came across

She told the BBC how she came across the crash scene by chance while returning from a hospital appointment.

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.