Example sentences of "i came [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I came here under a lot of pressure , knowing I had to succeed , ’ he said . |
| 2 | I came here for the history . |
| 3 | ‘ I came here for some answers . |
| 4 | ‘ Besides , it 's what I came here for . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I came here at the beginning of the week thinking that this was my last tournament for the year , maybe forever , ’ Evert said . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | I came here at the instigation of your letter , believing myself to have secured a position . |
| 8 | When I came here at first , the side were top of the First Division , but there was no apparent feeling for the game . |
| 9 | I were , ah I says I came here at quarter past two , place was all shut up |
| 10 | ‘ When I came here with my parents in 1974 and saw that most of the ‘ Australian ’ souvenirs were imported from Hong Kong and the Philippines , I decided to try and break into the market , ’ he recalled . |
| 11 | I mean , I came here with a plan . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | I came here with a companion in 1954 , determined to conquer this graceful peak and thus set the seal on my mountaineering achievements but , to our shame , we shirked the last thirty yards to the summit cairn in growing apprehension of an instant demise . |
| 14 | I came here with zilch . |
| 15 | ‘ Almost two years ago I came here with my then very new wife on honeymoon . |
| 16 | I came here with Father Herluin , grieving for Ramsey 's wrongs , and longing to do something great to benefit the restoration of our house . |
| 17 | ‘ And why on earth should you automatically assume that I came here with the express purpose of blackmail ? ’ |
| 18 | I came here with full agreements in order to get this convoy to Cerska and so far I 've been blocked at every turn . ’ |
| 19 | Yes but then when I came here with you . |
| 20 | I CAME HERE ON 30TH SEPTEMBER 1659 |
| 21 | But no one 's touched that room to my knowledge , since I came here as a bride in 1929 . |
| 22 | I came here as a company stage manager from Oxford playhouse company . |
| 23 | ‘ I came here as a bride , ’ said my mother , and Lili giggled . |
| 24 | I came here as a Chilean refugee . |
| 25 | ’ If you have been attending to it for twenty four years , I came here into this church as a choir boy . ’ |
| 26 | I made the mistake this morning of trying to squeeze in er before I came here to just cl try and clear another task . |
| 27 | I came here to be a good lord as well as the King 's most loyal servant ! |
| 28 | ‘ I came here to be on my own to have a chance to think something through . |
| 29 | ‘ I came here to be employed as a companion , ’ she told him . |
| 30 | She said that if I came here to the island and said I was sorry you 'd welcome me with open arms . ’ |