Example sentences of "he came [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came down the lane towards me like a man sleep-walking . |
| 2 | She ordered herself to leave , to walk up to her cabin , but she stood rooted to the spot as he came down the stairs towards her . |
| 3 | He came into The Bar with blood everywhere . |
| 4 | He came into the bar without any sign of being flustered . |
| 5 | He came into the hangar where Preston was gluing bits of plane together and told him he was taking one of the new chaps up for a spin . |
| 6 | He came into the centre of the floor . |
| 7 | He came into the Guyana team as a 20 year runs straight away , and remained a permanent fixture . |
| 8 | It was indeed , and he came into the surgery carrying a bundle wrapped in a towel . |
| 9 | But he was certainly guilty , thought Henry , of liking Elinor and , as he came into the hall , nodding his big head as Elinor fussed round him , Henry wondered whether his wife might not be , au fond , quite a pleasant woman . |
| 10 | Yes , he came into the hall the other day and he tipped out |
| 11 | Claire got up when he came into the kitchen . |
| 12 | He came into the kitchen looking strange in her father 's trousers and leather waistcoat . |
| 13 | Usually when he was giving one of his little dinners he came into the kitchen while they were preparing it , joked with them , had his hands smacked smartly by Matey when he lifted saucepan lids and tried to peer into the oven ; but today he stayed away . |
| 14 | He came into the kitchen with her , perching upon one of units and watching her as she boiled the kettle and took down a couple of mugs . |
| 15 | She noted the flicker of a smile as he came into the kitchen and poured himself a cup of coffee , but she ignored him , turning her back as she scanned the phone book , desperately hunting for a garage that was reasonably near to this god-forsaken place . |
| 16 | He came into the kitchen after a few moments and she turned away , wandering to the far side to get away from him , battling with the sudden incredible desire to break down and sob like a little girl who had done the wrong thing yet again . |
| 17 | But er she 's coming a and gives him twenty five pounds for what he 's done oh he came in , he came into the kitchen , it 's ever so funny , he came into the kitchen to tell me about this you see Anyway he came back in there and I said to him I 'm not really enthusiastic about the thought er thinking that I was involved with this as well so the dear woman turned round and said to me it 's only your husband so I said well I 'd better go back in the kitchen where I know my place . |
| 18 | But er she 's coming a and gives him twenty five pounds for what he 's done oh he came in , he came into the kitchen , it 's ever so funny , he came into the kitchen to tell me about this you see Anyway he came back in there and I said to him I 'm not really enthusiastic about the thought er thinking that I was involved with this as well so the dear woman turned round and said to me it 's only your husband so I said well I 'd better go back in the kitchen where I know my place . |
| 19 | Once he came into the passage and looked around . |
| 20 | When he came into the labs , Corbett was already poised over a crucible of smoking liquid , looking less like a mad professor than an incompetent short-order cook . |
| 21 | He came into the sitting-room , where he looked round admiringly at my furniture and books . |
| 22 | The thirty minutes Roman had allowed her had just ended when he came into the sitting-room . |
| 23 | He came into the witness-box today , and I gather it is his normal mode of locomotion , using two elbow crutches in order to get about , and from the reports it is quite plain that the pain is more or less continuous — I do not say without any intermission at all , but there is constant pain in his hip . |
| 24 | He came into the road at the front , breath bursting in his lungs , consciousness ebbing from his mind as the blood ebbed from his wounded shoulder . |
| 25 | He came into the dressing room and closed the door , a middle-aged man of medium height wearing a grey suit with a white roll-neck shirt . |
| 26 | So Shitvolumes started preparing his next show as if I were going to be in it , until one day , just before The Jungle Book was about to go up , he came into the dressing room . |
| 27 | ‘ He wanted to develop his business on a private basis , and if he came into the glare of publicity as owner of Manchester United he would not be able to do that , ’ one of the negotiators said . |
| 28 | He came into the bedroom . |
| 29 | She wondered if she should confess to Connor what she had tried — and failed — to do , but when he came into the bedroom at last , she felt at once that this was not the right moment . |
| 30 | As he came into the light of the street-lamp Myles could see an exasperated look on his face . |