Example sentences of "i have [adv] come [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But she said no I 'd better come tomorrow with Paula as well .
2 It felt fragile at first , but it was as if I had finally come up for air after nearly drowning in a pool of lies .
3 I was twenty-one , I had just come out of Sweden and my eyes were like saucers .
4 Ruth Atucehene , an immigrant from Ghana , said : ‘ I had just come home from church and I was in the house with my children . ’
5 I had just come out of one of my planning meetings and I metaphorically banged the table and said ‘ I know exactly what you should do . ’
6 And I had never come up against this kind of approach before .
7 After all , I had only come back for a day or two to buy some good German clothes .
8 and I 've not come back till twelve !
9 I 've been working abroad for the last twenty years , I 've just come back to the U K and my family 's all died , and I do n't know anybody , and I 'm going to start off working here .
10 No I 've just come back to it and I find my lunch box overflowing with crisp packets .
11 I 've I 've just come back on that D two stop three .
12 I 've just come back from France .
13 ‘ Dear Loretta , ’ she read , ‘ I 've just come back from an official trip to Italy , and I squeezed in a visit to a peace camp while I was there .
14 I 've just come back from the Thomas Garlands ’ place , sir . ’
15 I 'm not being rude now , I 've just come back from the Gambia and I have n't stopped
16 I said , ‘ Look , you know I 've just come out of Holloway after being on remand . ’
17 I 've just come out of hospital .
18 ‘ As you can see , I 've just come out of the bath , ’ Shae said , striving to remain polite , when every instinct in her soul was screaming at her to send the actress running with her tail between her legs .
19 So I 've just come out of the goodness of my heart to warn you to save yourself while you can : you 'll lose Hugo — where is he , by the way ?
20 No he 'd love that though cos he could come round and go shit I 've just come out of rehab and everyone would go oh wow man you must be really drugged out .
21 Well I 've just come out of the debate which has just finished on the Palestine and Israel situation and er we passed the voting paper which will become policy for the party , calling for er a non-violent solution recognising the P L O and urging the U N to facilitate negotiations between Israeli government and the P L O.
22 I 've just come across from the factory ; it 's windy out . ’
23 I 've only just started so he said er I 've just come down to you know .
24 I do n't think I 've ever come up against sexism , except from in the classroom when the teacher to , the economics teacher tries to wind us up by saying women would should be chained to the kitchen sink !
25 ‘ To signal like that was the smartest thing I 've ever come across in my life , and I 'll never forget it — ever . ’
26 ‘ You 're the most damned temperamental person I 've ever come across in my life . ’
27 I 've often come home from a job , or visiting so-called happily married friends , and thanked heaven fasting for my lot .
28 In the words of Claire , a crew member ‘ I have also come away with lasting friendships , borne of total trust , respect and deep affection . ’
29 I have just come back from lecturing in New York and I am off to lecture in Hong Kong .
30 I have just come back from talking to Alfred and I telephoned Maurice . ’
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