Example sentences of "i come [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , I deliberately refrained from entering into such debates during these past days because I came principally to listen . |
| 2 | ‘ I was unemployed for nearly two years before I came here , I do know what it 's like . |
| 3 | I came here because I wanted to get away , only … ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I was kicked out by my landlord and put in this hostel which was just awful and I had to get away so I came here — I do n't know why , really , I … ’ |
| 5 | In a rush , Lucy said : ‘ I came here tonight hoping you 'd got over me . ’ |
| 6 | I came here to try and be clear with you . |
| 7 | ‘ I came here at the beginning of the week thinking that this was my last tournament for the year , maybe forever , ’ Evert said . |
| 8 | ‘ When I came here with my parents in 1974 and saw that most of the ‘ Australian ’ souvenirs were imported from Hong Kong and the Philippines , I decided to try and break into the market , ’ he recalled . |
| 9 | That I am living in Britain in the first place has everything to do with the fact that I came here to start the magazine you are reading , a magazine for men . |
| 10 | ‘ Look , I 'm not an educated man , I came here to show my solidarity and things are going to be different from now on . ’ |
| 11 | It was a month yesterday , I thought , that I came here . |
| 12 | ‘ Before I came here I worked in Cumbria and Dorset . |
| 13 | Tony Busby , general services section leader with BP Chemicals , says : ‘ I came here because people are always popping into my office to seek advice on what choice to make . |
| 14 | ‘ I was only called that because all I had when I came here was my duffle coat . ’ |
| 15 | If you will contain yourself in reasonable patience , and permit me to do what I came here to do , we will all be better off ! |
| 16 | ‘ I came here to get away from them ’ . |
| 17 | I came here briefly last year and found it the most comfortable of cities to walk about in , so I 'm here for two months to learn Spanish . ’ |
| 18 | I persuaded my father to let us lodge the papers in the Archive when I came here . |
| 19 | But no one 's touched that room to my knowledge , since I came here as a bride in 1929 . |
| 20 | It was my first 6-day race and I came here to enjoy it with no plan or target , so I 'm very happy to have had such a successful run . ’ |
| 21 | I came here by many paths . |
| 22 | I mean , I came here with a plan . |
| 23 | How odd , Alec thought , I 've been thinking about her all the time since I came here , trying to think of some way of seeing her again . |
| 24 | ‘ I came here because I took a liking to the place and the people . |
| 25 | ‘ It was really nice when I came here . |
| 26 | I felt when I came here that I was going backwards . |
| 27 | Although I was born at Sleetburn further up the dale , I came here when I was three years old , so I do not recall any other place as home . |
| 28 | I came here for the history . |
| 29 | ‘ I thought you said when I came here that you were n't religious . ’ |
| 30 | I came here to escape from the problems of my life in London and , without really meaning to , I came as far east as I could get . ’ |