Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] only come " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't shout at me ; it gives a ghost a fright I 've only come to have a little chat I do not think we 've met . |
| 2 | I 've only come across this with perception . |
| 3 | I 've only come for the afternoon because Sheila 's off sick . |
| 4 | I ai n't checked them , I 've been on holiday I 've only come back today that 's been drawn has it ? |
| 5 | Well I only , th I mean the woman made me feel dead small because I said to her you know , she was asking everybody why they 'd come and I said , well I 've only come to give Chris moral support , which was the truth because until about three hours before we went , I did n't even know it was there |
| 6 | And that , and sh , and she goes , no I 've only come round to see John cos of his birthday you see . |
| 7 | I have only come across one women at the Humboldt University who has worked seriously on the Russian Avant-garde . |
| 8 | ‘ Of course , ’ he said , ‘ she has only come in to die , but I think that had she been removed before , much of her suffering would have been saved . ’ |
| 9 | " You 've only come here to hurt these people . " |
| 10 | Mme Fournier was still in the car , she called out that she had only come to deliver a message . |
| 11 | She 's only come to mine once . |
| 12 | We 've only come today to make sure everything is all right . |
| 13 | We are concerned in fact that er the western nations did n't rather deplore earlier er Hussein 's actions against his own people using chemical weapons , and we think it 's a shame for us that we 've only come in at this point , and we must come in carefully I think . |
| 14 | In Lucien 's family , they had only come together at the times appointed by the Church : meals , various holidays , family councils and those mysterious , Church-nominated occasions when children were conceived . |
| 15 | He has only come to appreciate properly the importance of loving discipline and the need for obedience since he and Maggie have had children themselves . |
| 16 | He has only come to see if we want any meat , which will be coming into the shop tomorrow . |
| 17 | Although directors and officers ' liability insurance has been available in the UK since the 1930s , it has only come into wide use in the last few years . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ I feel I am ready for it although it has only come along because Stuart is injured . |
| 19 | He felt he had only come alive when he started surfing . |
| 20 | ‘ He 's only come because the press are here , ’ says the first fat lady . |