Example sentences of "come to [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But , ’ she added , ‘ would you like me to tell you what I do and how I come to be here ? ’ |
| 2 | How had that fancily-named high-hab brat come to be here at the garrison block ? |
| 3 | And I 'm still waiting for your explanation of how you come to be here . ’ |
| 4 | Judging by American experience , there is no doubt that , as annual percentage rates come to be widely quoted in conformity with the new Consumer Credit Act regulations , people will become more familiar with them . |
| 5 | It consists of verifiable events which took place in the past and the stories people tell each other to explain how they come to be where they are . |
| 6 | six Beiderbecke and Eubie Blake , Billy Mayerl and Nat Gonella can not easily be assimilated , or at least reduced , merely to a preformed role in the machinery of a dominant system of musical craftsmanship , nor can Bob Dylan and John Lennon , Chuck Berry , Bob Marley and Merle Haggard , let alone Joe Strummer or John Lydon ; though , equally obviously , they all , in another sense , come to be umbilically attached to that system . |
| 7 | It is not unusual for parents to be unaware of how you come to be there . |
| 8 | Maybe he saw only the person within the flesh , a person who , for all hir faults , he had reluctantly come to be very fond of . |
| 9 | Some Night Goblins become very proficient Squig hunters and come to be quite nonchalant about the dangers involved . |