Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [pers pn] come from " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he thinks perhaps it came from him . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , who cares where it came from ! ’ screamed Mavis , as the wolf came a few steps further into the room . |
| 3 | It turns out he comes from Harrogate . |
| 4 | The Kingman Report explained that although this accent must be the standard for foreign students of English in Britain , it is not used as the model of English pronunciation in British schools , since speakers may be rightly proud of their regional pronunciation , which identifies where they come from . |
| 5 | In their grander moments the Welsh would claim most ancient associations — the luminous legendary King Arthur — and boast they had supplied England with its greatest monarchs — out of Owen Tudor — Henry VII , Henry VIII , Elizabeth I. ‘ They are an alien race , ’ wrote Burton , ‘ and nobody knows where they came from or what they are . ’ |
| 6 | Mind you , the evidence for the past seven years of the Clarke genius is at last collected on an album that , like the Pet Shop Boys ' ‘ Disco ’ , knows where it came from and is chuffed about it . |
| 7 | The mortar just appeared in an anonymous donation and no-one knows where it came from . |
| 8 | Your son knows where it comes from even if he does n't take the stuff himself . |
| 9 | ‘ In John Major you have a pilot at the helm who knows where he comes from and where he is going . ’ |
| 10 | The Mason knows where I come from . |