Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [be] come " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theda pushed through the trees and found she was coming out into the road that ran through Switham Thicket . |
| 2 | And she came she was coming home from hospital and do you know my mother never had a little piece of bread to give to her when she brought her home . |
| 3 | I can not imagine what sort of place this gentleman imagined he was coming to in bringing the latter , but I must say it struck something of an odd note to see in Darlington Hall these two large silent men staring suspiciously in all directions a few yards from wherever the Italian gentleman happened to be . |
| 4 | Well he told he 's coming round in the afterwards . |
| 5 | And of course when he was coming home in the middle of the night from afternoons , biking it and the one night they came he was coming home you know the finger post at Pelsall ? |
| 6 | P'raps she forgot you were coming ? |
| 7 | ‘ It is n't going to be easy , ’ Karen had remarked when she heard I was coming . |
| 8 | ‘ When I heard you were coming I made some discreet enquiries about you at the newspaper . |
| 9 | When Jessica poked her in the ribs and swore they were coming for them , she hardly raised her head . |
| 10 | And I knew I was coming up you know . |
| 11 | But he knew I was coming to Slane , and , I suppose , because he knew you , knew you came from Slane , he thought it would be amusing to force us to meet … ’ |
| 12 | No-one knew I was coming here . |
| 13 | He knew I was coming . |
| 14 | She thought I was coming up with my eye . |
| 15 | But I knew she was coming . ’ |
| 16 | He knew she was coming and , besides , whatever motive could Angelina have for murder ? |
| 17 | I heard Mrs Foster ask her if Matthew knew she was coming , and she said it was a surprise . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ And did he not send any word to anybody when he knew you were coming home ? ’ |
| 19 | I knew you were coming . |
| 20 | ‘ We knew you were coming , ’ he added for effect , and laughed at Ranulf 's gaping face . |
| 21 | I just feel I 'm a mother so er all week , and I do n't wear make up all week and I do n't dress up all week just a jeans and a jumper whereas tonight you knew you were coming some where |
| 22 | ‘ I knew you were coming . |
| 23 | They knew you were coming home . |
| 24 | ‘ It was how I knew you were coming . |
| 25 | ‘ And who knew you were coming ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Then how do you explain the fact that the kidnappers phoned urgently , demanding to see Ubaldo in person , at a time when you were still in Rome and no one supposedly knew you were coming except the authorities ? ’ |
| 27 | If the gang knew you were coming why did they allow the pay-off to continue ? |
| 28 | Just our own lighting plant and the hens would even come out and meet you in the dark they knew knew you were coming . |
| 29 | I knew you were coming and so I went and opened the gate . |
| 30 | Not that we knew you were coming but |