Example sentences of "[pron] had come for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked me in German what I had come for but I said ; untruthfully , ‘ Nicht verstehen . ’ |
| 2 | It was this moment that she had come for . |
| 3 | She hoped it would throw Maurin off guard , persuade him she had come for a little of his flirtatious conversation at the least , a few more questions about Durance and Sabine Jourdain at the most . |
| 4 | That the gulf existed was something she had known all along , so what she had overheard and the realisation it brought with it should n't be causing tears to prick behind her eyes as she opened the cupboard in the study that adjoined Faye and Bill 's bedroom , and got out the testing kit she had come for . |
| 5 | He thought it was what she had come for . |
| 6 | ‘ Ah , Rachel , ’ he said without giving her a chance to say what she had come for . |
| 7 | To our relief , she missed out on all the formalities except for a perfunctory cry of ‘ GamBei ’ ( ‘ Down the hatch ’ ) and ‘ Greetings to our British friends ’ , and concentrated on tucking into the excellent meal — she gave the impression that she had come for the food and drink and nothing else . |
| 8 | Most of the local men who had come for the conventicle , had come armed in case of a surprise attack , and many of the others agreed to arm themselves , but additional men would be required if the Dragoons were to be confronted . |
| 9 | Abul Ismail , who had come for news , retired to a cushion and sat , his hands on his lap . |
| 10 | On an upright chair sat a young man — shaven-headed and bovver- booted — who had come for treatment for ‘ a most embarrassing men 's illness ’ ( he would not elaborate ) which had not improved with orthodox therapy . |
| 11 | During these years before the war , each summer , the village would be invaded by Londoners , who had come for a holiday in the country . |
| 12 | They worked steadily , dealing first with patients who had come for audio testing , an important part of the health screening programmes that were regularly carried out on members of the workforce . |
| 13 | That , after all , was what they had come for . |
| 14 | They had come for Russell for his attack on the man in the car . |
| 15 | They had come for him ! |
| 16 | They did n't often have a chance to leave the pub together , but this afternoon she was determined to have a family outing , so as soon as the dinner-things were washed up , they had come for a walk to the Island Gardens . |
| 17 | Owen realized that was what they had come for . |
| 18 | Through Hoskyns he had come for the time under the influence of the leader of anti-rational European theology , Karl Barth , who at this moment was back in Basle after being expelled from Germany by the Nazis . |
| 19 | He might as well have descended on the Palace , announcing that he had come for a stay . |
| 20 | The figure called himself the devil and declared that he had come for Gary 's life . |
| 21 | He had come for his own ends to this island , and used it . |
| 22 | In due course , Mr Cross took the photograph he had come for and the girl crossed the narrow road and watched the train drop down into the valley . |
| 23 | But he tempered the apprehensiveness with a shrug-of-the-shoulders-and-oh-what-the-hell attitude which told me that in his view the experience , and not the heroics of the impression he might create , was what mattered , was what he would enjoy , was what he had come for . |
| 24 | After all , that was what he had come for . |
| 25 | He was walking in and out of the bays , studying the bookshelves as though that was what he had come for . |
| 26 | ‘ I think he had come for some sort of show . |
| 27 | He had come for her ! |
| 28 | In God 's purposes Jesus had already gone to the cross , he was alre , hi his , his natural fate if you like , was already sealed , he had come for this purpose , he had come to die . |
| 29 | Everyone had come for a good time , and they did not want it spoiling by some wildmen . |