Example sentences of "came here [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I came here under a lot of pressure , knowing I had to succeed , ’ he said . |
| 2 | But no one 's touched that room to my knowledge , since I came here as a bride in 1929 . |
| 3 | ‘ I only came here as a consultant and do not want to get deeply involved , ’ he insisted . |
| 4 | I came here as a company stage manager from Oxford playhouse company . |
| 5 | ‘ I came here as a bride , ’ said my mother , and Lili giggled . |
| 6 | She came here as a guest , then offered a helping hand in an emergency . ’ |
| 7 | I came here as a Chilean refugee . |
| 8 | Anderson came here on a visit after tidying up his affairs before leaving for Britain He is free from bitterness , and speaks bluntly of the change of motive which must happen to white settlers in a country passing under black majority rule . |
| 9 | I mean , I came here with a plan . |
| 10 | I came here with a companion in 1954 , determined to conquer this graceful peak and thus set the seal on my mountaineering achievements but , to our shame , we shirked the last thirty yards to the summit cairn in growing apprehension of an instant demise . |
| 11 | ‘ We came here for a purpose . |
| 12 | It is interesting to see the gravestones of the numerous people who came here for a cure for consumptive diseases and remained for ever . |
| 13 | ‘ How can she have deteriorated so seriously in such a short time , when she only came here for a check-up ? ’ |
| 14 | The women lived with it — some of them came here for a week and then went back to it . |
| 15 | You are not from this world , he says , and you came here in a metal ship which flew through the air . |
| 16 | This 21 year old came here after a string of car offences . |