Example sentences of "we come across [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | We came across many cases of schools using minimal resourcing to maximum effect ; and of schools with a substantial PNP staff enhancement manifestly failing to take advantage of what that enhancement could offer . |
| 2 | However , we came across many examples of teachers who had failed to tackle the imperative of genuinely shared planning ostensibly working alongside each other in pursuit of shared goals . |
| 3 | As PNP progressed , we came across many examples of collaborations which were clearly working well and which had liberated staff to work in new ways , to increase their understanding and skill , and to attend more closely to the needs of particular groups and individuals . |
| 4 | ‘ We came across some people from Papua New Guinea who were selling handicrafts and were confronted with a boatload of western tourists — all convinced they could buy for a knock-down rate . |
| 5 | I have to say that when we came across any martyrs , we tended to regard them with something approaching envy . |
| 6 | Firstly , we came across electric cables that were only three inches below the surface of the ground . |
| 7 | The next time we come across that creep , he 's plastered . |
| 8 | Par from this happening only in the realm of serious study or occult practices , we come across numerous examples in daily life . |
| 9 | Now we come across another indenture , this time dated 20 May 1692 . |
| 10 | We come across isolated pieces of information and set out to link them up . |