Example sentences of "came up and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if anyone came up and told me off for sleeping on the pavement I 'd say I was the King of England and I can sleep anywhere I like . |
| 2 | One day the screw came up and told me I had a visit down in the solicitor 's ; I went down and this man presented himself as a court welfare officer . |
| 3 | anything about coming , and yet Jenny came up and told me that she was coming on Friday , er before I got that letter , got that letter the next day |
| 4 | Cos somebody came up and told me which is even more rude . |
| 5 | Matt was peeing in the river when one of the sparks came up and told him it was n't a good idea . |
| 6 | And er he went round and I do n't know I never heard him playing the fiddle , but they said he was very good at fiddling , but he was a grand one for old stories , , and er he was just doing farms here and there so Then eventually he turned so old he 'd only one dog and then er he died down at the D At a place called the Doonie And this man D Duncan , he had just an er one of the er I think one of the tramps from Blair Gowrie was working to him and he came up and told my father and my father went down to see about him , you see him being in the parish council . |
| 7 | While I was gazing at the chamber a schoolgirl who was touring the gallery with her father came up and asked me how it worked . |
| 8 | When I was making runs at Leeds Graham Gooch came up and asked me how on earth I was batting so well on that pitch . |
| 9 | No , she said that she came up and asked you if you wan na go out with Emma |
| 10 | I was talking to Mike McFarlane when Allan came up and interrupted us and spoke to Mac , looking me over but not saying anything to me . |
| 11 | He came up and touched my breast through my nightdress . |
| 12 | The mosquitos came up and bit me in the dark . |
| 13 | The mosquitos came up and bit me in the dark . |
| 14 | there were one or two lads in our unit who were sons of er , of er manufacturing , one was er Crawford Biscuits you know , I soldiered with him and I do n't know if you remember er erm , er but anyway , Frank , Frank at Keighley of course when I got , when we got married he , he came up and got us these blankets did n't he ? |
| 15 | And if she came up and thought I had n't washed properly she would push my head under the water and hold it there . |
| 16 | A waiter came up and made him put it on again . |
| 17 | The return to speech and motion had cost Ariel so much that when Kit had gone , she choked and vomited from the pit of her belly until green bile came up and burned her . |
| 18 | Er , no what happened , my sister came up and brought her two kids in the afternoon |
| 19 | His other hand came up and cupped her cheek , so that her face was offered up to his . |
| 20 | sometimes it may be to do with dress , demeanour , mannerisms , you know , kind of again you know people go for oh I do n't know , I mean there 's a conversation er I remember overhearing erm with some friends in Leicester and they , they go to motorbike rallies a lot and erm er they were describing an incident where they pitched their tent at a rally and some blokes came up and pitched their tent next to them and they were erm two blokes had arrived together on the same enormous immaculate motorbike and they 'd got sort of matching leather outfits erm |
| 21 | She came up and kissed him . |
| 22 | My mother and father were there and the doctor came up and said I would have to go into the Royal Marsden in Sutton to have a scan to find out whether the cancer had spread . |
| 23 | Rosemary came up and said she really enjoyed last night , so , that 's something . |
| 24 | Her gaze came up and met his . |
| 25 | Then , slowly , his right hand came up and peeled hers from his arm . |
| 26 | She would n't acknowledge an Eternal Verity if one came up and smacked her in the chops . |
| 27 | Some water came up and hit my bum , and that was when the phone went . |
| 28 | She tried to draw back , but his hands came up and gripped her , refusing to let her go . |
| 29 | He came up and swore he 'd never go down again , it was no life for an animal ] And he stuck to that . |
| 30 | Firelight came up and licked his outstretched hand , snorted sharply and tossed her head . |