Example sentences of "come and [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he left school , he forgot entirely about the whole business , forgot about it for a couple of decades , forgot until this thin , tired fellow , looking so very much like his old school chaplain , came and hovered in the drive , the epitome , it seemed to Patrick , of the doubting kind of modern Anglican clergyman . |
| 2 | She came and knocked on the door and then we went back and I , I said what you stopped for ? |
| 3 | It came and sniffed around the edges , and gradually came all the way out . |
| 4 | Birds came and flapped around the body . |
| 5 | And our Lord in the words that we 've read gives a very solemn answer to that question in the , in those words that we read a few moments ago and his immediate answer to the question you know are there few that be saved , was to say many , this was in the following verse , many shall not be able to be saved , now does that mean that only a few will be saved , that there 's only a few people who are gon na be in heaven that Jesus Christ came and died on the cross for about a handful of people , a small percentage does that what it , is that what it means , well lets look and see what the bible has to say , in Matthew chapter seven in verse thirteen and verse fourteen , this is what Jesus says enter by the narrow gate for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction and many of those who enter by it , for the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life , but few of those who find it any way in the same book , in , in Matthew in , in , in chapter twenty two and in , in , in verse fourteen , listen again to what it says there Jesus is speaking he says for many a called , but few are chosen |
| 6 | he came and asked for the duster and the polish |
| 7 | Several researchers joined the group , masquerading as believers , and were thus present when midnight came and went without the prophecy being fulfilled . |
| 8 | People came and went along the street . |
| 9 | Julia felt too ill to be interested in what he was doing , and in any case her mind came and went as the waves of fever rose and fell , but she heard Comfort say : |
| 10 | Oak forests came and went with the hawk 's wing |
| 11 | He would just came and went into the yardmaster 's office and had a word or two with him and then he would maybe ask to see the staff local representative and the local committee . |
| 12 | ( The Beans always came and went through the kitchen . ) |
| 13 | On the open deck in the stern , between life-jackets and coiled mooring ropes , prayer mats were laid out and men came and went throughout the day to pray towards the eastern shore . |
| 14 | Her sickness came and went throughout the day . |
| 15 | School came and went in the way that a school day usually lasts . |
| 16 | It was as if his seasons came and went in the phrases he wrote . |
| 17 | Martha and the Muffins and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark , both Wilson discoveries , came and went in the charts — and still negotiations dragged on . |
| 18 | The patients who recovered in these boxes and enclosures came and went like the inmates of any other busy casualty ward , but , of course , there were big differences : most importantly , there was no waiting list , and no one had to pay ! |
| 19 | A neighbour of ours heard me shouting , came and looked over the fence , and cleared off ! |
| 20 | Lorrimer came and stood inside the door , tall , unsmiling in his carefully buttoned white coat , and regarded Middlemass with his dark , wary eyes . |
| 21 | Wanting very much to hear ( because he was sure that this was a lover calling , from the voice ) , the man used the boxing match as an excuse , and he came and stood in the kitchen doorway with a wet plate and the cloth in his hands , and looked at the television . |
| 22 | Raising her coffee-cup to her lips , she stiffened suddenly as Rourke came and stood by the entrance to the tent . |
| 23 | Gedanken came and sat on the floor close to his chair . |
| 24 | He came and sat on the wall beside her , still dressed the same . |
| 25 | And the people Nigel had spoken of came and sat on the chairs and helped us . |
| 26 | Franca came and sat on the bed and took hold of Patrick 's hand and they looked at each other . |
| 27 | She came and sat on the bed which creaked uneasily with the weight . |
| 28 | He came and sat on the bed at her side again . |
| 29 | He came and sat on the bed with them . |
| 30 | She had not wanted to talk to Finn but she could not help it when he came and sat on the counter . |