came by

[user_gary]

We were moving around for a while, just then I came by a man who looked like a monster.

Is this sentence correct?

If correct, does the `came by' mean `happened to meet'?

Please help me. [If possible, provide me, few examples, with the phrasal verb `came by']

[mykwyner]

Came by would not be my choice.

I met man, I encountered a man, I looked up and saw a man, I came across a man, I ran into a man.

Bob came by my house last night. I spent the money fast because I came by it easily.

[RonBee]

I agree with mykwyner. I also would use came across in the example sentence.

~R

[Gёггч]

Wisdom come by suffering

[user_gary]

Thank you friends.

Yesterday I came by a box where there was a lot of money in it.
I meant, by this sentence, that I obtained a box accidentaly yesterday.

Is this correct?

[RonBee]

Thank you friends.

Yesterday I came by a box where there was a lot of money in it.
I meant, by this sentence, that I obtained a box accidentaly yesterday.

Is this correct?

Say:

Yesterday I came across a box that had a lot of money in it.

~R

[albertino]

Longman Dict. says:
come by phrasal verb
1
come by something
to manage to get something that is rare or difficult to get
How did you come by these pictures? Jobs were hard to come by .
2
come by (something)
to make a short visit to a place on your way to somewhere else
He said he'd come by later. I'll come by the house and get my stuff later, OK?

[user_gary]

Yesterday I came across a box that had a lot of money in it.

Not only I came across but also I /acquired/took/ it.

Can I use the `came by' like the following to mean [I came across and obtained the box]?

i.e. Yesterday I came by a box that had a lot of money in it.

[RonBee]

Not only I came across but also I /acquired/took/ it.

Can I use the `came by' like the following to mean [I came across and obtained the box]?

i.e. Yesterday I came by a box that had a lot of money in it.

I don't think came by works there. Perhaps:

Yesterday I came across a box that had a lot of money in it. I took it home.

come across

http://www.usingenglish.com/referenc...me-across.html

~R

[user_gary]

Thank you friends.
How do you come by this much English?[come by = acquired]
I come by this forum at the free times.[come by = visit]

Are these sentences perfect?

Please hep me.