Example sentences of "[pers pn] would come for [art] " in BNC.

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1 You knew immediately that Jancey had stuffed these guys into her flat because she knew I 'd come for a showdown , and it had to be tonight .
2 She glanced downwards , just exactly as she had on the day I 'd come for the room .
3 ‘ If I was in the same situation again 100 times I would come for the same punch and back myself to clear the ball every time ’
4 I thought we 'd come for a little walk and
5 I mean , it 's hard to think of an equivalent , but say you were an inhabitant of Hastings in the year 2066 and you went down to the beach one day and these longships were coming towards you and lots of people in chainmail and pointy helmets got out and said they 'd come for the Battle of Hastings and would you rustle up King Harold so they could shoot him in the eye and here was a huge wallet full of money for you to play your part .
6 ‘ You 'd think he 'd come for the Christmas or even write but never a word , no thought for anybody except himself , ’ and it cast a deep shadow when they tried to imagine what kind of space enclosed Luke in England during the same hour , but they were n't able to imagine it .
7 If he 'd come for the race …
8 He 'd come for an evening 's entertainment and , though the food was good , he 'd reckoned on stronger meat .
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