Example sentences of "he came up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sure enough he came up with the perfect solution . |
| 2 | In terms of Greater York and its th the York greenbelt I think it 's true to say that er some time ago when David Kaiserman of Manchester did research on greenbelts he came to the view , or he came up with the conclusions from his questionnaires that he sent round , and that study was done , must be ten , fifteen years ago or more , that greenbelts should endure unchanged for at least twenty years , and probably in excess of thirty , and those were the responses of county planning and other major planning authorities at that time , that view if anything has hardened , the public view would be way beyond thirty years . |
| 3 | He came up with the electric clock , a form of fire alarm , a railway signal and a loudspeaker . |
| 4 | He came up on the other side shaking dirt from his fine white feathers . |
| 5 | Old Hewlett-Packard Co hands say that back in their day Lew Platt never looked to be a contender for the presidency : they are gratified to see him elevated since he came up on the Unix side and wonder how much should be read into that . |
| 6 | But anyway , he came up on the Monday er sorry , on the Friday when they was paying out , he said , Which chappie paid you ? |
| 7 | He came up on the train for a few days , very nervous , wearing his best suit . |
| 8 | He 'd been sitting apparently fascinated by my World Religions class , and when he came up at the end I was sure he wanted to ask a question about Zoroastrianism or Thuggee , or whatever damned thing I 'd been going on about . |
| 9 | ‘ He 's coming this way , ’ said Lee who was still looking at Jack as he came up to the gate , his eyes fixed on the gun . |
| 10 | ‘ Apparently his boat came in sooner than expected and docked at Shields , and he came up to the house hoping to see my sister , and he did . |
| 11 | He came up to the house that evening , armed with the music box and the monkey . |
| 12 | He wrinkled his nose as he came up to the other man . |
| 13 | He had been thinking about buying Lyn a kitten for her birthday , and as he came up to the great dolmen , had paused to look at it for the thousandth time , he had seen the bundle on the ground . |
| 14 | He came up to the Hilder at the point where the aqueduct pillars crossed it . |
| 15 | ‘ So he came up to the farm , and they had a job for my horse , which he was very interested in . |
| 16 | What a strange wedding-gift he had given her too , when he came up to the manor the other afternoon , making her feel like a tenant in her own home ; which , of course , had once been his . |
| 17 | As he came up over the rise he thought he heard a beautiful song . |
| 18 | He came up off the floor in one swift , powerful lunge , slamming the full force of his body into Boisson and driving him back towards the dungeon before the man could gather himself for another swing . |
| 19 | Perhaps he came up against the Edwardian equivalent of a conservation lobby . |
| 20 | Her father , when he came up before the Farnham Commission , had proved extraordinarily resilient , but he had still caved in , and then he had proved richly satisfying . |
| 21 | ‘ He came up from the ranks . |