Example sentences of "come to [pers pn] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she had had it in her power to change anything in that one moment , it would be for Matthew to come to her as a friend . |
| 2 | The word of Jesus had come to her as a great challenge . |
| 3 | It had come to him as a blinding revelation when he was but a small child . |
| 4 | It came to him as a Revelation , descending upon his mind in all its complex glory , that there was a man in the City in need of his help , and that the man — his name did n't matter-would free everyone as this awakening had freed him . |
| 5 | It came to her as a shock that , although she had an excellent opportunity to be acquainted with high school children through her son , she did not know any of his friends . |
| 6 | Mabel looked astonished ; any event in her life , no matter how mundane , always came to her as a great surprise . |
| 7 | It came to me as a gift , a little black-faced lamb sent to me by the Batesons who were farming Briscoe at the time . |
| 8 | and then he came to me as a last hope |
| 9 | They walked like robots until Doyle yelled , ‘ Stop ! ’ with half his voice whirled away by the wind so that it came to them as a little thread of sound . |
| 10 | With distant astonishment at her own efficiency , she heard her voice saying very clearly and reasonably : ‘ I do beg your pardon , but I came to you as the nearest house . |
| 11 | He was an astute purchase , for he came to us as a proven goalscorer and immediately lived up to his reputation by netting upon his debut against Millwall here at Selhurst Park ( 5–0 ) and going on to hit 19 League goals from 27 outings for us in the remainder of that season . |
| 12 | ‘ He 's apparently coming to us as a replacement for poor old Eddy . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Never look about you as you go , ’ was old Haverford 's advice , ‘ and then arriving will come to you as a total surprise . |
| 14 | These libraries , large and small , are organised on the assumption that people come to them as a knowledge materials distribution centre , knowing what they want . |
| 15 | It is obviously far more important in industrial selling than retail selling ; for example , a salesperson of office equipment may call upon many new potential customers , whereas a furniture salesperson is unlikely to search out new prospects — they come to him as a result of advertising and , perhaps , high street location . |