Example sentences of "i come [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | where it was but I came across somewhere where there was a freephone and people at a g on a given sort of in a given week could all just go and use this freephone number , and ring up and they 'd hear a tape recording . |
| 2 | An excellent overview of organisational communication research written specifically with reference to the external organisational environment appears in a valuable compendium Handbook of organizational communication — a volume that in this context I am not ashamed to admit that I came across just by chance in a bookshop whilst looking for something completely different ! |
| 3 | There are very very few who are er interested in finding a gambling haunt or a , you know , television or film theatre or whatever , you know , er er by and large there are a lot of people who chat to a waitress if they 're a bloke or , or chat to the , the whatever it is if they 're girls but er in , in a , in a friendly way , who will have a drink but will not be paralytically drunk , who may watch television or a , you know , film or theatre or something if it 's appropriate but wo n't get twitched if it is n't , you know , and and by and large erm all the people we 've , we 've , we 've , we 've come across I came across before have been very very good company and it is , it is delightful to have the have you , cos have you been on a Si on a Signpost ? |
| 4 | It is all too revealing that , searching through the biographical work on Gide for further references to Athman in Europe , I came across hardly anything except the occasional derogatory , passing remark . |
| 5 | He was , and is , a distinctly affable chap , whereas I came across as cold , prickly and generally difficult . |
| 6 | When I came over here , I knew what the LH and the Grand Cherokee were , but they had not been introduced and I had n't driven them . |
| 7 | When I came over here I got to know about Kyrle Hall [ a Birmingham amateur club ] and went along there with my pumps and shorts and that was my introduction to boxing really . |
| 8 | I came over here when I was two . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You do n't think I came over here just to say good morning , do you ? ’ |
| 10 | This was certainly the case with Mrs S. , the mother of one of my teenage informants , born in rural Jamaica about 1930 , who moved to London about 1960 : I 've never work — I 've never really work when I was back in de West Indies my husband work , I worked when I came over here and I [ took a long time ] to get a job — because I could remember work at de Post Office and I when I pronounce my words you know too [ soft ] dey say dey do n't hunderstand — according to dem dey do n't hunderstand me , my haccent maybe it 's my haccent or what dey don " understan " it or ting an " I feel like I 'm speakin " the same English like over here . |
| 11 | Ear early before I came over here and they 've got no vacancies none none at Demontfort House at all . |
| 12 | ‘ I came over there fifteen minutes ago and they had two of the buggers up again , and the Boche artillery was pounding shit out of our lines . ’ |
| 13 | I came to quite quickly , though , and heard them talking . ’ |
| 14 | I came at once — ‘ |
| 15 | The front door was still locked and bolted — I 'd only used the back one since I 'd got here — and the keys were out the back , so I came in here to open these french windows . |
| 16 | ‘ I came in here … |
| 17 | I know I came in here … |
| 18 | I know I came in here … ’ |
| 19 | I 'm sure I came in here ! |
| 20 | The only reason I came in here was that I was on my way into town when your boys called and they said it would be quicker if I came in to see you . |
| 21 | ‘ I have n't been feeling too good ; I came in here to … ’ |
| 22 | ‘ How dare you imply that I … that I came in here with him to … |
| 23 | ‘ I came in here to get some tablets — ’ |
| 24 | And not only have they consumed practically a quart of maple ice-cream , but just before I came in here they were ordering some pizzas ! |
| 25 | I know I came in here once with my mum 's keys . |
| 26 | When I came in there you could n't stop laughing . |
| 27 | And when I came in there it is he . |
| 28 | " But I came from outside it . " |
| 29 | Well , my first job came during four weeks of my last term at RADA when I had applied and been chosen for a television play called It 's Too Late to Talk to Billy which was set in Belfast — which is where I came from originally . |
| 30 | chapter she appeals to the reader , I know I came from etcetera , etcetera |