Example sentences of "have [adv] come [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , by the time a foal has matured , it has usually come to accept that patting is some peculiar human aberration to indicate friendliness — and accepts it as such . |
| 2 | ‘ What can a piece of mine do for an audience that has really come to enjoy one of the great operatic masterpieces of all time ? ’ asks Jonathan Dove . |
| 3 | Managers and clinicians had rather come to view each other as protagonists in the constant battle for resources . |
| 4 | Diplomatic throughout , Dr Greenspan insisted that he was no expert on the Soviet economy , and had not come to offer instant solutions . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've just come to get some pastries for tea … ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You 've really come to appreciate that fact ? ’ |
| 7 | Ariel starts across the clearing ; the trees and undergrowth , the tangle of roots and flowers have been razed , she must trudge across open ground to reach the sea , which is her aim ; she will walk out on the west side of the settlement 's boundaries , where the stockade has not yet been driven into the beach , past the rinsing and brewing pools which have already come to look neglected , the waterline slimy with weed , the flies hatching on the surface . |
| 8 | I think maybe he 's just come to realize that |
| 9 | Once convinced , however , that no major philosophical change was involved , but merely the identification by reference to more sophisticated criteria of what has always been regarded as death , medical lawyers have increasingly come to accept brain-stem death as the legal description also . |
| 10 | ‘ Andy makes crucial saves for us at vital times in matches and we have actually come to expect that of him , ’ said Gough . |