Example sentences of "[pers pn] come [prep] be [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I came to be capable-as he had said I would — of the most beautifully consistent combinations of apprehensions with little twistles of kinaesthetic intimation . |
| 2 | And so it came to be that the bewitching gesture of her father 's secretary walking down the golden path ( which bewitched me when I saw the woman in the swimsuit take leave of the lifeguard ) had completely gone to sleep in her . |
| 3 | it it came to be that it was the older men usually that were asked to do it I mean the people I suppose maybe felt it was more suitable to have older folk coming in to their houses . |
| 4 | It came into being after a lama saw a fight between a white crane and an ape . |
| 5 | Never mind , what it comes to is that there may well be a sturdy little male to carry the name of Graham proudly into the future . |