Example sentences of "he [vb past] come in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He happened to come in on |
| 2 | She lifted a hand in acknowledgement , and this was all the encouragement he needed to come in . |
| 3 | comments fair that he did , he did come in twice and se the third time he said I 'm sorry I had to . |
| 4 | He liked to come in and find the family gathered under one roof . |
| 5 | He must either barge the door down or make one more supreme effort to leave the way he had come in . |
| 6 | He had come in for a book of stamps , and when he had got it he joined Breeze , who was waiting on the Green . |
| 7 | He had come in from his dressing room and Eileen was waiting , dressed and ready for the dinner party . |
| 8 | He reported that he had come in by helicopter , and had claimed the hill as Balboa 's on the advice of William , and in a formal note to the Explorers ' Club of New York , of which he was a member . |
| 9 | He had come in and was leaning against the closed door , surveying the chaos with an expressionless face . |
| 10 | It was what should have happened to him when he had come in from Athens , and had n't . |
| 11 | It was probably because the blue fug of cigarette smoke in the flat when he had come in , and the light , and the voices , and the terrible feeling of guilt , and Mrs. Mounce shouting , and Tessa weeping , had all swept poor old Eddy 's death right out of his mind . |
| 12 | It was a relief when Stephen Copley , the Senior Chemist , arrived just before ten , bustling in as usual , his rubicund face with its tonsure and fringe of black curly hair glistening as if he had come in from the sun . |
| 13 | He had come in barefoot . |
| 14 | He had come in at the door , he had lain down with her , he had been her lover . |
| 15 | He had come in and asked to see Peter . |
| 16 | He had come in early , not having been to bed , and placed his information on Coffin 's desk . |
| 17 | They did notice that , contrary to his usual custom , he showered at the end of the morning 's gym classes ; but since he put on the same grubby and sweaty old clothes he had come in , that was practically a wasted gesture . |
| 18 | I 've got a little bit here going from Mr he had to come in again and see to two lights and he 'd only take two pounds and that included the light bulb , but I paid him so that comes out of the . |
| 19 | It had been impossible to thwart him under the glare of media attention back at the restaurant , and she was still trying to decide how to deal with the situation if he wanted to come in with her when they reached her apartment — and she knew he would want to . |
| 20 | We went out for a meal , and when he took me home he wanted to come in . |
| 21 | He was recently fined £500 by the European Tour when , after a first round of 74 in his defence of the Mediterranean Open , he refused to come in for the requested press interview . |