Example sentences of "he came [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | By the 1640s , when he came to political prominence , he was a leading member of the Goldsmiths ' Company and a successful banker and financier . |
2 | He came to political maturity when the world was wrecked ; he sees himself as a man who can put back together what others have broken . |
3 | It was while teaching a form called ‘ the sink ’ — the exam failures and the less bright — that he came to that perception which all good teachers share : to inspire pupils you have first to gain their attention and one of the best ways of doing that is through humour and anecdote . |
4 | Continued from previous page Although on screen he came to public notice in The Long Good Friday in 1979 , he has also played in such diverse material as Mona Lisa ( with Liverpool 's Cathy Tyson ) and Who Framed Roger Rabbit . |
5 | Mary Benson recalls Orton Chirwa in Britain 40 years ago when he came to this country to protest against imposition of the Central African Federation : ‘ How vividly one recalls Orton , the slight , bespectacled , amused young lawyer who proved to be an articulate , passionate speaker whose wit enlivened public meetings from London to Edinburgh , while Banda , then a GP in Willesden , embarrassed organisers with his tub-thumping rhetoric — Banda the medical doctor , who was to subject Orton and Vera Chirwa to such extremes of suffering , remaining impervious to every appeal and protest on their behalf . |
6 | They were moving with me all the time and er , the eldest child was four year 's old when he came to this country and er , two and a half year 's old the girl , younger to him . |
7 | He came to this village where there was a festival going on , with everyone taking part in a dance . |
8 | He came to this village where there was a festival going on , with everyone taking part in a dance . |
9 | He came to this charge after years in Mount Darwin , where the war is going on . |
10 | There used to be a woman sergeant in [ place ] who used to refer to the reserve men as ‘ dick-head reserve men ’ , ‘ fucking idiots ’ , till one day this reserve man says to her , ‘ See that man over there , before he came to this job he was a aircraft technician , [ name ] used to be a chief mechanic . |
11 | Well , the angel Gabriel disguised himself as a poor beggar and walked through the forest until he came to this pear tree . |
12 | Now I hear some of you saying this : ‘ Jesus saved me from my sins by taking my burdens himself ; he came to this earth to save me and to redeem me . ’ |
13 | During the Second World War he came to national notice as chairman of a Senate committee set up to check on war contracts and to prevent war profiteering . |
14 | He came to vibrant life , grasping her arms with such force that she cried out . |
15 | This time he came with nine ships , and a determination to win agreement from the Japanese — and he did precisely that , concluding a treaty of peace and friendship that — unknown to all its signatories — was to have consequences of shattering proportions . |
16 | He was a charming , thick-bearded man with faintly hooded eyes ; he came with Israeli recommendations , ‘ the best thing since bagels ’ , and had , at some time past , worked with the CIA . |
17 | As she wondered , in he came with more boxes of gear . |
18 | The introduction of the Asiatic mode of production in Formen shows well that Marx remained flexible throughout his work when he came across new information . |
19 | Guided by a mournful bleating , he came across several groups of sheep , huddled together in the vain hope of safety . |
20 | ‘ He came across this seed in Cumbria and said : ‘ I wonder if we ought to invest in a bit ? ’ . |
21 | So he came along this morning and picked it up ! |
22 | Certainly he came under such guidance from within his family which clashed with his own predilections , for his varsity life seems to have been plagued by vocational uncertainty and more than a touch of its weakening indifference . |
23 | Gamsakhurdia was elected President with 86.5 per cent of the vote in May 1991 ; he came under increasing pressure thereafter because of an increasingly authoritarian style of government , and in January 1992 was forced to flee the Georgian capital . |
24 | Not surprisingly , he came under intense fire in the House of Commons . |
25 | But Mr Major was expected to face stormy Commons scenes as he came under more pressure during Prime Minister 's question time this afternoon . |
26 | He was facing stormy Commons scenes this afternoon as he came under more pressure during Prime Minister 's question time . |
27 | But Mr Major was expected to face stormy Commons scenes as he came under more pressure during Prime Minister 's question time this afternoon . |
28 | The Vale of Glamorgan member said he came under fierce pressure from the constituency party and the Whips ' office . |
29 | There was once years and years ago , he came in one night and I gave him these three pieces of paper and er what was it ? |
30 | However , it got so bad one day — I think he had been discussing this with his father because he used to go home sometimes at the weekends and come back to the flat on Monday — and he came in one day and said , ‘ OK , it 's going to be cabaret ’ . |