Example sentences of "[vb mod] come [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You ought to come and visit me one day . |
| 2 | ‘ … you ought to come and live here , ’ Bob went on , ignoring his friend 's interruption , ‘ and leave your brother and his good , dull wife to their sober lives . ’ |
| 3 | But I definitely think you should come and meet Kathleen tomorrow . |
| 4 | Almost all staff , given the opportunity , will behave responsibly if allowed to determine when they should come and go off duty . |
| 5 | And they , I I suggested they should come and collect it , and if I had n't got a er er er er a reasonable answer , I would have phoned the police . |
| 6 | We met men : ‘ spivs ’ as they were called then , at the corner café ; medical students at the skating-rink ; a rich Australian who slept with two women at once and who suggested , one evening , that we should come and watch ; a Greek , old at thirty with a sad , soft face , who took us to his family house in Belgravia where we played gramophone records in a pale , cold room with a high ceiling . |
| 7 | Various suggestions were made , and the final plan was that Patsy , her husband and their two little boys should come and stay in a hotel in our village for the weekend . |
| 8 | if you if you go and see this afternoon erm he would like to speak to you and I was like he should come and speak to me |
| 9 | If I were ten years younger , my girl , I should come and carry you away myself . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ If this lady is having trouble she should come and tell me about it . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I felt I should come and ask you — ’ |
| 12 | Looking back I can see that the fall of the tree and the resulting fear were symbolising my anxiety lest the squire should come and catch us raiding his walnut tree . |
| 13 | Either Sir Charles had forgotten what Jed did , or else nobody had bothered to tell him , because he now leaned forwards and , impressed , it seemed , by Jed 's ingenuity and verve , said , ‘ Perhaps , young man , you should come and work for me . ’ |
| 14 | LADY DAVERS : My brother at length has given his consent that you should come and live with me . |
| 15 | I sometimes think she should come and live with us , but I ca n't impose her on Brian , can I ? ’ |
| 16 | Well , she should come and have a break from work really . |
| 17 | You should come and see them |
| 18 | ‘ ’ Dearest Nora , ’ ’ she read aloud , ‘ ’ I am almost well again and think you should come and see me . |
| 19 | The promoter would say to bands , ‘ There 's a group you should come and see ; they 'll let people sit in . ’ |
| 20 | The women say anyone disillusioned with the mens game , should come and see what they 've got to offer . |
| 21 | He says it 's mad trying to judge the quality of a school by exam results , parents should come and see for themselves . |
| 22 | ‘ People should come and see the progress the club has made at Hundens Lane on Saturdays or at Rothmans on Sundays . ’ |
| 23 | You must come and speak to me about him when he is older . ’ |
| 24 | The British murmur ‘ You must come and stay with us some time , ’ and when they part they say ‘ Let's keep in touch ’ and they certainly do n't mean it , but it greases the wheels of intercourse . |
| 25 | They can try The Fleece if they must come and stay here . |
| 26 | Rather desperately , Celia steered the conversation round to her and Brian 's new house in the country , how Alison and Geoffrey must come and stay , that they would be less than fifty miles apart ; while Alison , obviously thankful to turn to less delicate matters , regaled her with a description of all she had been doing in her garden and some rather dull anecdotes about the neighbours whom Celia and Brian had met on their last visit . |
| 27 | I think the answer is we must come and stay with you again and then we can |
| 28 | You must come and stay with me again some night , one night . |
| 29 | This is the court to which any and every politician hoping to influence the California legislature must come and pay his respects . |
| 30 | He said they must meet later , she must come and eat with him in his room and he would get a bottle of wine . |