Example sentences of "[verb] that [pers pn] [modal v] come [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The suggestion about the car had come from the rifleman — he 'd asked if I had a car , and I 'd said yes , because I did n't want them to know that I 'd come by boat . |
| 2 | Mercer produced a key and gave it to me , explaining that I would come to a locked door . |
| 3 | Half-formed suspicion had become fact , and Cassie did not think that she could come to terms with it … |
| 4 | Sulien Blount is here with a horse for you , and begs that you will come to his mother , now , at once , for the Lady Donata is dying , and is asking to see you again , and hear you , before she dies . ’ |
| 5 | I would have been sorrier still if she had not paraded her distress so openly , sighing and staring into space and insisting that Richard should buy her whisky , which is expensive in Morocco — in her place I should have been so humiliated and ashamed that I would have done my best to put a good face on it — but I was sorry enough to agree that she should come with us , in our car . |
| 6 | She imagined that he would come to a halt , but his fingers began to explore inside her knickers , moving steadily towards her warm and willing crotch . |
| 7 | The US Federal Trade Commission 's investigation of Microsoft Corp has had an air of unreality about it , with few people imagining that it will come to anything very much or lead to any significant change in the market , but now that the thing may be coming to a climax , what are the possible outcomes ? |
| 8 | I 'd rather taken it for granted that she 'd come to London with me . |
| 9 | In his letter announcing the betrothal , João had said that he would come to Ireland in the summer in order to take Sara back to Lisbon before the autumn storms , so her expectation of his arrival mounted with each passing day . |
| 10 | ‘ My friend gave her name , which is Smith , and he — your uncle — assumed that she 'd come from ‘ my lord — Mr Smith , ’ so … ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Fortex has shown that it can come through a difficult trading period in excellent financial shape , ’ said Mr Austin . |
| 12 | I know that I shall come with a full measure of the blessing of Christ . |
| 13 | I thereupon telephoned the director-general of the BBC , Charles Curran , and arranged that he would come to my home that evening . |
| 14 | To confront it and , while acknowledging that it can come to nothing , to explore the feeling and its roots , can open up new horizons of feeling and fresh recognition of the effect of past experience . |
| 15 | ‘ It is hard to believe that it could come in the Grand National , ’ Gaselee said . |
| 16 | She supposed some small part of her had hoped that he would come after her . |
| 17 | Well I think much as I welcome the university proceeding down the road that it is , erm I have a very , very strong feeling that change is going to come from the bottom up , and I think that it 'll come from the bottom up in those colleges , like New College , who have got an increasingly large number of women fellows who feel that , you know , there 's safety in numbers and we can start to do something about it . |
| 18 | In the month since the decision had been taken that she would come to school here , her feelings had turned from foreboding to anticipation . |
| 19 | The Americans hoped that it would come into force as quickly as possible , allowing German military forces to be recruited . |
| 20 | With her head down , concentrating on pushing the skis along and her mind happily listing the insults she 'd love to heap on his golden head , Shannon failed to notice that he 'd come to a halt just a couple of feet in front of her , till she cannoned straight into his solid bulk , her skis sliding neatly between his . |
| 21 | Whoever came , Trent was determined that they should come on foot and across open ground . |
| 22 | Therefore bide your time and refrain from all action , until I send you word that you may come with my warranty to the council table . |