came across

Robinson always came across as a guy you wished your father-in-law would or could be like.

The inquest also heard that Mr Morris's pregnant wife, Samantha, came across the scene of the crash while returning from a hospital appointment.

The women who spoke to the BBC all agreed he came across as warm, genuine and even a little vulnerable at first.

What came across, very powerfully, was the immense pride the moderators had in the roles they had played in protecting the world from online harm.

Ms Robinson came across her story while working as an archivist at Wickham Market Archives.