Example sentences of "i come [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's angry and irritable and he 's made it clear from the very beginning that he does n't expect me to come up to scratch . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It 's a long enough journey for me to come here to see you , ’ she said . |
| 3 | A little later he crooked her in the shelter of his arms and said , ‘ You 've no idea what it took for me to come over to see you that first time . ’ |
| 4 | She told me to come back to get my blood pressure checked again . |
| 5 | In fact , I deliberately refrained from entering into such debates during these past days because I came principally to listen . |
| 6 | But you must be very busy and I came here to ask a favour , a big favour . |
| 7 | ‘ Constable Aplin and I came here to ask you a few questions about a certain matter . |
| 8 | Having firmly put the militia officer in his place and redeemed some of his own wounded pride , Arnold Peck said to Noah , ‘ Do you agree to abide by the terms of the injunction I came here to serve upon you ? ’ |
| 9 | I came here to relax . |
| 10 | If you will contain yourself in reasonable patience , and permit me to do what I came here to do , we will all be better off ! |
| 11 | Ca n't be certain , but it looks as if Allied Signal Corp chief executive Lawrence Bossidy has ruled himself out of the running for the top job at IBM Corp : he says that although he is ‘ flattered to be mentioned as a candidate for chairman of another company , I intend to remain at Allied-Signal to complete the job I came here to do . ’ |
| 12 | I came here to do something . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm going to do what I came here to do in the first place . |
| 14 | ‘ I came here to do a job of work , and since that quite clearly is no longer possible — I can hardly tutor a pupil who is n't even here ! — I can see not the slightest reason to stay . |
| 15 | What I would like is to know something about the job I came here to do . |
| 16 | ‘ You really believe that I came here to cause trouble , do n't you ? ’ |
| 17 | Do n't make me sorry I came here to say ‘ Goodbye ’ . ’ |
| 18 | I came here to plead not guilty . |
| 19 | ‘ I came here to see your girlfriend , ’ she said in an unnaturally high voice . |
| 20 | ‘ Funny , I came here to see her as well . ’ |
| 21 | I came here to see the installation of an air-conditioning unit , not to be involved in your personal life ! ’ |
| 22 | I came here to see a Mrs Denner , to design her garden . ’ |
| 23 | I came here to record a couple of shows for Britain — and I thought that would be it . |
| 24 | ‘ I came here to apologise , but if this is your attitude I 'm damned if I do ! ’ |
| 25 | " I came here to give her a present . |
| 26 | It was my first 6-day race and I came here to enjoy it with no plan or target , so I 'm very happy to have had such a successful run . ’ |
| 27 | So I came here to return the jade to you before going home . ’ |
| 28 | If you think I came here to ease my conscience , you 're wrong . ’ |
| 29 | I came here to talk deal . |
| 30 | Are you jealous because you think that I came here to sleep with her ? ’ |