Example sentences of "how do [pron] come [prep] be " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ How d' you come to be here today ? ’ |
2 | To repeat questions posed earlier : what have these to say , and how did they come to be ? |
3 | So how did he come to be involved in the Vauxhall Layla advert ? |
4 | And how did he come to be that ? |
5 | How did he come to be murdered ? |
6 | ‘ How did she come to be on the dahabeeyah ? ’ demanded Zeinab . |
7 | How did she come to be in the water ? ’ |
8 | Or rather it is proved — by sleight of hand ; for if the little scene is not momentous , how did it come to be framed , in all its sparsity , by so much white paper ? |
9 | How did you come to be an actor ? |
10 | How did you come to be here ? ’ |
11 | " But how did you come to be here ? " |
12 | And how did you come to be that ? |
13 | How did you come to be Alan 's employee , when he was initially yours ? ’ |
14 | ‘ How did you come to be there ? ’ |
15 | ‘ How did you come to be involved with ffeatherstonehaugh 's , sir ? |
16 | Even the small talk ( ‘ How did I come to be in the show ? |
17 | 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 ? |
18 | The children visit the church and learn to look at it and describe what they see , and this is in itself a valuable exercise ; but it becomes more valuable still if as well as noting that the fabric is stone , they are provoked to go on to enquire what type of stone , is it all the same stone , why were these types of stone Preferred , where do they come from , and how do they come to be what they are ? |
19 | One element common to all forms of the offence is that the forbidden conduct must take place when the policeman is acting ‘ in the execution of his duty , ’ which raises the questions ; what duties are imposed upon a policeman , and how do they come to be imposed for these purposes ? |
20 | How do we come to be here ? |
21 | ‘ Then how do you come to be here ? ’ |
22 | How do you come to be in Praia do Carvoeiro ? ’ |
23 | ‘ How does she come to be here ? ’ |