Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] come " in BNC.

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1 He alone chose who came to see him .
2 How long did he come in then after I phoned ?
3 But I did n't bet it to , I did n't back it to win , I only backed it to come in
4 We very much wanted him to come down to Merstham again when the weather was better , so that we could drive him round the country .
5 She did n't say anything , she just gestured me to come up and into the studio and what was worst , I was red , and she was not .
6 That pair obviously just had it coming .
7 No sooner had he come back than he left Diana and the children at home yet again , and went to Italy on a week 's painting holiday .
8 said Richard he said , I do n't know how you do it in London he said , if they ever asked me to come down here he said I would die .
9 They still expected you to come nice and clean with your leggings nice and clean .
10 ‘ You deliberately had us come over here , did n't you !
11 The only problem was that my present wife , Isabella Rossellini , also insisted I come to lessons with our daughter , to make sure she was happy .
12 His room was closest to hers and she often saw him coming and going .
13 How long she had been there , we could not be sure , for if she sat with head and tail aligned along the wall , she was invisible from below , and only when she turned sideways did she come into view .
14 How far had he come from Hause Point !
15 When we eventually came out , when the sirens er all clear went we came out look at that there in the A R P warden 's er in the A R P's pavilion , the cricket pavilion there was a skylight there was no blackout to it was there beacon of light the A R P had caught us
16 Conway , who prudently forbade Taylor to dedicate any of his works to himself , eventually persuaded him to come and live on his estates in Ireland as a ‘ lecturer ’ , which was a more acceptable title to the authorities than ‘ chaplain ’ .
17 It simply asked me to come to his office tomorrow afternoon at half-past two . ’
18 I never even noticed him come back cos I thought I 'll leave back door unlocked and he come in and he put me hat and me keys down there , cos I noticed
19 It was a centre in Peterborough who immediately urged us to come down and have a look round .
20 The most common statement that drivers make after an accident is , ‘ I never even saw him coming . ’
21 So with this experience well absorbed he came back to Elstree and his ‘ Fury .
22 She knew all the mothers , and particularly had she come to know a Mrs White .
23 For only then did it come to her that — she still had n't done her interview !
24 Why else had he come up to Tucker 's for fags when he could have got them closer to home ?
25 They had made a friend — a very good friend — and they dearly wanted him to come and see them again .
26 ‘ You never expected him to come , did you ?
27 I was confident I could wear her down eventually , but I certainly never expected her to come across at the first time of asking .
28 Instead she fiddled with a paper napkin , and when he did n't say anything she said , ‘ I never expected you to come over here . ’
29 It 's not often that I can say a piece of equipment is inspiring , but reviewing the A2 actually got me coming up with some ideas that I just had to get on tape .
30 ‘ I never heard you come in . ’
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