Example sentences of "and came [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were in New York , and came round a corner to find fifteen Father Christmases trying to decide whether or not to go on strike . |
| 2 | I went in feeling very poorly and not much good for anything and came out a new woman . |
| 3 | He spent three months there and came out a changed man . |
| 4 | Battered by the chance collision of several billion molecules , the die flipped onto a point , spun gently and came down a seven . |
| 5 | The attendant giggled and came back a few minutes later with another bowl of rice and chicken , which Myeloski despatched with his customary enthusiasm . |
| 6 | Joe trotted off and came back a couple of minutes later , holding a parcel . |
| 7 | But he did n't even wait to hear her protests that she was all right , and came back a minute later with two hospital pillows which he arranged for her , and she thought the faintly male , musky and intensely sensual smell of him as he bent over her was making her more faint than loss of blood . |