Example sentences of "had [adv] come up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The legend recounted how seventy translators had worked in independent cells and had all come up with the identical version of the sacred text . |
| 2 | ‘ You had better come up to Lady Merchiston , ’ Theda said , leading the way to the stairs . |
| 3 | It felt fragile at first , but it was as if I had finally come up for air after nearly drowning in a pool of lies . |
| 4 | This was odd , since the BBC had just come up with the figures of 301 for the Tories and 298 for Labour . |
| 5 | ‘ You had best come up on deck if you are to be sick . |
| 6 | He despised them all anyway , especially Sylvester , because they had lost interest in the only good idea they had ever come up with — not , of course , at the time that he had admitted it was a good idea . |
| 7 | Perhaps , thought Robert , he had simply been playing for time and had now come up with a credible answer . |
| 8 | Not that Loretta had yet come up with an excuse to contact Mrs Grant , even if she acquired a proper address , but that problem could wait until after she spoke to Bridget . |
| 9 | When I told him we had recently come up from Southampton he said , " Gee , I would n't go to sea in that little tub for double my wages . " |
| 10 | Mrs McTavish used to wonder why she had produced two children who ran to such opposite extremes , but had never come up with an answer . |