Example sentences of "came [adv prt] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parents , friends and students came along to see the many activities and interests available to the mentally handicapped in this part of Kent . |
| 2 | Then ( the 1970s ) double-digit inflation came along to bale the over-borrowed house-owner out . |
| 3 | Next day he came along carrying a huge , man-sized wooden cross , and propped it up against the pageant . |
| 4 | I was just making supper when that stupid eunuch came along making a great commotion . ’ |
| 5 | Curtis came in wearing a shabby , fawn mackintosh and looking exactly as he had done the night before . |
| 6 | One day a bloke came in wearing a rubber mac , a real Wimbledon Common regular by the look of him . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , Gabby came in riding the second wave . |
| 8 | She came in holding a large vase of flowers and said with a smile : |
| 9 | The door at the far end opened and a girl in a similar serving-wench dress but of silk and with a richly embroidered apron came in carrying a small cardboard box . |
| 10 | At that point , the mother came in carrying a large tray on which were the four suppers . |
| 11 | As she turned , there was a knock at the door and a young woman in SS auxiliary uniform came in carrying a large file . |
| 12 | Day 24 ) While I was fixing a meal , another truck like mine came in needing a rear axle . |
| 13 | He ended up 200 miles off course and when the Salisbury beacon came in showing a 160 mile track error to the west , he realised he had been following a star ! |
| 14 | Paraskevi Patoulidou came through to grab a first ever athletics medal for a Greek girl . |
| 15 | The freshmen , on Middlesex , were named after Foinavon , the 100-1 outsider that came through to win the National after most of the runners had fallen . |
| 16 | Sometimes Soutine , who was living in the village , came over to enjoy a good chicken dinner , and after eating their fill the two artists reproached their host for living in such luxury . |
| 17 | Recently at an important business function several of the managers from the company for whom she works came over to take a closer look . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , she 's been here since the beginning of the year — she came over to start a new life after she 'd had problems back home . |
| 19 | ‘ We had outgrown our present building when the opportunity came up to purchase the adjoining freehold . |
| 20 | A hand came up to rumple the short hair at the back of his head , a gesture that betrayed his momentary awkwardness . |
| 21 | ‘ parky-starn ’ came back form the dead , and all was history by the time they faced England in the final on March 25 . |
| 22 | Later she came back to thank the major for her punishment . |
| 23 | He came back to do a smashing job . ’ |
| 24 | Eventually Nooty came back towing a yellowing sheet of paper . |
| 25 | Keeps bouncing back : dumped by the Chicago Cubs in 1985 after injury , but was reprieved by Pittsburgh ; lasted a mere 18 pitches against the Cubs in game two of the NL play-offs but came back to win the decisive game five . |
| 26 | Australia though came back to win the decisive fifth match by 47 runs , to take an eventful and exciting series 3–2 . |
| 27 | THE OAKLAND Athletics came back to win the first game of the best-of-seven American League championship series with a 7-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays , on Tuesday . |
| 28 | He fell heavily when 4–1 down in the first set , needed several minutes of treatment before deciding to carry on , lost the first set , but then came back to win the next two — all the time nursing his knee with an ice-pack between games . |
| 29 | Emily Lightbody came back to work the following Monday . |
| 30 | ‘ We came back to get the vital point . |