Example sentences of "i come [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I come across a new metaphor , one that stretches my understanding , I feel cold . |
| 2 | I walk through the remnants of ancientness until , close to the cliffs , I come to a brown headstone : shoulder high , two feet wide . |
| 3 | I like to understand the meanings of words and always refer to a dictionary when I come on a new word . |
| 4 | ‘ Have I come at a bad time ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Have I come at a bad moment ? ’ she asked . |
| 6 | My first ambition was to be a concert pianist , but I come from a long line of actors and I suppose it was inevitable really that I 'd follow them . |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps I come from a long line of knights and no-one ever told me . |
| 8 | ‘ I come from a great medical mafia , most of my relatives are medically involved one way or another , ’ she told David Frost yesterday , adding that none of her family have private health insurance . |
| 9 | ‘ I come from a small village in the far north of Scotland . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Because I come from a booky family , in some ways I 've taken writing for granted — it 's like coming from a family of butchers and going into the meat trade . |
| 11 | I come from a Jewish family which includes victim 's ; that picture of myself was a particularly horrible one . |
| 12 | Now , there 's been lots of talk about gay and lesbian people not having no rights , I come from a Jewish society , I 've got people who suffer anti-semitic ri , feelings , there 's lot of erm multi-ra , ethnic majorities who cover on this programme , and I think that issue has to be looked at as well . |
| 13 | I come from a military family , that is to say a family that has always followed the drum , and probably had to carry it too . |
| 14 | I am reminded of Letterman 's tennis because as I stroll through the grounds of the club , waiting for the arrival of my transcripts , I come upon a red earth tennis court . |