Example sentences of "[pers pn] have come [to-vb] [art] " 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 | The Gendarme on duty at Boulogne Police Station looked surprised when I said that I had come to join the French Foreign Legion . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | THE GALLEY SLAVES : I 've Come To Kill The President |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've come to use the fair as promotion , and I think everyone is returning to this idea after the end of the bonanza period . ’ |
| 8 | Sorry to interrupt , I 've come to collect the packet . |
| 9 | I 've come to declare the father to you . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've come to see a young man from the place where I work , ’ she said , trying to sound firm and businesslike . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've come to see the Fair , ’ I said conversationally . |
| 13 | He had a small gold cross about his neck and a quietly menacing air : ‘ I 've come to see the twins , ’ he said . |
| 14 | I 'm here on urgent business , I 've come to save the world from self-destruction . |
| 15 | I 've come to read the meter . |
| 16 | I glance round the hall like I 've come to change the wallpaper , thirty years late . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've come to make a complaint . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 've come to make an accusation . |
| 19 | I 've come to win the British Open ! ’ |
| 20 | And my second reason is that I 've come to doubt the futurologists , the people in the think tanks . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've come to discuss a deal I 'd like to do with you , ’ he said . |
| 22 | I have come to declare the kingdom of God , that 's it among you ! |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . |
| 24 | I am Rudolf Hess , and I have come to see the Duke of Hamilton . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Now I 've finished researching this issue of NI , I have come to hate the very word ‘ population ’ . |
| 27 | Now I 've finished editing this issue of NI , I have come to hate the very word ‘ population ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ I have come to register a co-operative . ’ |
| 29 | As Jesus himself says ( Matthew 5:17 ) : ‘ Do not imagine that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets . |
| 30 | 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 . |