Example sentences of "did [pron] [verb] come [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did you want to come in Mr ? |
| 2 | ‘ Why did you have to come on the scene , meddling ? |
| 3 | What a mystery it is , the way we carry on , thought Liz , as she moved on to more congenial entertainment : remembering , suddenly , the oft-repeated claim of an Austrian refugee analyst of her acquaintance , who frequently and unashamedly rejoiced in having had in his house at one time no less than five Nobel Prize winners , a claim which she had always found endearing , ridiculous , foolish , alarming , comic , in its nai¨veté , its precision , its ruthlessness : remembering the alarms and excitement of her own early encounters with the famous , the great , the titled , the rich : remembering the ancient yearning to crowd her life with people , with voices , with telephone calls , invitations , children , friends of children : remembering , in short the dread of solitude , the dread of reliving her mother 's unending , inexplicable , still-enduring loneliness : and across these memories , flitting in a half second , as she made her way , for light relief , towards Kate Armstrong , fortifying Kate , came the question — why did Henrietta Latchett , who must have been invited to a hundred parties tonight , who could never have known a lonely evening , why did she choose to come to us ? |
| 4 | First she was on her own with Rose and some of the women , then they sent for the midwife , who did n't turn up , and only after that did they think to come for me . |
| 5 | But they did n't , so why did they want to come to Britain ? |
| 6 | ‘ Did it have to come to this ? |
| 7 | And what did he want coming to this back of beyond ? ’ |