Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] come [prep] " in BNC.

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1 More than anything else it was the two essays Camus wrote evoking ‘ the great free love of nature and the sea ’ at Tipasa that made me come to Algeria .
2 Eight months on , the Lonsdales are now raising money for the cot death charity that helped them come to terms with Louis ' death .
3 John McCarthy , Terry Waite , Jackie Mann and spent time in a special unit where Dr Turnbull helped them come to terms with what had happened to them .
4 Of course , I had no idea whether these ladies were right or wrong , but the revelation of fragments of past lives helped me come to terms with my true nature , and to understand why I had been troubled in the past .
5 The experience was a defining period in her life , one which ‘ really gave me a lotta confidence , and helped me come to terms with my womanhood ’ .
6 Added the keyboard-playing star : ‘ Raymond , my close friends and my family helped me come to terms with my depression .
7 ‘ What made you come to Koraloona ? ’
8 ‘ What was it that made you come after me ? ’ she asked , curious to learn the truth .
9 She stood up and walked to the door , not trusting herself to look back , and after a second she heard him come to his feet .
10 ‘ Not last night ; I heard him come in a long time after I went to bed .
11 The story is , that in bygone days before the advent of the white man , there was a young Siwash Indian whose ardent love of nature made him come to that point of land on the inlet every day to watch the sunset .
12 Elizabeth made him come to the farmhouse .
13 He was gratified , therefore , when he saw them come into the church at Gillamoor , accompanied by Victoria , and the three year old Hilary .
14 And then he saw them come into the amber flicker of the firelight with the flames lighting green lamps in their heads .
15 People had gone up to a house and been knocking on the door waiting for someone to come because the light had come on and they thought there must be somebody in because they switched the light on when they saw me come up the drive , and these are visitors .
16 ‘ No one saw me come in here , but half Fleet Street 's going to see me leave , ’ said Quinn .
17 ‘ I saw you come over here and guessed Melody would be somewhere near .
18 I thought it was you and I ran off , it was you , and th and I saw you come from the bush with Howard .
19 ‘ I saw him come up the path , ’ said an angry voice .
20 Well when I , I saw him come in door at this end and I thought oh well , I 'll follow them see if they 've gone back and they were sat , well it must have been behind the back
21 Even the small talk ( ‘ How did I come to be in the show ?
22 So how did I come to be in the car in the middle of the night when I should have been in bed sound asleep ?
23 Erm as well as all that erm I 'll just try and add in the extra bits that Erm what was oh sorry how did I come to Friends Provident then ?
24 How did I come to Friends Provident ?
25 ‘ Ere , what did I come for ?
26 How did you come to be an actor ?
27 ( ‘ Why did you come to the New World ? ’ one conquistador was once asked .
28 How did you come to be here ? ’
29 Did you come to Italy without money ? ’ he asked in surprise .
30 ‘ Why did you come to me ? ’
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