Example sentences of "[pers pn] came [prep] [noun] [prep] [art] " 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 During last year I came into possession of a large quantity of 1/4in router bits .
4 I came to school for a book , but I found a musician ! ’
5 It was after ten o'clock when I came to consciousness of the world about me again .
6 I came of age in the Sixties , when there were chances , when it was all there waiting .
7 I came of age in the early 1970s .
8 And I came in contact with a lot of pretty nurses .
9 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 .
10 ‘ Last year you came to Venice for a holiday , and somehow you met my father .
11 ‘ 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 .
12 She came at things from an angle ; she made connections .
13 The patient had been living before she came to London on the outskirts of a town in Bangladesh .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 I believe that was the reason she came to England with the Wingfields . ’
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 She came to terms with the computerized till , which often she had to deal with .
20 Rhoda said when she came to tea at the weekend , ‘ You only remember what you want to remember , Ken ; serve you right .
21 Under Lily Laverock 's auspices , she came to Vancouver on an annual concert tour , and when Marjorie Agnew and I approached her on the matter she was delighted to become a sponsor .
22 Then a short time ago she came to Edward in a great state . ’
23 As she came within earshot of the group , she became aware of a huge suppressed excitement permeating their ranks .
24 On and on she ran until presently she came in sight of the witch 's cottage , half buried in greenery .
25 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 .
26 And Mrs Moore said : ‘ We felt it important to keep the matter private while we came to terms with the situation . ’
27 I remember we came to blows over the Queen Mother thing .
28 It began in April 1820 , when we came to Haworth for the first time …
29 We came in sight of a charming , low white house in the English style ; a laughing house , as it seemed to me .
30 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 .
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