Example sentences of "came on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similar calls came on Feb. 24 from opposition leaders based in Saudi Arabia , including former members of the RCC now in exile . |
| 2 | We came on foot , by coach or train , |
| 3 | Some came on foot , and others on horseback , or horse and trap . |
| 4 | They came on foot , by river steamer and in horse-drawn omnibuses and drays . |
| 5 | She came on foot through Weatherbury . ’ |
| 6 | They came on foot , in horse-drawn carts , by bicycle and by bus , arriving early in the morning so as to have a full day 's prayer . |
| 7 | He came on foot and in chains , an old , fine-looking man dressed in the usual black silk cloak with a white cloth wound round his head , stem and very dignified , to bow before the Empress before being led away . |
| 8 | Student He came on foot . |
| 9 | Pilgrims then came on foot and horseback for hundreds of miles across many countries to pay homage to these relics and churches were erected along the routes to such pilgrimage centres . |
| 10 | He came on night duty . |
| 11 | And he got the sack so the firm came on strike . |
| 12 | There was you know little firms like that and yet everybody was in , nobody nobody would ever try and er and er and er and escape paying their contribution , but there was a law you could n't join a union till you were sixteen , that was the law then in then , but er when this strike came back and we came on strike in December , er we lads who was under age joined the union , they give us all six bob a week , the union did . |
| 13 | It came on July 9th . |
| 14 | The first breakthrough came on July 9 with the departure by air to Prague of 51 refugees from the Czechoslovak embassy . |
| 15 | She tried to find a moment to squeeze in a bit of rest at the sauna , something she could not do during the week ; in the late afternoon , she would always find herself with a vacuum cleaner and duster , because the cleaning woman who came on Fridays was becoming more and more careless . |
| 16 | When he came on Aspel and Company , he got me again . |
| 17 | It was being said that when A90 came on song there would n't be enough people to work it and there would n't be enough plutonium to make it work . |
| 18 | Tory had ridden for Bailey in two spells , during which his biggest success came on Docklands Express in the 1991 Whitbread Gold Cup . |
| 19 | The Bill came on second , had less than two hours debate and , according to the normal customs and practices of this House , did not receive a Second Reading . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , de Craon 's diplomatic skills prevailed and the Lady Yolande , a beautiful figure swathed in costly furs , came on deck and haughtily beckoned Corbett to her side . |
| 21 | Shortly after anchoring the crew came on deck to hang out bedding and clothing to dry , so they had obviously had a wet passage . |
| 22 | When I came on deck to take my watch I found Viking swaying gently over a smooth swell , the cloud-wreathed Torridon mountains to port , and South Rona lighthouse fine on the starboard bow . |
| 23 | Then it er it er came on Lane , do you see ? |
| 24 | People mostly walked or came on bicycles . |
| 25 | Came on coach this morning , ’ I earwigged one middle-aged man telling another in an unadulterated northern accent . |
| 26 | Then Zulu Sierra came on frequency , spoke to Warton and reported 2,000 feet . |
| 27 | When they came on Sunday , when it were your anniversary , she 'd got diarrhoea and sickness , Margaret . |
| 28 | erm I think it 's also true to say that if they came on Sunday and turned into the church hall for coffee and tea , they can smoke in there . |
| 29 | ‘ Twelve months ago we came on leaps and bounds , and surprised even ourselves by winning the All Ireland . |
| 30 | Eileen came on leave on 28 August and it was fortunate that she was with her mother . |