Example sentences of "came [verb] [adv prt] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But the instructions were no more effective here than in the Ukraine , and , as we shall see , it was Georgia that came to sum up Lenin 's revulsion not only at the implementation of Party policy in the national field , but also at the general evolution of the Party .
2 In the second half United came bouncing back thanks to Richard Hill .
3 Well , I saw his van really , once when he came to pick up Billy when they were going off somewhere for the weekend .
4 Then an order came to pick up Weibel again ‘ I had to hide my dismay when Weibel was bought back without a blindfold — a sure sign that he was to be killed . ’
5 Mm , cos that 's what Jesus came to buy back God 's spirit
6 Gabby came bowling down Jim 's driveway in a truck .
7 He forgot that when he came to hang up Vechey 's corpse the river would have risen , covering any suitable platform for a suicide to stand on . ’
8 There were some cottage industries which came to take up part of the " space " left by factory spinning , such as straw-hat making and lace making , but they were more localised and tended even by the standards of hand spinning to be low-paid .
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