Example sentences of "came up [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if anyone came up and told me off for sleeping on the pavement I 'd say I was the King of England and I can sleep anywhere I like . |
| 2 | One day the screw came up and told me I had a visit down in the solicitor 's ; I went down and this man presented himself as a court welfare officer . |
| 3 | anything about coming , and yet Jenny came up and told me that she was coming on Friday , er before I got that letter , got that letter the next day |
| 4 | Cos somebody came up and told me which is even more rude . |
| 5 | Matt was peeing in the river when one of the sparks came up and told him it was n't a good idea . |
| 6 | While I was gazing at the chamber a schoolgirl who was touring the gallery with her father came up and asked me how it worked . |
| 7 | When I was making runs at Leeds Graham Gooch came up and asked me how on earth I was batting so well on that pitch . |
| 8 | No , she said that she came up and asked you if you wan na go out with Emma |
| 9 | I was talking to Mike McFarlane when Allan came up and interrupted us and spoke to Mac , looking me over but not saying anything to me . |
| 10 | The mosquitos came up and bit me in the dark . |
| 11 | The mosquitos came up and bit me in the dark . |
| 12 | there were one or two lads in our unit who were sons of er , of er manufacturing , one was er Crawford Biscuits you know , I soldiered with him and I do n't know if you remember er erm , er but anyway , Frank , Frank at Keighley of course when I got , when we got married he , he came up and got us these blankets did n't he ? |
| 13 | And if she came up and thought I had n't washed properly she would push my head under the water and hold it there . |
| 14 | A waiter came up and made him put it on again . |
| 15 | The return to speech and motion had cost Ariel so much that when Kit had gone , she choked and vomited from the pit of her belly until green bile came up and burned her . |
| 16 | Er , no what happened , my sister came up and brought her two kids in the afternoon |
| 17 | She came up and kissed him . |
| 18 | My mother and father were there and the doctor came up and said I would have to go into the Royal Marsden in Sutton to have a scan to find out whether the cancer had spread . |
| 19 | Rosemary came up and said she really enjoyed last night , so , that 's something . |
| 20 | Her gaze came up and met his . |
| 21 | Then , slowly , his right hand came up and peeled hers from his arm . |
| 22 | She would n't acknowledge an Eternal Verity if one came up and smacked her in the chops . |
| 23 | She tried to draw back , but his hands came up and gripped her , refusing to let her go . |
| 24 | He came up and swore he 'd never go down again , it was no life for an animal ] And he stuck to that . |
| 25 | A muscular leg came up and trapped hers beneath it . |
| 26 | As he fished , twisting his wrist back and forth , trying to get hold of more , a policeman came up and handed him the pile off the pavement . |
| 27 | The fist came up and caught him on the side of the head and Jack went down , seeing little sparkling stars . |