Example sentences of "would come [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 they used to go out sprin and the nuts 'd come above the wood .
2 Occasionally , you 'd come across a child , mostly down by the canal .
3 In fact I 'd come off the road .
4 With her head down , concentrating on pushing the skis along and her mind happily listing the insults she 'd love to heap on his golden head , Shannon failed to notice that he 'd come to a halt just a couple of feet in front of her , till she cannoned straight into his solid bulk , her skis sliding neatly between his .
5 They 'd come to no harm .
6 ‘ I always knew she 'd come to no good .
7 They 'd come to the feeding-place and there 'd be nothing there .
8 ‘ And I did n't know he 'd come to the hotel to find you !
9 After a minute swimming around she 'd come to the surface panting for breath .
10 He had been last year 's judge and immediately he said he 'd come to the prize presentation on the evening of the 19th and judge the judge 's choice .
11 I know Anna would be delighted if you 'd come to the wedding tomorrow .
12 So we asked him if he 'd come to the sale just and I told my father , cos my father was n't keen you know .
13 He 'd come to the conclusion that he was of a completely different species to Leila and her people .
14 ‘ I 'd come to the end of my tether , ’ she confesses .
15 I 'd come to the house but your dad might n't like it .
16 Grant had no idea how close he 'd come to the truth , as he taunted his enemy .
17 I did n't think there was that much bribing but there were sort of women seducing young peasants who 'd come into a bit of money
18 I spent the war with chaps who 'd come into the army straight from the dole queues .
19 Well it was a wee bit under because I was only an office clerk , I , I was n't the junior but by then had come there and there were other , other clerks , some girls who 'd come into the office and I 'd got a little bit of step up you see and took over a little bit more important work , erm , I did just before I went in the Army have a dabble at erm running times , that was preparing the schedules for buses .
20 For the first time since they 'd come into the house , Roman turned his dark gaze directly on to her .
21 He 'd been quick to supply it , and she 'd come into the comfort of his devotion with an ease that suggested his dreams of possession had been well founded .
22 You knew immediately that Jancey had stuffed these guys into her flat because she knew I 'd come for a showdown , and it had to be tonight .
23 I was soon in Leicester Square , which was already packed with people who 'd come for an evening out .
24 He 'd come for an evening 's entertainment and , though the food was good , he 'd reckoned on stronger meat .
25 I mean , it 's hard to think of an equivalent , but say you were an inhabitant of Hastings in the year 2066 and you went down to the beach one day and these longships were coming towards you and lots of people in chainmail and pointy helmets got out and said they 'd come for the Battle of Hastings and would you rustle up King Harold so they could shoot him in the eye and here was a huge wallet full of money for you to play your part .
26 If he 'd come for the race
27 ‘ You 'd think he 'd come for the Christmas or even write but never a word , no thought for anybody except himself , ’ and it cast a deep shadow when they tried to imagine what kind of space enclosed Luke in England during the same hour , but they were n't able to imagine it .
28 She glanced downwards , just exactly as she had on the day I 'd come for the room .
29 ‘ She 'd come from an agency .
30 I did n't think they could know anything about my boat — she was at least a mile away , on the northern edge of Winter Marsh , and as I 'd come from the road on the south they had no reason to search the northern shore .
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