Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pers pn] come [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did not know it came from them ! ’ he muttered . |
| 2 | In his more pessimistic moments some rogue part of his mind knew this darkness to be inevitable , although he did not expect it to come in his time , maybe not even in his son 's . |
| 3 | I can not believe he came without Airey Neave 's permission , but it did not look a very comfortable arrangement , and I declined . |
| 4 | At one stage she somehow got on to the subject of coal and said she simply did not believe it came from wood . |
| 5 | Then it comes , and John does not see it coming at all . |
| 6 | I 've just seen your pic in the Standard ’ , she proclaimed excitedly , ‘ I 'd just like you to come on LBC radio tomorrow . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd like to know it , all the same , ’ he said , as if the knowledge could somehow enable him to come to grips with it and defeat it . |
| 8 | Shareholders are requested to complete and return the proxy card , but this does not preclude them coming to the meeting and voting in person . |
| 9 | Whenever Annunciata came to fetch the child she was firm : he must go at once or otherwise his mother would be displeased and might not allow him to come at all . |
| 10 | I mean er I 'll I 'll still need them to come to me for er entering |
| 11 | Perhaps I can say , that what I 'd like to see is N C V O be much more corporate in the way it approaches things , erm , many of you will have seen many of our publications , but , you may not always realise they come from N C V O , sometimes it 's not always easy to see that , you have to search through and , not always find it , and we 've got many different images , so I think it 's important we er get a whole corporate image across . |
| 12 | I could so clearly see her coming between you and me , between us and our poetry , and I felt furiously jealous and unhappy but tried not to show it . |
| 13 | Benny did n't really want her to come to the party , but for once Mother had been insistent . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , of course , ’ said Sophia , ‘ and I suppose we did n't really ask them to come with us , did we . |
| 15 | ‘ If ever you do n't want me to come with you somewhere , Bob , you 've only got to say . |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't want him to come for me . |
| 17 | ‘ I did n't want him — I did n't want him to come near me — so I locked myself in the bathroom , with Gary-I did n't know what else to do . |
| 18 | I doubt if they would in this well I would n't want them to come in the fog |
| 19 | You see , I do n't want you to come on the … well , shall we say ’ — her smile widened — ‘ on false pretences . |
| 20 | ‘ That is precisely why I did n't want you to come to the hospital . |
| 21 | As it stands the districts seem to be wanting their cake and eat it in that they would like er a policy restricting development in the open countryside but they do n't want it to come with baggage that is specific which says what the exceptions should be . |
| 22 | But anyway , I do n't think they came after us just to get their little fee . ’ |
| 23 | I do n't think she came with anyone . |
| 24 | ‘ You do n't think I came over here just to say good morning , do you ? ’ |
| 25 | I do n't think he came by car . |
| 26 | I do n't think it comes into force till nineteen ninety three . |
| 27 | And erm , I did n't know they came to orchestra , perhaps they 've only just joined . |
| 28 | Erm again i er the old story , we ca n't get speakers on a Monday and better luck in last year this year , sorry er I was able to get Danny but there again he came very expensive erm but we brought , we had to bring him from Lancaster so er , you ca n't expect him to come for nothing . |
| 29 | Well next time you 're in a taxi getting shaken about by a monster from Hell , do n't expect us to come to your rescue again . |
| 30 | Francis , hands thrust deep into his trouser pockets , said : ‘ I thought he seemed a bit queer at lunch but I did n't expect it to come to this … ’ |