Example sentences of "[pers pn] came [prep] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After four loads , I came across footprints in the snow . |
| 2 | I came across Brix on the Compulink ( CIX ) bulletin board the other day . |
| 3 | It was after ten o'clock when I came to consciousness of the world about me again . |
| 4 | I came of age in the Sixties , when there were chances , when it was all there waiting . |
| 5 | I came of age in the early 1970s . |
| 6 | When I was eighteen I came in contact with the Catholic Crusade which was a rather left wing Christian Socialist Organization and I found that their attitude to problems contained the answers for which I had been searching for a good many years tell me when you want me to raise something . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ said David , ‘ but your throat condition means you could become seriously ill if you came into contact with the wrong sort of germs . |
| 8 | The patient had been living before she came to London on the outskirts of a town in Bangladesh . |
| 9 | She came to Salzburg to the festival but refused to let anyone put themselves out for her ; I was enormously impressed by how kind and unassuming she was . |
| 10 | The mother was far from satisfied with this approach and she was cross during the course of the hearing , I am told , and evidently decided to take the law in her own hands and on 3 July she came to England with the child and she has been here ever since . |
| 11 | I believe that was the reason she came to England with the Wingfields . ’ |
| 12 | J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. , 1972 ) she tells of her first meeting with the composer , of his influence on her technique and interpretation , of how she came to terms with the music , of Plante and other virtuosi , and gives a detailed analysis of various pieces . |
| 13 | It emerged that he was not a match for her strength , ability and intelligence and , in time , she came to terms with the reality that she was better off without him . |
| 14 | She came to terms with the computerized till , which often she had to deal with . |
| 15 | Rhoda said when she came to tea at the weekend , ‘ You only remember what you want to remember , Ken ; serve you right . |
| 16 | As she came within earshot of the group , she became aware of a huge suppressed excitement permeating their ranks . |
| 17 | On and on she ran until presently she came in sight of the witch 's cottage , half buried in greenery . |
| 18 | At the bottom flight she walked more demurely , but when she came in sight of the lobby she stopped , watching as Lin Foh was addressed by the man she recognised from the car that had earlier pursued Latowa , and caused it to explode . |
| 19 | And Mrs Moore said : ‘ We felt it important to keep the matter private while we came to terms with the situation . ’ |
| 20 | I remember we came to blows over the Queen Mother thing . |
| 21 | It began in April 1820 , when we came to Haworth for the first time … |
| 22 | When finally we came in sight of the monastery , the pilgrims broke into song , a slow deep melody which matched the laboured- progress of the coach up the last half mile of track to the monastery gates . |
| 23 | They came to Worcester from the headquarters of King Charles the Second to escort the city 's mayor to London . |
| 24 | They came to Bedford from the Luton Public Assistance Institution where they had been assistant master and assistant matron . |
| 25 | There is almost a tinge of predestination in footballers ' reflections on how they came to sport in the first place . |
| 26 | They came to Anoch in the early afternoon , having to break their journey early , because the opportunities for food and lodging were not evenly distributed between Fort Augustus and Glenelg : Johnson says , ‘ the only house , where we could be entertained , was not further off than a third of the way ’ . |
| 27 | Whenever they came to meetings at the department they sat at opposite ends of the table . |
| 28 | They came into possession of the ‘ forest stead ’ of Gala at one of the most troubled times in the Borders . |
| 29 | When they came into contact with the rock face , Corti tried to bite the snow , saying , ‘ Hungry . ’ |
| 30 | They came from lands across the sea , |