Example sentences of "came [adv] to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mary 's bare feet made no sound he could have picked up and she came right to his door . |
| 2 | More handsome than ever in his morning suit , his black hair gleaming with a brilliant sheen , and his eyes , his once dark and brooding eyes , now alight with the glow of love in them , Marc came swiftly to her side . |
| 3 | What hope would she have with the local police when the issue came down to her word against Guido 's ? |
| 4 | Evan 's grandfather was one repository of this local knowledge , and his fern-book came down to his grandson . |
| 5 | And you know , you know when we thought , yeah well she 'd , she 'd just come on when she came down to my house and she was really , really , really in a happy mood ! |
| 6 | The following week Rose came along to my class with her sister and started the diet immediately . |
| 7 | His mouth came gently to her neck and she gave herself again to the lion . |
| 8 | Then Gina came over to their table . |
| 9 | In the break , a large sandy-haired young man in a black leather jacket came over to their table . |
| 10 | And then Pepe himself came over to their table . |
| 11 | Your poor visitors had come miles , had to wait to be taken from the prison gate to the gym , and then had to queue up waiting to hand in a bunch of flowers or something trivial , and then it all had to be signed for , then the screws came over to your table and you had to sign for it . |
| 12 | He just came over to my desk , looked down at what I was writing and whispered , almost to himself , ‘ You 're as bad as your bloody father ! ’ |
| 13 | Jason came over to my apartment , we jammed and I was completely floored by the kid — he was unbelievable ! |
| 14 | As she came over to our table I was amazed at the change in her . |
| 15 | I have never forgotten that I came home to my wife and said : ‘ There 's a young man working with us and I 'm sure he is going to be a big star . ’ |
| 16 | Well because of my mother see , I came home to my mother . |
| 17 | ‘ My parents only told me a bit about them , ’ said Creggan , ‘ and I only saw one once when a pair came close to my homesite and my mother attacked them . |
| 18 | One morning , when the forest was covered in snow , Babushka was outside busily clearing snow from her path when three travellers came up to her gate . |
| 19 | Moynihan had been in his time a University cox and a flyweight boxing blue , and barely came up to her elbow . |
| 20 | Her mother came up to her room a short while afterwards and found Pamela in a very distressed state with the empty bottle in front of her and blood on her clothing . |
| 21 | He came up to her room when she 'd finished changing . |
| 22 | When the mother came up to her bedroom she asked what was going on . |
| 23 | Victoria came up to her father , clutched his arm , and looked up at him excitedly . |
| 24 | Next morning , Donleavy came up to his room to lay out the assignment . |
| 25 | Erm , we started off with was that , erm , we would just write down any word that came up to our head , in terms of relating it to the story i.e. we thought about memories , and memories Erm , this is gon na match up with your is n't it . |
| 26 | The day before we were due to leave , he came up to our room after lunch and began by saying that perhaps it was n't so sensible for Flora to continue her journey by herself , travelling by local buses across the Atlas , and not only not sensible but not altogether safe , even though she was tough and independent and used to looking after herself . |
| 27 | Mrs P came up to my friend . |
| 28 | The water came up to my cross-bar of my bike so it must have been about three feet deep . |
| 29 | Came up to my place on Monday and |
| 30 | On the last day of that term , my final-year class all came up to my office to give me a ‘ thank-you ’ present . |