Example sentences of "[Wh adv] i have come " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides , I want to protect the remains of my privacy ; I do n't want to appear cold-hearted or stubborn ; but I know that when I try to make my life give me its answers to how I have come to my current concerns , I ca n't do it without feeling that I am on the edge of a dangerous fiction of self-description . |
| 2 | Sometimes when I 've come home from the pictures and I let myself in , it 's so quiet I 'd nearly talk to the statues for company . ’ |
| 3 | Brought up well as I was actually born in the village and that 's where I 've come home to roost when I left the army . |
| 4 | Oh she said I 'm ever so sorry I was miles away , I said yeah we 've just said that , I said you never even heard us , so I said what you , you ca n't understand why you pay too much tax , she said no I know why I pay too much tax she said but more she said I used to be in business she said and I 'm on basic rate of tax , so I said yeah I 've had some of that , so she said what basic rate of tax , I said yeah where I 've come so , it 's a funny thing she said , I was saying to Carol the other day , she said erm , she said what a difference them blokes you work with , so I said yeah , I said I 'm always saying that about these so she said oh she said er |
| 5 | And erm that 's quite special for me , it 's erm my homeland , where I 've come from , but I 've been twelve years in this vicinity around here , so there is erm if you like , a divided loyalty with the four kids . |
| 6 | There was little conversation : nothing had happened in Dent that day worth the telling , and it was none of their business to ask where I had come from and where I was going . |
| 7 | They could not understand where I had come from , or how I could possibly survive . |
| 8 | My Houy master was very interested in me , and as soon as I could speak the language , he asked me to explain where I had come from . |
| 9 | I did not want anybody to know where I had come from . |
| 10 | In spite of my difficulties , all the officers and men showed great kindness and patience ; except for one Australian officer who did not disguise the fact that he would have been only too happy to send me back to where I had come from . |
| 11 | I could visualise the map , and the position of the village in relation to the coast where I had come ashore . |
| 12 | ‘ So that 's why I 've come to Hambury to find out . |
| 13 | That 's why I 've come over from the States , ’ Howard said . |
| 14 | ‘ That 's why I 've come . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You know why I 've come ? ’ |
| 16 | " I 'd better begin by telling you just why I 've come to see you . |
| 17 | ‘ I want you to know the truth , Claudia — that 's why I 've come , even if it means breaking … ’ |
| 18 | ‘ No , that 's not why I 've come here . |
| 19 | ‘ The reason why we wish to purchase the property is that we obviously are n't happy to have a business concern operating in the midst of a residential area — which is why I 've come to open negotiations by making you an offer . ’ |
| 20 | As soon as she was seated , she said in a voice that was hard and tense , ‘ You must know why I 've come . ’ |
| 21 | Now what we 've got to look at is why I 've come to Abbey Life . |
| 22 | I wish Kelvin was here ah ah ah Oh I hope the tape recorder can pick this up , because , erm The wind keeps coming at me I do n't even though why I 've come sho oh yeah , I wan na buy something , do n't I ? so what I say now to people , when they say something to me , I go I go and I say no actually I 'm not but never mind . |
| 23 | From outside , the church looked very old , and deserted , and I began to wonder why I had come ; and I must have been a little late , because in the perfect stillness within , the members of the congregation already knelt — like statues , some caught in a swath of rainbow light where the rising sun shone through a stained-glass window , splashing the bowed heads and bent shoulders with crimson , royal blue , emerald and gold . |
| 24 | Yet it was then that I knew why I had come , for just distinguishable to me against the background of reciting voices , I heard my own voice . |
| 25 | What she told me about vegetable growing meant very little to me , so I can barely recall now what was said , except that she would let me have some strawberries on Monday for my brother 's supper , but I remember how easily the talk went , my unexpected visit serenely taken for granted , with no query as to why I had come . |
| 26 | But I was sure he did not understand why I had come . |
| 27 | We talked about the school , about Oxford , my family , about teaching English to foreigners , about why I had come to Greece . |
| 28 | I told the guard at the reception desk in the dark , grim entrance why I had come and he told me to wait . |
| 29 | I was asked why I had come about my father , why he was in prison , and many other questions . |
| 30 | I will give you an example of why I have come to that conclusion . |