Example sentences of "came over [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most came over during the period 1955 to 1963 and took what work was commonly available ( the vast majority were unqualified academically ) . |
| 2 | Between them , the Quakers and the Christian Council looked after about twenty per cent of those who came over on the Kindertransporte . |
| 3 | ‘ It was about 8.30am and I was just getting dressed when it came over on the news , ’ said Mr Tyson , a former clerk of works at Harrow council , London . |
| 4 | As the train slowed down , Sam came over to the fireman 's side and looked out and seeing nothing , suddenly realised the legend of the bridge . |
| 5 | Mavis laid her knitting aside and came over to the bed , where , to my redoubled annoyance , she sat down and took my hands . |
| 6 | He came over to the bed , holding up his hand to shade his eyes from the bedside light , and peering almost comically close , so that Tessa could smell the whisky on his breath . |
| 7 | He came over to the bed and stood , tall and powerfully attractive , looking down at her . |
| 8 | Apparently finding what he wanted , he came over to the sofa on the other side of the low coffee-table that was all that stood between them , threw himself down among the cushions and started to read . |
| 9 | ‘ But not for long and I never came over to the Yamacraw . |
| 10 | In the same year he became the chairman of the radical Green Ribbon Club , but he briefly and secretly came over to the court interest . |
| 11 | Mary came over to the bar , on that the two men stopped talking and smiled at her . |
| 12 | The woman came over to the fence and put her hand out to me . |
| 13 | The gendarme came over to the table and began a long address to Lambert , who listened politely , commenting ‘ Peut-être ’ , from time to time . |
| 14 | Lizzie was waiting for him one morning when the waitress came over to the table . |
| 15 | No he came over to the study , he came over to the study and he said er he comes in and he goes |
| 16 | No he came over to the study , he came over to the study and he said er he comes in and he goes |
| 17 | Wiping her hands on her pinny April came over to the sink . |
| 18 | Donal Lunny came down , and Gerry O'Beirne and Mary Custy and Eoin O'Neill , my sister Mary , and Adam Calyton , Mike Scott and Steve Wickham had been over in Spiddal at the time , working with John , so they came over for the crack . |
| 19 | The 24 runners included six from the site Fire Brigade , bravely running in their waterproof overtrousers and braces , and two from CSD 's Brussels staff who came over for the occasion . |
| 20 | The purely Chinese came over from the mainland with Chiang Kai-Shek . ’ |
| 21 | And was there one came over from the top ? |
| 22 | ‘ They came over in the summer and at half-term and I 'll be in England for Christmas . |