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Example sentences of "came [adv] to [pron] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	New ideas came slowly to him through his studies .
2	The lassitude still on her , she came slowly to her feet and looked down at the boy , who stood up , shifting uneasily .
3	Dappled dawn came slowly to us as we crawled weakly up a steep track .
4	‘ David obviously wrote the songs and everything but I felt a lot of responsibility came on to me at that time , although it was nothing like David 's , ’ he says .
5	Mary 's bare feet made no sound he could have picked up and she came right to his door .
6	‘ I 'm not … ! ’ she began hotly , but his finger came swiftly to her lips , stopping the outburst .
7	More handsome than ever in his morning suit , his black hair gleaming with a brilliant sheen , and his eyes , his once dark and brooding eyes , now alight with the glow of love in them , Marc came swiftly to her side .
8	I had to wait a long time for an answer , and just before the door opened I nearly came sufficiently to my senses to run away , but sanity came too late .
9	She slid her arms up around his neck and his mouth came down to hers .
10	Far off on the horizon I could make out tiny figures : galloping beasts , scurrying men ; and faint sounds came down to me of barking dogs , irritated bellowings and shrill cries of " Haow , haow ! "
11	He did n't go to Mass , but it was said that the priests came down to him once a month and heard his confession and gave him Holy Communion .
12	She came down to him and made him a hot drink and felt his forehead which was burning hot and covered in drops of sweat .
13	When he had smiled uneasily through the congratulations , and taken off his pads , Chris came down to them .
14	What hope would she have with the local police when the issue came down to her word against Guido 's ?
15	His face came down to her , passed by her own , and buried itself in the copper cloak .
16	Mackie 's face came down to mine , frightened and caring .
17	Evan 's grandfather was one repository of this local knowledge , and his fern-book came down to his grandson .
18	The crotch came down to his ankles .
19	He wore a heavy cloak of dark cloth that came down to his ankles .
20	However , unknown to Lee , under his ball were bramble runners , so that when he came down to it , his hand got turned and he only moved the ball a few inches .
21	What did that mean when it came down to it ?
22	They were all the same , when it came down to it .
23	‘ When it came down to it , ’ Larry said , ‘ they decided to give up their 167 years of independence and join us — to become a part of the franchise we want to build in Massachusetts . ’
24	But when it came down to it , it was the people who did n't really know Lancashire who found Walter Machin impressive .
25	Now when it came down to it the national government essen sorry the Supreme Court essentially said if the national government wishes to create a national bank in pursuance of legitimate aims of the constitution then it should have the discretion to do so and it should n't be interfered with by a state government .
26	And you know , you know when we thought , yeah well she 'd , she 'd just come on when she came down to my house and she was really , really , really in a happy mood !
27	Tell Alistair because erm , he 'll enjoy the joke because , Emelda came down to us you see , she arrived at lunch time , out of the blue to us
28	Martinho saw them first , before they came along to me .
29	Knew a fellow somewhere in Evy that would n't be seen dead holding a black Polled cattle , so er he er came along to me with er farmer 's weekly , and a black Polled cow on it , and gave me a photograph of this man .
30	I was called away one morning , somebody came along to me and said will you come along to Street , there 's a chap playing up , old Harry , he 's trying to build a shed or something and it 's two o'clock in the morning , none of us can sleep , do come along with me .