Example sentences of "you come across " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like , if you came across some boys drinking in that driveway [ pointing to a small car park ] , like , first of all you 'd just say , ‘ Come on boys , you 'll have to move on , built-up area and all that . ’ |
| 2 | I think it would be best if you came across as nobly resigned : ‘ How could she stoop to do this to me ’ — something along those lines — without going into too much detail . |
| 3 | Would you know if you came across somebody and erm could you tell the difference between a diabetic person and the , a per drug addict if they were unconscious ? |
| 4 | You told me that when you went to work for was the first time you came across abortion really in . |
| 5 | Of there , No , before you came across , before you came across to England . |
| 6 | Of there , No , before you came across , before you came across to England . |
| 7 | She was enjoying every minute of it ; men of this calibre were not something you came across every day , especially in Happy Valley , Goose Bay . |
| 8 | You came across patches of happiness here , just as you came across patches of colour . |
| 9 | You came across patches of happiness here , just as you came across patches of colour . |
| 10 | ‘ You were limping as you came across Ana 's room and I would think you probably came off worst in this adventure . ’ |
| 11 | And me granny to help me and he was the land nobody could really find that if you came across it one nasty day well you 're there and you 're kind of stop there if the went away . |
| 12 | For this reason , it is better to refer at some stage to the primary source of an idea , even if you came across it first in a secondary source . |
| 13 | Yeah I mean you coped be er you , you came across as very natural , you knew your script er friendly enthusiastic , yeah , no slang , belief was there , attentive to Ian 's responses , yeah , picked up the names mentioned earlier , eye contact when yeah er that . |
| 14 | Which is the the one that you 're sort of that you came across first of all the trig functions ? |
| 15 | ‘ Did you come across Taczek , Swod or Tatyana Nowak in the files ? ’ |
| 16 | I mean , did you come across any ? ’ |
| 17 | How did you come across her in the first place ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ My stars , did you come across as eager ! |
| 19 | How did you come across that ? |
| 20 | Do n't you come across many teachers who say something along the lines ‘ I 'd love to try this experiment ’ , or ‘ I 'd like to try this in a different way , but I have C S E or O level or A level coming up for my children in a term or a year and I ca n't possibly afford to do other than cram them for these examinations ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ There 's not a lot you can do when you come across someone like that , ’ she said . |
| 22 | Throughout history you come across stacks of politicians who would rather let any number of people suffer than admit to one lousy mistake of their own — they 're in all parties , not just our current lot . ’ |
| 23 | It 's not often you come across a good Bordeaux ! ’ |
| 24 | Have you come across those people who are always moving their furniture about ? |
| 25 | ‘ Sometimes you come across patients you feel have been coached on what to say , or who just claim to be residents . |
| 26 | I need to be able to read outputs of a maximum of 100A ( this may seem high but in my work you come across this sort of output ) . |
| 27 | If you come across an unfamiliar word or phrase , find its source . |
| 28 | Then stride joyfully along the path , until you come across a waterfall in the depths of the forest . |
| 29 | If you come across an answer to a question that does n't fit the headings you 've already got , summarise that answer and write it on the master sheet : thereafter put a tally mark against it every time an answer fits it . |
| 30 | When you come across a faint track alongside a wire fence on the right follow it . |