Example sentences of "he [vb past] come [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I cooled him out and he agreed to come along to a new rehearsal place that we 'd found , The Rose And Crown in Wandsworth . |
| 2 | I was astonished that he agreed to come down with you . |
| 3 | He says that they spoke to Mr Morley and he agreed to come out . |
| 4 | He had been made to work ridiculously hard , and had suffered a constant stream of abuse when he failed to come up to scratch . |
| 5 | If he failed to come up with explanations to put everything right then , and then only , would he have to face the consequences himself , for it was clear now that she would have to leave — disengage herself from him , as Marc had so succinctly put it — but she had given her word and she would wait until the whole matter could be discussed openly . |
| 6 | ‘ But Olechea was playing a winner 's game and he failed to come through because of his cowardice . |
| 7 | He tried to come back too soon and made things worse but when he has played he 's looked bang in form . |
| 8 | But the man whom he promised to come back and visit had been there for twenty years , the oldest inhabitant , as the turnkey would tell newcomers ; he could play the piano and speak fluent French and Italian . |
| 9 | When he promised to come back |
| 10 | Cagney 's impact and the thoughts and feelings that he provoked came directly from his own performance before the camera . |
| 11 | To Tony was telling me that er he was asked that Walsall needed the money so he was asked to be transferred to Port Vale , which he did but er I think he was past his best and he , he 'd came down back here and played a couple of times with Port Vale , and er but erm like I say he was past his best . |
| 12 | In one of the most touching passages , he recalled coming up to America on his emigrant ship in 1955 , his father and brother and he standing by the rail , feeling this sense of opportunity , this relief that the bad times were over , that a new world was out there waiting to be conquered . |
| 13 | I tried to run , desperately hoping the driver would wait but , even better , he turned to come back for me . |
| 14 | ‘ He seems to have gone off into the wilds of Turkey on some dig or other , and got so interested that he forgot to come back . |
| 15 | If he happened to come up the way . |
| 16 | He happened to come in on |
| 17 | Roland watched Maud making noises which he sensed came naturally , and sensed too that she would never make in the Women 's Studies building . |
| 18 | I thought I 'd killed him , but my dread was replaced by fear as he began to come round . |
| 19 | He began to come back down the tunnel towards her . |
| 20 | He enjoyed coming out with us last Saturday did n't he ? |
| 21 | He started to come over , did n't he ? |
| 22 | Maybe that very quickly he started coming up with lyrics and that he and I got on well right from the off , Well , not quite from the off . |
| 23 | He started coming round almost every day . |
| 24 | He loved to come here take a slog and go down the meadows . |
| 25 | She lifted a hand in acknowledgement , and this was all the encouragement he needed to come in . |
| 26 | He needed to come down from a greater height than most . |
| 27 | I do n't know why he decided to come here , but they do , now and then , and he paid well . |
| 28 | Why he decided to come down on one player 's side against another is beyond comprehension . |
| 29 | ‘ Anyway , we remained friends , and when he decided to come down here and start his practice I asked if he would take me on as a pupil veterinary nurse . |
| 30 | To her surprise he offered to come over to the office . |