Example sentences of "were come [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was employed by the parish for twelve hours a week and her nominal duties were to come in on Mondays , Wednesdays and Fridays , clean the flat , wash and spin dry any linen or articles in the soiled linen basket , and prepare and leave for him a simple lunch on a tray . |
| 2 | IF WILLIAM CAXTON , the father of British printing , were to come back to life after 500 years in the grave , he would see a lot of changes . |
| 3 | The evening shadows were lengthening , one or two lights were coming on in buildings across the city and the dark mass of the cathedral stood out sharply against the soft viridian sky . |
| 4 | After all , we were coming up to Christmas , season of goodwill . |
| 5 | Other people were coming up with answers , so what was going on ? |
| 6 | They were coming up with ideas for advertising on London Transport , in newspapers , contacting people they knew with professional PR experience , people in the media . |
| 7 | The three year contracts that Lyall and McGiven signed in the summer of 1990 were coming up for expiry so the Town board have been working to keep their highly successful pair with the club to put a stop to speculation and rumours that were beginning to start . |
| 8 | Shops were coming up for sale all over the precinct . |
| 9 | People were coming in with questions on our first little bit hesitant debate . |
| 10 | No I 'm just saying it 's harder for me , it was harder to have two people tutoring me because I , you were coming in with suggestions that you know already , you were n't , like then John was coming in |
| 11 | And I was downstairs with Lottie ; and we were taking coats , do you see ; people were coming in to lunch or dinner — I forget — we were taking the coats , and a man went upstairs — I do n't know who he was — and he had a big head , and it was completely bald ! |
| 12 | ‘ According to the radio-car you were coming in from Hollywood direction . ’ |
| 13 | If he had n't been put into the jail , I do n't know what would have been the result today but … before he even had his jail sentence served , applications were coming in from town an in that short space of time about 1966 , our church more than doubled in membership and in churches . |
| 14 | The housemaid said to me that the daughter and son-in-law were coming down for Easter ( I 've often had a laugh over this ) ; and she said : |
| 15 | Cos if you say , if you talk to her , say we all thought you were coming down on Thursday . |
| 16 | I know , when we were coming back from Lorna 's I mean there there was like in patches . |
| 17 | The pupils were coming back from lunch for their afternoon sessions . |
| 18 | Fakes of even better quality , however , were coming out of Iran , where forgers had the advantage of using presses sold originally to Shah Reza Pahlevi 's government by the US Mint . |
| 19 | The adolescent Bisus were coming out of trance , and now sat bruised and perspiring together , simpering and repairing each other 's damaged make-up . |
| 20 | More programmes were coming out of Bristol to offset the criticism that we were too slanted towards Wales . |
| 21 | The first arrivals were coming out of Customs now : two middle-aged couples , a crowd of kids who looked like students , a family with four children and grandma , a man who looked as if he had been drinking on the plane , his collar undone and his tie hanging . |
| 22 | Oh no quite probably matinee and then the early evening which I thought those people were coming out from look and erm , and this one , good grief fancy doing that be here half a day , you 'd think you 'd earn the damn money would n't you ? |
| 23 | People were coming out from Palm Sunday Mass at the church of Ognissanti , pausing to chat to families going in to the last service and then passing under his window carrying sprays of olive leaves . |
| 24 | The sun was sinking in a red glow , the lights were coming out in Eldercombe Village . |