Example sentences of "[conj] i came [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That I am living in Britain in the first place has everything to do with the fact that I came here to start the magazine you are reading , a magazine for men . |
| 2 | It was a month yesterday , I thought , that I came here . |
| 3 | That has given the whole company a step up , including Crate , who , as we mentioned earlier , are now making use of the systems that I came here with . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I know this is going to sound a bit silly , but in a way it was because of her that I came here . ’ |
| 5 | Are you jealous because you think that I came here to sleep with her ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ And why on earth should you automatically assume that I came here with the express purpose of blackmail ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You really believe that I came here to cause trouble , do n't you ? ’ |
| 8 | And it was just over four years ago that I came here . |
| 9 | It was with this in mind that I came joyously across the story of Stephen Eastham this week . |
| 10 | I have never forgotten that I came home to my wife and said : ‘ There 's a young man working with us and I 'm sure he is going to be a big star . ’ |
| 11 | And much as I coveted a wonderful watercolour by Albert that I came across in an Alice Springs gallery for 4,000 dollars I was even more taken with the traditional native art , particularly since it seemed to offer useful hints about a problem I had of seeing the outback in ways other than through the window-on-the-world vision that developed in Renaissance Italy . |
| 12 | " I tried the Univite diet and any other diet from a women 's magazine that I came across . |
| 13 | In this I may be vulnerable , for I was on the lookout for miracles and it was while watching Nancy , listening to her and eventually breaking my own icy shield and talking to her , that I came close to seeing what I was looking for . |
| 14 | ‘ I was kicked out by my landlord and put in this hostel which was just awful and I had to get away so I came here — I do n't know why , really , I … ’ |
| 15 | There was n't much point in calling in at the shop , so I came straight here . ’ |
| 16 | Eddie could n't come , he 's broken his arm , so I came instead . ’ |
| 17 | Stavanger offered generous terms , so I came across . |
| 18 | Oddly enough , I found that I could keep the port wing up for a considerable time and , as I lost flying speed and I came nearer and nearer to the Engineering Wing area , the port wing happily stayed in the air until my speed was very low indeed and then gradually — and I did not think of this — one ( and only one ) of the prop blades gently ploughed into the rather soft earth , My port wing was still in the air , and ever so gently we made a beautiful semi-turn to port . |
| 19 | ‘ He said he 'd buy me a Pepsi and I said you said I must n't talk to strangers , and I came away . ’ |
| 20 | Hunter and I came ashore to see what was happening , and found the stockade . |
| 21 | And if I visited my grandfather I went upstairs to see him in his rooms and I came downstairs to visit my grandmother . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ The Faskally boatman brought me across the foot of the loch and I came straight over the hill to the Brig of Grandtully . ’ |
| 23 | And I came right off the wave . ’ |
| 24 | It was my first 6-day race and I came here to enjoy it with no plan or target , so I 'm very happy to have had such a successful run . ’ |
| 25 | But you must be very busy and I came here to ask a favour , a big favour . |
| 26 | It 's my area and I came here to win this tournament . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I found this on my return from America this morning ; it was followed by a phone call from my sister — a very emotional phone call , I might add — and I came here at once . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Constable Aplin and I came here to ask you a few questions about a certain matter . |
| 29 | I had it yesterday and I came here and Karen was hurrying me up and I must have dropped it somewhere . |
| 30 | You invited him in for a glass of sherry to ask him if you could borrow his bicycle , and I came too . ’ |