Example sentences of "[adv] he [vb past] to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked for art in reality , and that was how he came to be with her . |
| 2 | We do n't know who the man was , let alone how he came to be in the river . |
| 3 | No one saw how he came to be in the water . |
| 4 | Then in August 1208 , when Innocent had found his way to the point where he wished to be in the dispute , the significant letters of 1205 – 6 were entered up . |
| 5 | How , then , could the government explain why he came to be in possession of a genuine birth certificate for a non-existent person without embarrassing the CIA , which had given it to him in the first place ? |
| 6 | Therefore he needed to be in London and could not be in Cuddesdon . |
| 7 | Candidates had to write down what they felt would most help them improve their lives and these suggestions were forwarded to the Prince in the diplomatic bag to wherever he happened to be in the world ; he then chose whom the money should go to . |