Example sentences of "would come see " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was a poor companion — they had nothing in common — but he hated her being absent and was afraid that , one day , a friend of his would come to see him and ask where she was . |
| 2 | Sometimes Beatrice would come to see her , bringing the children ; and afterwards , when they had grown up , they would visit her still . |
| 3 | Smith , who summed up the philosophy as one of ‘ Discipline and Religion ’ , hoped that by emphasizing masculinity and the becoming of ‘ Christian men ’ , the boys would come to see the ‘ manliness of Christianity ’ and that this would counter their tendency to regard it as ‘ effeminate and weak ’ , an idea which seemed to be too popular . |
| 4 | Before I left , I asked if she would come to see me one day . |
| 5 | I was startled for a moment , as one does not have ex-Prime Ministers calling on one every day , but this was very like S.B. , who began , ‘ You will never come to see me , so I thought I would come to see you . ’ |
| 6 | Sometimes he would forget himself in the beauty of their flight , not understanding why people would come to see him and the other miserable eagles caged and confined and not seem to even notice the gulls and bold black rooks soaring freely and so beautifully above their heads . |
| 7 | They would come see perhaps for two or three weekends you know . |