Example sentences of "have come [to-vb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The period around the time of the full Moon on the 10th will necessitate a certain amount of soul-searching on your part , but the time has come to regain your self- confidence and live how and where you wish . |
| 2 | Sir Leicester may think it appropriate to keep Mr Rouncewell waiting , ‘ opposing his repose and that of Chesney Wold to the restless flight of ironmasters ’ , but it is his housekeeper 's son who now wields the moral authority , for he has come to remove his future daughter-in-law , the lady 's maid Rosa , from Lady Dedlock 's charge because he thinks that position is unsuitable . |
| 3 | In the absence of a monarchy , it has come to symbolise their national identity . |
| 4 | But this is where Ian McCormack from Tewkesbury has to come to chase his sporting ambition ; to break the world speed record for windsurfing . |
| 5 | ‘ Anyway , I 've come to see me old mate Bella here . |
| 6 | Among friends who had come to wish her further success were Mr Bernard Leser the head of Condé Nast in America , who had just flown in ; Earl and Countess Alexander of Tunis , the Hon. |
| 7 | I intended to ask the Baronessa Dulcibene why she had come to pay her last respects to this mysterious Englishman but she gave me a glassy look of non-recognition and moved rapidly away with her companion . |
| 8 | The Krays , Richardsons , and many more villains had come to pay their last respects . |
| 9 | After they had been given the coq au vin the waiter shovelled on to their plates , from a mysteriously divided dish , some wilted vegetables , and Richard recognised that tile moment had come to make his only point . |
| 10 | ‘ However that be , ’ he said portentously , ‘ I have come to discharge my solemn duty to view the body of the deceased at the earliest possible opportunity . ’ |
| 11 | Over the years they have come to dominate their geographic market . |
| 12 | They , for their part , attempt to justify their actions to each other , hypocrisy apparently continuing by habit , having become a way of life ( since there is no one on-stage whom they need to deceive , perhaps they have come to believe their own lies ) : The truth is transparent , however ; indeed , when Gloucester reports that the king is leaving , Goneril says , ‘ My Lord , entreat him by no means to stay ’ ( 301 ) . |