Example sentences of "that [pers pn] have come [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , what I 'm saying is that I 've come across many of dem who try to speak the Jamaican language , er , the Jamaican Patois , but how they speak it is totally different , becau' they 've got the English accent , and um , dey , becau' they 've got the English accent they try to speak the Jamaican local Patois the same way and in doin' so it sounds really terrible you know it sort of sounds you know it 's really funny . |
| 2 | It is with great personal regret that I have come to this conclusion . |
| 3 | Maybe I can never convince you that I am other than a spirit , for what I have to tell you is this : that I have come from two hundred years in the future to speak to you — to sit here by this window and talk as we talk now ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I wanted to come , ’ Maggie muttered , quite agreeing with him that she had come off worst in everything . |
| 5 | " When you 've finished saying all that you want to say about these things , though , do you feel that you 've come to any definite conclusion ? " |
| 6 | You might be surprised , therefore , and certainly more than a little proud , that we have come through 1992 in remarkably good shape , and are well placed for the New Year . |
| 7 | Some bibles say that , that they 've come to this , at the end of the day , they had n't quite , had it at that point anyway , cos they 'd approached it cos they were still alive were n't they ? |
| 8 | What had she got to lose , she seemed to be saying , now that it had come to this ? |
| 9 | ‘ It is jolly sad that it has come to this but I am not surprised , ’ she said last night . |
| 10 | ‘ Try a selection from the Desert Song , topped up with a few choruses of Cool clear Water , Midnight at the Oasis or Caravans which may convince your bird that it has come to wrong place . |
| 11 | And erm you know er sometimes I 'm sorry that it 's come to this because like this family er they made a bomb out of it we 're not saying that we 're not denying them that at all . |
| 12 | ‘ The thought that he had come to that state of despair would break my heart . ’ |