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

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1 He pestered anyone who came along to look at his back and examine it for spots .
2 Blaise Cendrars , the writer , saw Modigliani let fall a twenty-franc note one evening when a well-known pauper came in to sit at the next table .
3 Just before she turned the sign on the door round to read ‘ Closed ’ , a woman came in to look at the toys .
4 Er many members of the public took advantage of the offer of the more detailed appraisal er and indeed came in to look at the detailed consultants reports .
5 The eerie lights would hang in the air for quite some time then the mortars came over to burst at the edge of the wood .
6 He did not mention meeting Constable when the latter came up to stay at Brathay in 1806 , where he stayed with the Hardens .
7 The ever increasing army of tourists who came up to look at the scenery was growing .
8 Her fingers came up to clutch at his shirt .
9 Still looking doubtful , she went off to fill the order , and when Ellie had eaten it all , down to the very last scrap , and had two cups of coffee , she came back to stand at the table , full of admiration and amazement .
10 When we eventually came out , when the sirens er all clear went we came out look at that there in the A R P warden 's er in the A R P's pavilion , the cricket pavilion there was a skylight there was no blackout to it was there beacon of light the A R P had caught us
11 ‘ Master Allingham came out to look at these carvings ? ’
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