Example sentences of "came [adv prt] [prep] this [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she came down with this dreadful flu bug , so she 's taken to her bed . ’ |
| 2 | The script gave one a hint of what they were all about , but after that it was a question of backwards and forwards passing of sketches , ideas on backs of envelopes , bits of paper until ultimately we came down to this pepper-pot shape which Ray then had to translate into something which could be manipulated and made to work — which he did brilliantly . |
| 3 | ‘ He came in with this folded mag ’ , remembers Sue Small . |
| 4 | So I took the name and address and so eventually a summons came through for this old lady . |
| 5 | Simon Keys came over from his job with the National Rivers Authority in Leeds and Julie Kent , working with the Industrial Ecology Research Centre at Liverpool University came over from this busy consultancy . |
| 6 | ‘ George Bradley came up with this great idea of putting an accordion band together for a record and we could n't think of a name , ’ said Emerald chief George Doherty . |
| 7 | Just to prove that the Slovenians do not have a monopoly on canoeing competition labels on alcoholic drinks , the French came up with this pleasant number . |
| 8 | And the horse it came up with this long wooden handle , I do n't know whether it was three or four , I ca n't remember , but that was for some couchgrass . |
| 9 | I wish it were , but it 's actually the director 's baby and he came up with this wonderful idea er at the time when the wall was beginning to crack . |
| 10 | Fed up , with no reliable way of getting around London except on his motorbike , Robert Cave came up with this novel concept , which has now been adopted by a leading mini-cab and courier company . |
| 11 | We came back to this great reception and the party began . |
| 12 | And as I came back down this mucky road from the High Street , which , as you know , can be a pretty depressing trek home especially if you 're tired , it all seemed bright somehow , and welcoming . |
| 13 | So they w they came out of this working man 's club on top of this hill pulled out the whole thing and all the balls rolled out . |