defendant who has a belief in consent will be acquitted no matter how he came by this belief and whether or not he considered the possibility of non-consent . |
14 | The Jamaican-born winger is six weeks ahead of schedule and if he comes through this test against a Tranmere side , he will be on target for an appearance in the Premier League match at QPR on November 23 . |
15 | And er he said no , it 'll be the milk , it 's the milkman , he comes at this time . |
16 | From what he tells me I think he comes within this definition , as he says you were never naturalised as an American . |
17 | ‘ I suppose it 's because he comes from this area — his home is here . |