Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] came [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So he came up to the farm , and they had a job for my horse , which he was very interested in . |
| 2 | I said , no , but if she came out to the perimeter fence again , that 'd be the time . |
| 3 | Long before I came up to the gate out of Bourani , I saw something whitish lying in the gap . |
| 4 | His wife answered and I heard a background conversation before she came back to the phone . |
| 5 | Erm when I came on to the flats I came with an open mind and I was gon na you know take things as I as I met them . |
| 6 | It was not at all sweet for Alfred Noyes I learned when I came back to the boat , for he had a bucket of slops emptied on his head . |
| 7 | When I came back to the 950i it would not accept my instructions . |
| 8 | Er but as I say , I was n't very long at that so er when I came back to the , the motor trade , and bicycle trade , motor trade , cars in these days you get a variety of er all sorts of cars . |
| 9 | When I came back to the world of RAM and ROM , my subconscious had apparently been connecting up some loose neurons , and everything fell into place . |
| 10 | When you got water , when you came up to the docks to get water , where would you obtain that from ? |
| 11 | When she came back to the house in the evening , Martha told her that the servants had had trouble with Colin . |
| 12 | When she came down to the drawing room , Dada was looking particularly small , too . |
| 13 | When she came out to the sound of splashing and spluttering , she made her way to the end bowl , and there she washed her , face and hands ; but again she was last in the line to run up the stairs and finish her dressing . |
| 14 | It was the right time as she came around to the front of the house . |
| 15 | Now , as she came back to the present , Lady Merchiston 's own eyes were on her in a compelling look , demanding an answer . |
| 16 | We were not very popular when we came down to the sitting-room . |
| 17 | I thought about running along beside him as we came up to the main road opposite the church , about his taking my hand and singing , ‘ Hold my hand — I 'm a stranger in paradise ! ’ |
| 18 | As they came up to the warren bank he suddenly caught sight of Fiver . |
| 19 | She said coolly as they came up to the stuffed spaniel , ‘ What do you call him , that very fierce dog ? ’ |
| 20 | As they came up to the gates , Aziz sidled up to the little boy with his mop , an ingratiating smile on his face . |
| 21 | The movement continued to grow and develop and to absorb new media as they came on to the market . |
| 22 | The taxi , when it came back to the street , would be crawling because the driver would be looking for the number . |
| 23 | Because when it came down to the work bit |
| 24 | What a strange wedding-gift he had given her too , when he came up to the manor the other afternoon , making her feel like a tenant in her own home ; which , of course , had once been his . |
| 25 | That fact that it was over was all there in his formal goodbye when he came round to the passenger 's side and stood on the pavement with her , and , ‘ Na shledanou , Fabia , ’ he wished her . |
| 26 | When he came back to the house he refused to take a chair or a drink . |
| 27 | His face was paper-white when he came back to the table . |
| 28 | He felt rather shy and silly , when he came back to the table with Lalage , skipping along and grabbing for his hand as she went . |
| 29 | ‘ No , I saw the bruise when he came back to the shop on Tuesday evening and I asked him what he 'd done to himself . |
| 30 | ‘ I love him , Peter , ’ she whispered when he came back to the bedside with a glass of water . |