Example sentences of "[noun] come [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ His agent came to see us at the St Louis Lollapalooza show , and we talked about the possibility of doing something together . |
| 2 | It is said that a deputation of quarrymen came to see him with a view to getting a trade union recognised . |
| 3 | One week later Captain Taylor came to fetch me in a jeep . |
| 4 | Although my household and ARP duties did not allow of a visit to the Western hospital some folk came to see us at the main post , and laugh at the fact that the Steward of the hospital had had to send the last of his well-trained clerks to Egypt to help count the number of prisoners and try to get the provision for them in some sort of order . |
| 5 | Right , as soon as we 've done this then we 'll have to go and have a , you can have a bath and mummy can have a shower because I 've got a lady coming to see me about a job . |
| 6 | Once again Abbot Bere came to greet us in the guest house , accompanied by a monk who had been absent at our earlier meeting . |
| 7 | On the contrary , the light rail systems found in experimental services throughout much of this century , but maturing only recently with the use of modern technology , could have a very bright future if Governments come to regard them as a necessary investment to meet an increasing transport need . |
| 8 | The elderly lady found a private moment in which to invite her hostess to come to see her in the room she occupied in her daughter 's house . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , Dacre came to find me for the purpose of asking my permission to address you , ’ said Kirtlington . |
| 10 | Princesse Mathilde came to see them for a weekend . |
| 11 | ‘ Thompson at your service , ’ said the landlord coming to meet him with a welcoming smile which disappeared quickly as he saw Midnight — his glance sliding from the metal collar to the handcuffs and on to Jess 's flushed face . |
| 12 | She wanted to stay awake to listen for the taxi coming to take them to the airport . |
| 13 | One of the cats came to meet her in the wood and accompanied her back into the house . |
| 14 | Camino came to see me in the bank and asked if the village girls would be prepared to collect food and take it on their bicycles to the prisoners . |
| 15 | One day Mr Bumble came to tell them about a woman who had died in an extremely poor part of the town , and Sowerberry and Oliver went to collect the body . |
| 16 | You would have thought Magnus 's mother would have been nice to me but I bet Father had already telephoned and told her lies about me , because she made me wait in the hall until Nanny came to collect me in a taxicab . |
| 17 | Tremayne came to collect me from the hospital afterwards and told me on the way to Shellerton that Mackie had got through the court ordeal bravely . |
| 18 | You could ask them till kingdom come to put them on the bus , but they never do … . ’ |
| 19 | She got the reel of film through customs without any trouble , and a man came to collect it at the hotel . |
| 20 | Faustus 's fate is also made clearer by the addition of a scene before the final chorus where the scholars come to visit him on the morning after his final hour and find his body torn in pieces ( V , iii , 1–19 ) . |
| 21 | Andalusia 's welcome to Joseph in 1810 appeared ecstatic to his courtiers : priests , nobles , and peasants came to greet him in every town . |
| 22 | As soon as voters came to see it as a real choice between Labour and the Conservatives , thousands of waverers who had told the polls they were going to vote Labour or Liberal Democrats , clearly decamped . |
| 23 | Eventually a man from the tower arrived , and a little bus came to take us to the aircraft . |
| 24 | Oddly enough , I did n't happen to be in my room again when Terry Wogan came to see me before the show on the second occasion . |