Example sentences of "they [was/were] come [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then it was over , and they were coming out into the grey , windy day , the mothers trying not to look at the white-capped sea beyond the point , the boys suddenly gruff and silent now that the moment of parting was come . |
| 2 | They were coming out of the end of the hangar now . |
| 3 | And they used to bring us girls chocolates ; because when they were coming out of the dining-room , anything nice ( they had n't time to take off their gloves ) anything nice that was left in the dishes they used to pinch a piece and eat it . |
| 4 | and it went up into those they were coming down in the minibus and er we stopped so the I ca n't remember where we stopped . |
| 5 | They were coming down from the Quarry , bigger engines . |
| 6 | An NCO clutching a grenade marched up to the barrier and Kahane told him that they were coming back from the front and were in a hurry . |
| 7 | One evening when they were coming back from the hunt , he pretended to be someone else and , all alone , jumped on Albuin pretending that he was going to steal by violence the horse Albuin was mounted on . |
| 8 | Third did he ? the first which was the Sunday and he had to get it ready because they were coming in on the Tuesday , on the third . |