Example sentences of "come [to-vb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've had them born in the car on the way the the mother have come to see me the father has brought her to see me thinking that if she could just see me she 'd be alright . |
| 2 | And Jimmy [ Jewel ] came to see him the other day and we walked across the road to the pub . |
| 3 | He came to see me the other evening . |
| 4 | She came to see me the first night I was home , and we sat on the verandah , rather tongue-tied after such a long time , saying stupid things like : " Did you have a good trip ? " |
| 5 | " David Fairfax came to see you the other day , " Matthew went on . |
| 6 | When wicked women called Charlottes came to tempt them the hermits cast off all their clothes and rolled naked in the patch of nettles behind the pigsty . |
| 7 | When a priest came to give her the Last Rites , she gazed on the crucifix that he held before her eyes and felt her illness leave her . |
| 8 | Jesus , as the Alpha and Omega , the beginning and the end , Jesus , who came to give us the good news , news worth singing about . |
| 9 | He strode to her , eyes blazing , and shouted , ‘ Why did you specifically come to see me the minute you found out I had my own investment bank ? ’ |
| 10 | I had someone come to see me the other week from the R S P C A because they said this cat was held forty foot in the air |
| 11 | I finished third from last in the section only beating the three pegs the other side of the bridge , come to mention it the bloke the other side of the bridge never caught a fish . |
| 12 | The district nurse comes to give her the monthly vitamin injections for her anaemia — takes about ten seconds and she 's gone . |