Example sentences of "but [conj] [pers pn] come [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To know God and yet nothing of our own wretched state breeds pride ; to realize our misery and know nothing of God is mere despair ; but if we come to the knowledge of Jesus Christ we find our true equilibrium , for there we find both human misery and God . |
| 2 | I wo n't hurt you , but if you come near the boat , I 'll shoot you through the head ! ’ |
| 3 | But if you come in the heat of summer , you 'll find we 're pleasantly free of les touristes . |
| 4 | I wo n't say anything now , but when we come to the recapitulation you 'll know what I am doing , and we 'll see what you do ’ . |
| 5 | this happens automatically with a 1×1 rib , but when we come to the 2×2 ribs we have to take steps to make it happen . |
| 6 | But when we come to the interpersonal function , we not only have to account for the literary work itself as a discourse between author and reader , but we have to reckon with the phenomenon of " embedded discourse " : the occurrence of discourse within discourse , as when the author reports dialogue between fictional characters . |