Example sentences of "[verb] he [modal v] come " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told me he was just visiting to let me know he would come for me soon , but not just yet . |
| 2 | ‘ And I did n't know he 'd come to the hotel to find you ! |
| 3 | ‘ And Ivor promised he 'd come tonight . ’ |
| 4 | She 'd forgotten he 'd come here ahead of them . |
| 5 | Müller was n't to know he 'd come off your medication . |
| 6 | The most unlikely moment for Claire to talk about a day when she and her brother went walking across the land of a man who believed he 'd come back from the dead as a fox . |
| 7 | He believed he should come across someone who should want his skills — he was an incurable optimist , and imagined a fortunate meeting around every corner , though how that should come about was hard to see , as he advanced farther and farther into the dark , dense trees , where even the moonlight was split into dull little needles of bluish light on the moss , not enough to see by . |
| 8 | He is the sort of person who says he will come for lunch and arrives at 3.30 , just as you are heading down the road to collect the kids from school . |
| 9 | ‘ I do not need your spurious concern — and , anyway , I do n't expect he 'll come back . ’ |
| 10 | Do n't worry about money he 's alright , no he 's said he 'd come and have a look if he sees , he 's gon na have a look at it first , see what he thinks . |
| 11 | Dom João will be here in his own good time : he has said he will come to Ireland , and come he surely will . " |
| 12 | And who would have thought he would come home so early ? ’ |
| 13 | What on earth else had she thought he 'd come here to tell her ? |
| 14 | If we ought to had him mate they 'd have thought he 'd come from |
| 15 | I wish I could believe he 'd come by it honestly , driving his lorry up and down the Great North Road . ’ |
| 16 | this year , this week then , this 'll be the week going he 'll come up |
| 17 | Sees us clearly and reckons he 'll come to a stop more or less alongside . |
| 18 | Erm I doubt , you know he 'll come |
| 19 | And to suddenly decide he 'll come with us … ’ |
| 20 | He was saying he would come up and tell us how Stephen was and everything . |
| 21 | Tim , she was told , had turned back as they neared the café , saying he would come later . |
| 22 | Dad started off in statesman-like fashion , as if he were addressing the United Nations , earnestly saying he 'd come to love Eva over the time he 'd known her and so on . |
| 23 | In so doing he may come as near as he can ever hope to an understanding of war as people of the late Middle Ages knew it , no easy task even in the most favourable conditions , but one which can not be attempted with any hope of success without a proper appreciation of the many threads which make up history . |
| 24 | ‘ And so do I. Before he was born I decided he would come first and that , if it was at all possible , I 'd be at home with him throughout his early years . ’ |
| 25 | You reckon he might come looking for bother ? ’ |
| 26 | She feigned enthusiasm , but what she was really thinking was that she 'd been a fool to hope he 'd come here on a more personal mission . |
| 27 | Up to the day before I had hoped he would come with me at least as far as Perpignan , to see me on my way ; now there was no question of that , and indeed I could hardly wait to get away from him . |
| 28 | Does that mean he 'll come ? |
| 29 | I bet he 'll come out with ice cream , aha no |
| 30 | Still , I think you 're right , I do n't suppose he 'll come back again . |