Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] come on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had come on leave first , so I was first to return . |
| 2 | I peered down and for a moment believed that I had come on Percy Bysshe Shelley . |
| 3 | I 've come on your wild-goose chase and that 's all I can do for you . ’ |
| 4 | It 's not that I 've come on my own because it 's something that is seen as just my problem , because as I said , Tom does n't seem that interested either . |
| 5 | I 've come on my own . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I have come on a scientific investigation to rectify the freak effect which brought those poor unfortunates , ’ he waved at the screen , ‘ to this forsaken place . |
| 7 | I have come on his behalf to celebrate the day . ’ |
| 8 | I have come on board alone . |
| 9 | Since then , she has come on leaps and bounds . |
| 10 | ‘ And so you 've come on a friendly visit ? ’ |
| 11 | You may have been sat in the Wendover if you 've come on the Sunday , but even having breakfast I bet you were going , what time do you think we ought to leave . |
| 12 | She had come on an errand and was greeted by a mad woman , an amazon . |
| 13 | When she had stopped the car and climbed out , she wondered for a moment whether she had come on the wrong day or at the wrong time , though she was sure she had not . |
| 14 | She had come on no other Scarabae beyond Cheta , who had brought her breakfast . |
| 15 | ‘ Kirov I You have come on business , I hope ? ’ |
| 16 | Oh yes yes oh well yes for a rum and coffee yeah , and I 'm afraid it was very acceptable on a winter 's morning , but erm now we come , we 've come on that side of Road , we 'll now start at the top of Road again and come along as far as er what I call Street I believe it 's now where St Michael 's church is , and you come to Sammy the butchers . |
| 17 | Two men talked their way into the home of two elderly sisters , pretending that they had come on behalf of neighbours to cut down trees in the garden . |
| 18 | They had come on a sight-seeing visit and , of course , they had their cameras with them . |
| 19 | ‘ He has come on nicely since the Hennessy and has been working well but he could do with a run this week , ’ he added . |
| 20 | He has come on tremendously , and is still only 16 . |
| 21 | On one occasion he went to Dundee where the promoter knocked down his purse from £4 to £2. 10s. because he had come on his motor bike rather than on the train . |
| 22 | This was a clear breach of the understanding on which he had come on a joint mission to the pope . |
| 23 | When he had come on the scene about fifteen years earlier he had been a spectacular hitter of a golf ball and a brilliant putter : a fearsome blend of talents in a golfer — if they combine regularly . |
| 24 | He had come on as sub just as Tottenham began to turn the tide against an Everton side who had torn them apart in the first half . |
| 25 | No it 's come on wipe that |