Example sentences of "come [adv] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I tried to come off a few times , y'know , off me own bat , like , but there was too much of it around .
2 A year or two ago I would have believed him , and maybe the truth would have come out a few months later .
3 Somewhat naïvely , I had expected it all to be sorted out then and there , but the chap just took my name , gave me a form to fill in and told me to come back a few days later for a full interview .
4 We half expected them to come back a few days later , but they have never returned to the barn we prepared so painstakingly for them , although they are still sometimes seen in the vicinity .
5 So I told him all I found out like , when he came down a few days later he gave me two fifty , er two pound ten as it was then you know I was amazed at
6 The assault came only a few hours after Gorbachev had reassured a Federation Council meeting in Moscow that force would not be used .
7 The attack came only a few hours after the Thai Interior Minister , Gen. Issarapong Noonpakdi , had issued a " last warning " to the Myanman military to withdraw all its troops from the Thai side of the border .
8 Unfortunately , the invitation came only a few days before the weekend fixed for the competition , giving the Ayrshire team no time at all to train .
9 The double explosion came just a few hours after a bomb exploded at Woodside Park tube station .
10 My son-in-law came home a few weeks ago and confessed he 'd been having an affair with a girl in his office .
11 The attendant giggled and came back a few minutes later with another bowl of rice and chicken , which Myeloski despatched with his customary enthusiasm .
12 The truck came back the same afternoon .
13 Got ta make cups of tea coming down every half hour .
14 Viola would have to give up her career , of course — otherwise she would be coming home the same time as Gina , which would not do at all .
15 Then she looked behind her and saw a carriage coming up the same hill that she had just climbed , with a man leading the horse .
16 But did n't you come up a few days before us ?
17 Firstly , to make a motif come out the same way round as depicted on your graph , turn the graph upside down .
18 ‘ Can you just come forward a few steps ?
19 His mother 's claims come just a few days before the publication of a report into the case of seven mental patients , who died after they were discharged from hospital .
20 The national competition successes come just a few weeks after site newsletter Risley News was voted the north 's Newsletter of the Year at the Guardian Editing Awards , staged by the Northern region of the BAIE in Manchester .
21 Mike come up a few times .
22 Make a note of their position and come back a few weeks later to collect them when they are fully grown .
23 ‘ We had one of those social workers come round a few weeks ago — she was doing a sort of survey of old age pensioners — some idea that they could live on twenty-five shillings a week for food .
24 This leap into the future comes only a few months after the dest … ruction by fire of — ’
25 Mr Bangemann 's intervention comes only a few weeks after Mr Major accused the President of the German Bundesbank , Helmut Schlesinger , of sabotaging the pound .
26 ‘ Harvest Moon ’ comes out the same week as the new Bob Dylan album .
27 And that still comes out the same place ?
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