Example sentences of "[noun] came up and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nutty came up and patted his neck . |
| 2 | sometimes it may be to do with dress , demeanour , mannerisms , you know , kind of again you know people go for oh I do n't know , I mean there 's a conversation er I remember overhearing erm with some friends in Leicester and they , they go to motorbike rallies a lot and erm er they were describing an incident where they pitched their tent at a rally and some blokes came up and pitched their tent next to them and they were erm two blokes had arrived together on the same enormous immaculate motorbike and they 'd got sort of matching leather outfits erm |
| 3 | I was talking to Mike McFarlane when Allan came up and interrupted us and spoke to Mac , looking me over but not saying anything to me . |
| 4 | Er , no what happened , my sister came up and brought her two kids in the afternoon |
| 5 | The fist came up and caught him on the side of the head and Jack went down , seeing little sparkling stars . |
| 6 | Her gaze came up and met his . |
| 7 | Matt was peeing in the river when one of the sparks came up and told him it was n't a good idea . |
| 8 | A waiter came up and made him put it on again . |
| 9 | Firelight came up and licked his outstretched hand , snorted sharply and tossed her head . |
| 10 | Some water came up and hit my bum , and that was when the phone went . |
| 11 | As he fished , twisting his wrist back and forth , trying to get hold of more , a policeman came up and handed him the pile off the pavement . |
| 12 | One day the screw came up and told me I had a visit down in the solicitor 's ; I went down and this man presented himself as a court welfare officer . |
| 13 | When I was making runs at Leeds Graham Gooch came up and asked me how on earth I was batting so well on that pitch . |
| 14 | While I was gazing at the chamber a schoolgirl who was touring the gallery with her father came up and asked me how it worked . |
| 15 | A muscular leg came up and trapped hers beneath it . |
| 16 | The return to speech and motion had cost Ariel so much that when Kit had gone , she choked and vomited from the pit of her belly until green bile came up and burned her . |
| 17 | She tried to draw back , but his hands came up and gripped her , refusing to let her go . |
| 18 | His other hand came up and cupped her cheek , so that her face was offered up to his . |
| 19 | Then , slowly , his right hand came up and peeled hers from his arm . |
| 20 | My mother and father were there and the doctor came up and said I would have to go into the Royal Marsden in Sutton to have a scan to find out whether the cancer had spread . |
| 21 | anything about coming , and yet Jenny came up and told me that she was coming on Friday , er before I got that letter , got that letter the next day |
| 22 | Rosemary came up and said she really enjoyed last night , so , that 's something . |
| 23 | The mosquitos came up and bit me in the dark . |
| 24 | The mosquitos came up and bit me in the dark . |