Example sentences of "came up and [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er he went round and I do n't know I never heard him playing the fiddle , but they said he was very good at fiddling , but he was a grand one for old stories , , and er he was just doing farms here and there so Then eventually he turned so old he 'd only one dog and then er he died down at the D At a place called the Doonie And this man D Duncan , he had just an er one of the er I think one of the tramps from Blair Gowrie was working to him and he came up and told my father and my father went down to see about him , you see him being in the parish council . |
| 2 | He came up and touched my breast through my nightdress . |
| 3 | His other hand came up and cupped her cheek , so that her face was offered up to his . |
| 4 | sometimes it may be to do with dress , demeanour , mannerisms , you know , kind of again you know people go for oh I do n't know , I mean there 's a conversation er I remember overhearing erm with some friends in Leicester and they , they go to motorbike rallies a lot and erm er they were describing an incident where they pitched their tent at a rally and some blokes came up and pitched their tent next to them and they were erm two blokes had arrived together on the same enormous immaculate motorbike and they 'd got sort of matching leather outfits erm |
| 5 | Some water came up and hit my bum , and that was when the phone went . |
| 6 | Firelight came up and licked his outstretched hand , snorted sharply and tossed her head . |
| 7 | Nutty came up and patted his neck . |
| 8 | He was armed with a stout length of post , which came up and broke my blow . |
| 9 | She came up and put her arms round him . |
| 10 | She came up and put her arms around him . |