Example sentences of "[that] [pron] had come to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But had it not been to rid herself of her aura of wealth and privilege which had created her feeling that she was the darling of the gods — although the same gods knew how brutally they had treated her — that she had come to the East End to work , and to live as though she really needed to , and to survive on the pittance which she had earned , without bolting back again to luxury and comfort ? |
| 2 | He had been there since lunchtime , and it had been while she 'd watched him that she had come to the decision that she must go . |
| 3 | Hailing each other , they found that they had come to the same conclusion : that so far as they could tell , in the gloom and confusion , the night was theirs , the camp completely broken up , the enemy scattered and leaderless and unlikely to rally now . |
| 4 | Brian felt that they had come to the end of that day 's talk . |
| 5 | When she arrived at the theatre that night she saw a note pinned up at the stage door stating that it had come to the management 's notice that a Girl had been flying , which was forbidden ! |
| 6 | Before he expected , his feet met blocks of stone , and he realised that he had come to the edge of the great sprawling tip of the infill . |
| 7 | He told me that he had come to the Legion so that he could kill people without going to prison . |
| 8 | I went to see Eric to tell him about this conversation and found that he had come to the same conclusion . |
| 9 | But he may also have intended to remind those present that he had come to the throne as a result of the treaty he had made with Edmund , which according to Florence of Worcester established peace , friendship and brotherhood between them . |