Example sentences of "come [adv prt] the [noun sg] and " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 He has not yet come off the fence and told us whether he supports the barrage project .
2 Dawson came down the scale and finished with a bass boom , index finger down heavily , thumb extended .
3 Mrs Singh came down the hall and opened the door , smiling .
4 I think there was somebody called who came down the isle and gave a couple of balloons .
5 Wilkie came up the sand and arranged her return with M. Grimaud .
6 Victoria came up the room and seated herself on the couch , and without either greeting or preamble , she said , ‘ I 've had indigestion ever since Christmas Day .
7 So I came out the pit and went into Cripps and bought a lorry .
8 Yeah you just came out the loo and then you just said Amy .
9 He came out the curtain and swore at him .
10 ‘ I never thought you could run like that , Sarah , ’ said Angela , coming down the slope and joining them .
11 I could feel the different textures of wood , gravel and asphalt racing beneath my fingers as they came to rest on the road , and was terrified of a car coming up the cul-de-sac and smashing my hand .
12 I get stuck in a crowd of people coming out the tube and I have to stand on tiptoe so I can keep my eye on her .
13 Once a fortnight , he would come up the avenue and round that last bend and — with a tightening in his bowels — see it there , becalmed in the grass .
14 The combined use of the matting and beads , when misted with water , produces a spray effect as skiers come down the slope and the continuous surface is claimed to have safety advantages .
15 Your little old come up the window and
16 And had the Grandtully folk best come up the glen and join on at Dull ? ’
17 Er a well I do n't know , I feel that th there used to be something in that , that used to burn it up now what they call their top site and when they burned it they took all the acid out of it , and there used to be all yellow stuff come out the chimney and that , when they finished burn that was always red and the Germans used to come after that before the war , Second World War , they used to come after that and they used to reckon they make paintwork but now you done something else different with it and they use I tell you we used to give it the name of green oar or parites
18 New Zealand I hope to visit myself probably on my way home as we come round the Horn and thereby circumnavigate the globe ! ! !
  Next page