Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [adj] came [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She is a grown woman now , she has changed a great deal since she last came to stay with us eight years ago , ’ said Mrs Riddiford after meeting Kylie in her hotel after the concert . |
| 2 | As I 'm sure you 'll understand , when I first came to see this awful situation I was consumed with a feeling of frustration — knowing , as I did then , that it could be some time before we 'd be in a position to intervene . |
| 3 | And I knew I had been a child when I first came to live with him . |
| 4 | When I first came to live here this room ran through to the back of the house , but my husband put up a partition , so we have a small room at the back where we can have our meals . |
| 5 | I tried to tidy up a bit when I first came to work here , but I soon found out I was wasting my time . |
| 6 | Yes , how did you feel about that when you first came to live here ? |
| 7 | Just as you were shown round the Home when you first came to work there , so a new resident should also be taken round and made to feel welcome . |
| 8 | I invite , when we walk back from school erm when she first came to live round there , and er I used to walk back from school with her sometimes and say , would you like a cup of coffee ? |
| 9 | ‘ She 'll sort me out like a good Daily Telegraph lady , ’ Arlott had said when she first came to look after them at Alresford . |
| 10 | For a long time , Ana said nothing , and Maggie was just beginning to believe that she would stay silent when it all came pouring out . |
| 11 | When he first came to live with me he showed some envy of his young brother Graham 's success as a soprano in the local eisteddfodau , the Welsh competitive festivals . |
| 12 | ‘ You were the one who set the pattern when he first came to live with us , remember ? |
| 13 | The dufflecoat would have been the one he had worn when he first came to work at the Establishment . |
| 14 | Stuart had told me that Aj ( whose name is short for Arnold Junior , after the Head Forester of whom he became the spitting image when he first came to work at Clumber as a woodsman ten years ago at the age of sixteen ) was a dab hand with a tractor . |