Example sentences of "he came [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came down the tiny steps at the side of the stage and sat beside Zach . |
| 2 | He came down the lane towards me like a man sleep-walking . |
| 3 | She ordered herself to leave , to walk up to her cabin , but she stood rooted to the spot as he came down the stairs towards her . |
| 4 | ‘ He wanted to develop his business on a private basis , and if he came into the glare of publicity as owner of Manchester United he would not be able to do that , ’ one of the negotiators said . |
| 5 | When he came into the room , sleepy and rubbing his eyes , he too stared as if not able to believe how like all other mornings the morning was . |
| 6 | A tall lean figure with deep lines carved vertically down his brown cheeks , he came into the office looking as cool as he did on a winter 's day . |
| 7 | He came into the Guyana team as a 20 year runs straight away , and remained a permanent fixture . |
| 8 | He started gawking at the people in the stands when he came into the stretch . |
| 9 | Now he came into the dining-room where I was working and sat down opposite me at the table . |
| 10 | IAN WOOSNAM , so out of form coming into the Masters , nevertheless began to put up an heroic defence at Augusta National yesterday and was within a stroke of the lead as he came into the finishing holes in his second round . |
| 11 | Then , he came into the room . |
| 12 | He came into The Bar with blood everywhere . |
| 13 | When he came into the office , past Selinda his secretary , an elderly woman who was constantly asking him to give her ‘ something interesting to do ’ ( How could he ? |
| 14 | But he was certainly guilty , thought Henry , of liking Elinor and , as he came into the hall , nodding his big head as Elinor fussed round him , Henry wondered whether his wife might not be , au fond , quite a pleasant woman . |
| 15 | Dr Nolan looked deadbeat as he came into the little bedroom at Milltown . |
| 16 | He came into the Northampton side at home to Luton on 30 October and scored a hat-trick in a 6–1 win , following this with another against Southend in December . |
| 17 | As he came into the light of the street-lamp Myles could see an exasperated look on his face . |
| 18 | Billy came to the attention of Palace devotees when our Junior team proceeded to the Final of the 1977 FA Youth Cup and then beat Everton over two legs , but he came into the League side in October that year as deputy for injured skipper Ian Evans , and was the undisputed possessor of Palace 's number six shirt by the end of that 1977–78 season . |
| 19 | Harry was a little diffident to begin with , but he soon settled down and made his first appearance for Palace at outside-right when he came into the side for season 1922–23 on 30 September at Leicester . |
| 20 | He came into the Palace side at the start of 1925–26 and , injuries or illness apart , was a fixture there for the next eleven seasons , so that he is still within our top eight all-time appearances . |
| 21 | He came into the Met Office regularly and knew all our names . |
| 22 | Flt Lt Marshall was extremely embarrassed and always avoided my eye whenever he came into the Met Office after that . |
| 23 | The small one , who was fat and bald and wore a green baize apron , looked positively livid with fury as he came into the room . |
| 24 | He came into the dressing room and closed the door , a middle-aged man of medium height wearing a grey suit with a white roll-neck shirt . |
| 25 | So Shitvolumes started preparing his next show as if I were going to be in it , until one day , just before The Jungle Book was about to go up , he came into the dressing room . |
| 26 | He came into the room with a broad grin on his face and could hardly wait to tell me that not only had he managed to approach several people at work and ask them questions , but that he had decided to put himself to the test over the last few days and had , in fact , gone up to complete strangers in the street to ask them the time . |
| 27 | He came into the department in Orkney at a time of crisis , his remit to operate on a shoestring budget , and to repair social work 's damaged reputation . |
| 28 | ‘ He came into the office right until the last days of his illness . |
| 29 | And when he came into the Pincushion Room and rested his elbows on the window-ledge , he would look out of the window at the garden bright with midsummer sun or bathed in moonlight and think , all this is mine , that garden , that fruit cage within the flint walls , that lake , the Little Wood , as far as I can see on either side of me and in front of the house and behind , all that is mine … |
| 30 | But when he came into the picture it had been cast and the script had been done , and he did bring about a lot of changes . |