Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] come [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He hates me coming here . |
| 2 | I hope no-one thinks I came up with it . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ In fact , I could swear your image-maker wants me to come across as a free spirit , someone who does n't need the convention of a male escort — and I do n't . |
| 4 | Why has she come here for goodness sake Ar Art barked mentally choosing mushed up mushroom omelette and a roll of butter . |
| 5 | Only now has she come in from the cold with her eleventh book being published by Collins ( at £10.95 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ Is there something , ’ George asked icily , ‘ about the atmosphere of this place that causes you to come up with such expressions ? |
| 7 | ‘ Before you ses anythin' , ’ said Carrie as Willie stood up , crimson , ‘ we 've jest come to tell you that we 're miserable about you not being in our class and that we still wants you to come round with us like . ’ |
| 8 | He wants you to come back to Him , contrite , beggin' forgiveness . |
| 9 | has it come off ? , your space suits come off has it ? , alright , here , well stand still or I ca n't put it on while you 're jumping about come here jumping bean , do n't you want it on ? |
| 10 | How has it come about that we are prepared to describe a serious physical mutilation as a trivial adjustment ? |
| 11 | In an improbable , but typical , detour in a review of a book about corsets , she asks : ‘ How has it come about that feminists have picked up the masculine notion that those women who are n't self-confessed feminists do n't known what they 're doing , half the time ? ’ |
| 12 | How , she asked herself in those early days , has it come about that I , daughter to a humble carpenter and a washerwoman , have become the companion and confidante of her who is close to the throne , who is sister-in-law to him who will one day be King of England ? |
| 13 | Someone has been murdered in mysterious circumstances : how has it come about ? |
| 14 | ‘ What has he come here for then ? ’ |
| 15 | Incidentally , has he come up with the goods yet ? ’ |
| 16 | Only once has he come close to losing his rag , when publicly embarrassed by his press secretary , Julie Hall , as she admitted giving the first name of the little girl at the centre of the health election broadcast row to the press . |
| 17 | Has he come home ? |
| 18 | Has he come home yet ? |
| 19 | " Why has he come back with you ? " |
| 20 | He says I come on too strong with these men , not sexually because believe me , I do n't . |
| 21 | I were , ah I says I came here at quarter past two , place was all shut up |
| 22 | Sue Everson says she came over in tears and could hardly speak but eventually said there was a body in the garden . |
| 23 | happens they come under one education authority . |
| 24 | Nairobi and she says they come across , she comes across occasionally . |
| 25 | my aunty gets , gets them back and she says they come back , she , she actually them , and she , she cuts them into the , the shape , of the |
| 26 | another driver says he came off in a field saw stars for a few seconds but he 's alright … |
| 27 | And it bounces it comes in through the atmosphere , through all the gasses , they ca n't leave again , as it usually can . |
| 28 | It says it comes out of the recession with important increases in market share and looks to the future with great confidence . |
| 29 | Vodafone Group Plc claims that a survey by the Office of Telecommunications shows that it provides the best quality of service available to mobile phone users : Vodafone has more than 820,000 of the 1.4m UK subscribers and in its first quality survey Oftel monitored 120 routes across the UK , finding that Vodafone had an overall success rate for call connection of 93% against 88.7% for Cellnet Mobile Communications Ltd ; some 95.8% of calls on Vodafone 's network from mobile to fixed line phones were set up and completed at the first attempt , said Oftel , compared with 92.5% on Cellnet 's network ; fixed to mobile on the same basis were 92.4% for Vodafone and 89.8% for Cellnet ; Cellnet reckons it comes out tops in trials of hand portables in the Greater London area . |
| 30 | And that 's what really makes the area so special and keeps me coming back . |