Example sentences of "[pers pn] come [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's interesting is n't it , you know , I mean I , I come across a lot of people who are poor |
| 2 | I come to a bend where the outside is undercut and deep and the bank is riddled with a conglomeration of sinewy roots from a huge old tree that leans threateningly over the water , its leafless branches almost touching the smooth surface . |
| 3 | Heavenly Father , thank you that as I come to you with my concerns about the conflicts in my life I come to a God who understands my humanity completely because you shared this experience fully in the life of your Son . |
| 4 | If I come to a word like meteorological , that is apt to give me trouble , I discreetly rephrase ! |
| 5 | She is usually working on a series of paintings and says , ‘ One picture sets you off on a road , and I have to make perhaps six paintings before I come to a fork , onto another road ’ . |
| 6 | She is usually working on a series of paintings and says , ‘ One picture sets you off on a road , and I have to make perhaps six paintings before I come to a fork , onto another road ’ . |
| 7 | I can get a lot more atmosphere if I come to a place like this and actually draw what I see . ’ |
| 8 | The sky becomes stained with clouds and I come to a stretch of land by the sea — I do n't know what else to call it . |
| 9 | And by the way , I 'm coming in Monday because I come on a Thursday normally |
| 10 | I know I come on a Friday I were absolutely gobsmacked ! |
| 11 | I come like a bandit |
| 12 | I 've never had an honorary degree before , in fact I come from a generation which found it difficult to get to university so I did n't have a degree of any kind |
| 13 | I come from a learners ' perspective , a needs ' perspective , and I do n't believe that anybody has a God-given right to make those programmes with all these resources without thinking about it that way . |
| 14 | ‘ I come from a village called Um Al-Farajh , ’ she said . |
| 15 | I come from a village It 's like er , erm a lion in general , a lion in cage . |
| 16 | For I come from a time when your novel is generally acknowledged as a masterpiece of literature and prophetic insight , a time when Frankenstein is as familiar a name to the literate as Gulliver or Robinson Crusoe is to you ! ’ |
| 17 | I come from a family , many of whose members fought in the last war , but at least that was a serious war . |
| 18 | I 'm not er a great fan of the monarchy , although that I would say that I come from a family which is , devoted a large portion of it 's life in service and work to the royal family . |
| 19 | In that way , you are ahead of your age : I come from a civilization long hypnotized by the idea of its Nemesis . |
| 20 | I think what was different in my approach , and it partly goes back to my background , is that firstly I had been working on educational planning , and that secondly I come from a background of market research . |
| 21 | ‘ Efter we get alang here a wee bit , ye come tae a loch , then roon' the bend is a castle , then we cairry oan up the road a bit till we cam tae anither loch … ’ |
| 22 | At like , like you 're it 's , you come into a bend and you 've got to watch it and I er just had a quick glance at it like , is n't it , you know ? |
| 23 | Having started on the leash from the sitting position , you should also break the walk with the command ‘ sit ’ , as will be necessary when you are opening the car door , for example , or when you come to a road . |
| 24 | You might fill half a page or a dozen pages before you come to a standstill . |
| 25 | The track continues until you come to a ford . |
| 26 | When you come to a J and an O , how interesting reading is ! ’ |
| 27 | Dr ‘ Scott ’ You come to a house where something awful has happened and there 's the mother and a couple of daughters and the neighbour from next door and they 're in a terrible state . |
| 28 | On journeys , he would study both the red and the green Michelin guides , in search of gastronomy and culture , and sit in the back seat issuing careful instructions to the driver that ‘ in about a quarter of a mile you come to a place to turn right ’ . |
| 29 | Continuing round towards the E end you come to a series of chapels . |
| 30 | IT 'S ONLY WHEN YOU COME TO A CLUB LIKE THIS THAT YOU APPRECIATE WHAT THE GAME OF FOOTBALL IS ALL ABOUT ’ |