Example sentences of "they come [adv prt] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two of them came round a while ago and they said , ‘ Our pigeon 's on your roof , miss , can we go up your house and get it down through your loft ? ’ |
| 2 | We did n't like them coming in the police station , they used to come into our parade room where our men were having food , and you can imagine them coming in a bit lousy and so on . |
| 3 | As they came round a bend they met a lorry overtaking a tractor . |
| 4 | ‘ Look around you , ’ Scathach hissed suddenly as they came round a curve in the river , riding slowly . |
| 5 | ‘ Look around you , ’ Scathach hissed suddenly as they came round a curve in the river , riding slowly . |
| 6 | The tailpieces look like they came off an Eko electric from the '60s , and they 've added squiggly wire designs that echo the famous ‘ R ’ tailpiece — from fifty feet , anyway . |
| 7 | When they came back an hour and a quarter later , the meal seemed scarcely begun . |
| 8 | People who try to hurt him usually find they come off a lot worse than he does . ’ |