Example sentences of "come [adv prt] a [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 attendant giggled and came back a few minutes later with another bowl of rice and chicken , which Myeloski despatched with his customary enthusiasm . |
7 | But did n't you come up a few days before us ? |
8 | Mike come up a few times . |
9 | Make a note of their position and come back a few weeks later to collect them when they are fully grown . |
10 | ‘ 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 . |