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Example sentences of "[pers pn] to come [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Fred joined them and urged them to come to the cemetery in the funeral cars .
2	We fought for them to come to the Assembly , where they could speak their minds and meet the Africans they never meet , and together listen to the Almighty Who might know better even than they what is best for the country .
3	On the Sunday following the manor fire , as Tom , Seb , Dolly and Carrie left Swinbrook chapel after the morning service , Christian asked them to come to the farmhouse .
4	Wiping her eyes once more with a sodden hanky , Evelyn waited for them to come into the room .
5	When the public respond to your advertisements or because they have heard that you do personal injury work , it is not enough just to tell them that you do and expect them to come into the office .
6	they 'd like , like them to come from the floor and not from another from a committee member says , yeah I sponsor Billy , and another committee member says I
7	I doubt if they would in this well I would n't want them to come in the fog
8	‘ This woman told me to come to the church and do some healing . ’
9	Yeah well it 's rare for me to come to the doctor 's but last three week I 've been here like every week , kind of thing .
10	‘ Bob , ’ said Tessa , when he had put the phone down again , ‘ do you want me to come to the funeral or not ? ’
11	After a short , complicated conversation in our melange of languages , she left me to battle with my clothes and the shower , returning only to tell me to come to the house of Sheikha Grandmother .
12	You do n't know how many girls have begged me to come to the Casablanca Club , and you are the only one I have asked . ’
13	‘ Exactly as he phoned me last night , and told me to come to the wedding . ’
14	He said he 'd flown over urgently to see me and asked me to come to the Cheshire Cheese , that pub in Fleet Street , at ten o'clock that night .
15	The teachers were in on my research from the beginning , erm I originally gained the co-operation of the headmaster — he allowed me to come into the school — and then I found the teachers enormously co-operative , in fact , far more cooperative than I had a really had a right to expect .
16	I originally gained the co-operated of the headmaster , who allowed me to come into the school , and then I found the teachers enormously co-operative in fact , far more co-operative than I really high a right to expect .
17	He had no answer , but in the meantime the manager appeared and asked me to come into the office .
18	If you 'll be Confirmed in Faith I 'll never ask you to come to the church again .
19	I would like you to come to the Incident Room on the Wharf later today . ’
20	‘ That is precisely why I did n't want you to come to the hospital .
21	Why , why do I ask you to come to the marathon ?
22	I want you to come into the market .
23	But perhaps it would be nice if somebody gave you a gift voucher for Christmas and it said an eyebrow trim , and you were dying to have an eyebrow trim but you did n't know where to come , and perhaps you were a little bit frightened about having one , so , it might , you know , get you to come into the salon .
24	That 's why I telephoned Eleanor last night and asked her to come to the house this morning .
25	‘ Then why did you ask her to come to the house ? ’
26	He watched her walk away without speaking and enter the hall again ; he had expected her to come to the table to supervise Mary packing up the food .
27	The hospital was worried ; they had written to Mary several times asking her to come to the hospital for the results of her tests .
28	Benny did n't really want her to come to the party , but for once Mother had been insistent .
29	When Moran pressed her to come for the Christmas dinner , she refused .
30	I found I had to get Dawn 's weight down much more than I 'd expected , or would have wished , just to persuade her to come for the food on my fist .