Example sentences of "had come [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had come up real short on the gratuitous sex and violence so far . |
| 2 | After all they had been force-fed about the godliness of the Khomeini regime , here was Reagan as a ‘ man of God ’ ( North 's words ) who had gone away for a ‘ whole weekend ’ to pray about the Frankfurt meeting and had come up all by himself with an inscription for a Bible to be given to the Iranians . |
| 3 | It was a year since he had come up this steep , winding avenue . |
| 4 | They had spies out , to be sure , but so far no definite reports had come in other than that Balliol and the English army , now unfortunately reinforced by the Highland and other Scots adherents , had left Perth ten days before , cavalry and foot marching southwards by Auchterarder and the Allan Water , to cross Teith by the Ford of Keir and Forth by the Fords of Frew , presumably to avoid any opposition at the vulnerable Stirling Bridge ; which conjecture had set Alexander Ramsay worrying about Doune Castle and Mariot Randolph , not to mention her brother raising his levies thereabouts . |
| 5 | He had come in barefoot . |
| 6 | The van , she supposed , had come in handy there , besides giving Rose Hilaire her nightmare vision . |
| 7 | Lessing consulted Dinah , who had come back tired from an evening full of accidents ; the scenery had fallen , the lesser lady had not come in on cue , the leading man had been a failure and she would have to find someone else . |
| 8 | I had come back blind . |
| 9 | Finally she returned to her dorm , terrified not so much at the prospect of getting caught but because she had come back empty handed . |
| 10 | By that time , certain records had come out that would prove to be milestones in my life . |
| 11 | He had come out first of everyone in his early examinations , and worked constantly . |
| 12 | She had only meant to defend herself , but it had come out all wrong . |
| 13 | It was the worst thing she had ever said to him , but it had come out unpremeditated and could not be unsaid . |