Example sentences of "[pers pn] have come [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The driver assumed that I had come to see the church at Eyam , with its special exhibition featuring the events of 1665 and 1666 , when the bubonic plague visited the village . |
| 2 | I nodded , cautious , not concerned with understanding ; because underlying everything he did I had come to detect an air of stage-management , of the planned and rehearsed . |
| 3 | As I had come to know a number of rectors and vicars in the course of my journeys , for reasons which I have mentioned , Eliot questioned me about what he felt might he a mounting danger , namely that the Church might seek to increase by chauvinism what it appeared to be losing in spirituality : and indeed the vicar of my own village had been upbraided by a group of parishioners for not preaching sermons directly furthering the war effort , which Eliot said was tantamount to making him into an unpaid official of the MOI . |
| 4 | THE GALLEY SLAVES : I 've Come To Kill The President |
| 5 | Tom thunders , ‘ Who the hell are you ? ’ , and I try to tell him I 'm Albert Fyles and I 've come to take the place of his regular caddie . |
| 6 | Sorry to interrupt , I 've come to collect the packet . |
| 7 | I 've come to declare the father to you . |
| 8 | ‘ No , maybe not , but even the routine work is interesting ; I 've enjoyed the accident prevention side of things and I 've come to realise the value of our chat-line ; then , of course , there 's my work at Conway House and I 've become totally involved with that . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've come to see the Fair , ’ I said conversationally . |
| 10 | He had a small gold cross about his neck and a quietly menacing air : ‘ I 've come to see the twins , ’ he said . |
| 11 | I 'm here on urgent business , I 've come to save the world from self-destruction . |
| 12 | I 've come to read the meter . |
| 13 | I glance round the hall like I 've come to change the wallpaper , thirty years late . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've come to make a complaint . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 've come to make an accusation . |
| 16 | And my second reason is that I 've come to doubt the futurologists , the people in the think tanks . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've come to discuss a deal I 'd like to do with you , ’ he said . |
| 18 | I have come to declare the kingdom of God , that 's it among you ! |
| 19 | ‘ With the increasing pressure of everyday life I have come to realise the importance of finding time to exercise on a regular basis , ’ says Fergie , who is also the President of the Sports Aid Foundation . |
| 20 | I am Rudolf Hess , and I have come to see the Duke of Hamilton . |
| 21 | An example might be , from a spellcaster , ‘ I have come to study the magic atop the tower , my own master wishes to fortify his own Castle with a similar protection . |
| 22 | ‘ I have come to register a co-operative . ’ |
| 23 | As Jesus himself says ( Matthew 5:17 ) : ‘ Do not imagine that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets . |
| 24 | Jesus said some strong things about the Old Testament : " Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets ; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them . |
| 25 | You know , I mean , what you 've come to stay the night ? |
| 26 | ‘ Unless you 've come to lend a hand with the preparations ? ’ |
| 27 | Rain gathered her wits and said she had come to see the villa , the last place the Durance coterie had settled before disbanding . |
| 28 | She had come to forget the horror of a certain night , and all her memories were pleasant now . |
| 29 | We 've come to see the acting , we do not wish to understand the play ! ’ |
| 30 | We just thought , they said , oh , we 'll show you where it is , so we drove round there , and no , he was n't there , and , so of course , we drove back there about four or five times during the day , and like we drove past there one time and there was a woman standing outside , she said like , oh what do you want , I was like , oh well , we 've come to see the house . |