Example sentences of "[adv] 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 ? ’
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