Example sentences of "[pers pn] come [adv] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're told it 's a very close thing , the decision not to participate erm and there were certain technical and theoretical reasons , I think , that led them to come down on the side of not . |
| 2 | You were quite happy for me to come home on the bus . |
| 3 | As I came home on the boat , I thought : ‘ This is a good thing , a fine thing , perhaps . |
| 4 | ‘ You came here on the train , did n't you ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Adam never stood a chance , did he , once you came back on the scene ? |
| 6 | ‘ Bess Halidon , your mother , gave me proof of it when she came here on the day prior to her death and asked that you be found employment . ’ |
| 7 | Then she came back on the line and faithfully repeated everything I 'd told her , and everything I 'd asked . |
| 8 | After a moment she came out on the landing and she was dressing . |
| 9 | Do n't like two of you coming home on the bus but , especially when it 's cold and horrible ! |
| 10 | " Hazel , " said Fiver , " could you come up on the bank with me for a few moments ? |
| 11 | ‘ Will you come home on the bus tonight , back to Knockglen , back to the convent ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Why did you come across on a ferry flight ? ’ |
| 13 | So as you come up on the approach side , think position . |
| 14 | The view is more stunning yet if you take the trouble to climb up a little from the road , on to the grassy hill behind , so that you can see over the top of the slightly obtrusive forested spur to the south-west ; or if you follow the path through the woods to the south of the road for about half an hour you come out on a crest which dominates the country in the direction of the watershed . |
| 15 | Doing a round trip made sense , because otherwise you come out on a road with a 200-mile journey back to the start ! |
| 16 | It 's like you come out on the road and Craig sees me and Graham in the hotel room being very domestic , setting everything out nice , the ghetto blaster , and the hair dryer and the toiletries . |
| 17 | She still travels the world , tirelessly delivering papers at scientific gatherings and converting anyone she comes across on the way . |
| 18 | Switch on and move the appropriate levers on the banks of controllers , and the children come running out of the house , little pink-cheeked creatures half an inch high , who turn to wave at Felicity as she comes out on the terrace to see them off to school . |
| 19 | When we came out on the platform , he said , come round one day . |
| 20 | We came out on the waterfront into a gust of wind . |
| 21 | He came up on the train for a few days , very nervous , wearing his best suit . |
| 22 | Old Hewlett-Packard Co hands say that back in their day Lew Platt never looked to be a contender for the presidency : they are gratified to see him elevated since he came up on the Unix side and wonder how much should be read into that . |
| 23 | He came in on a boat , I suppose , and he plopped himself down and began making ukuleles , very good ones , and some fabulous guitars which are quite rare nowadays . |
| 24 | He came in on the Tube as usual , and walked the last quarter-mile . |
| 25 | He decided to leave them to it , and as he came out on the landing he almost collided with Beryl who must have been eavesdropping . |
| 26 | We expected little advertising support for the first effort in our new format but it came anyway on the strength of our description . |
| 27 | It came up on the wall like that and had a big wooden block fastened to the wall that block |
| 28 | ‘ It came up on the PA tapes an hour ago . |
| 29 | ‘ It was about 8.30am and I was just getting dressed when it came over on the news , ’ said Mr Tyson , a former clerk of works at Harrow council , London . |
| 30 | It came actually on the thing . |