Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [modal v] come " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found I 'd come to the Wetherden Mapole , and there was a chap there with his horses . |
| 2 | Promised she would come and see me , but you know what these little chelas are like … |
| 3 | Nick said , ‘ I promised we 'd come again , did n't I ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ And Ivor promised he 'd come tonight . ’ |
| 5 | But you assumed I 'd come in answer to your advertisement . |
| 6 | If they did , then she believed they would come through all this and be reasonably all right . |
| 7 | The most unlikely moment for Claire to talk about a day when she and her brother went walking across the land of a man who believed he 'd come back from the dead as a fox . |
| 8 | He believed he should come across someone who should want his skills — he was an incurable optimist , and imagined a fortunate meeting around every corner , though how that should come about was hard to see , as he advanced farther and farther into the dark , dense trees , where even the moonlight was split into dull little needles of bluish light on the moss , not enough to see by . |
| 9 | The door crashed open and slammed back against the wall with such force it seemed it would come off the hinges . |
| 10 | She knew what they were saying and realized she could come to church no more . |
| 11 | I reckoned I 'd come back midday and have a look over everything , but I do n't think there 'll be anything missing . |
| 12 | She guessed they 'd come about twenty yards inland ; she could still hear the sigh and fall of the incoming tide . |
| 13 | ‘ I decided I 'd come home early tonight . |
| 14 | If she pulled they would come crashing down on top of her , said Mr Wakerley . |
| 15 | ‘ And so do I. Before he was born I decided he would come first and that , if it was at all possible , I 'd be at home with him throughout his early years . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I felt I should come and ask you — ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I never dreamed I 'd come back to find you at the head of a company . |
| 18 | I gasped — and I knew I must come up somehow . |
| 19 | I knew I 'd come to the right place . |
| 20 | ‘ I knew I 'd come to the right place . ’ |
| 21 | How could you leave me when you knew I 'd come for you ? |
| 22 | You knew I 'd come , did n't you ? ’ |
| 23 | You knew I 'd come here one day , did n't you ? " |
| 24 | You knew immediately that Jancey had stuffed these guys into her flat because she knew I 'd come for a showdown , and it had to be tonight . |
| 25 | and he 's been and gorrit , he 's took his half and it 's going , i cos I thought I 'll come to your house and tell you in front |
| 26 | When I gatecrashed your life I suppose you thought I might come in useful as some kind of antidote — but it did n't work . ’ |
| 27 | Having taught English Literature for a long time in universities , on both sides of the Atlantic , and having spent some years pondering the questions raised in this book , I have come to some very tentative conclusions about what might be done ; they are not , I might add , of the kind I thought I would come to when I began working on it . |
| 28 | 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 . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ So I thought I would come round a little early , in case you needed advice . |
| 30 | ‘ You all look so attractive I thought I would come in and say hello . |