Example sentences of "[Wh pn] have [adv] come [prep] " in BNC.

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1 On social policies , our record has been appalling : on that , I agree strongly with the points made by my right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition and by my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Small Heath ( Mr. Howell ) , who has just come into the Chamber , who strongly criticised the Government 's record on social policies .
2 In stark contrast to the attitude of the Scribes and Pharisees , Jesus pointed to a poor widow who had just come into the Temple and placed two small coins into the offertory box .
3 " I say , you do n't happen to know how this blessed thing works , do you ? " he asked the person who had just come into the music-room .
4 ‘ Is his name really that ? ’ said Penelope , who had just come into the kitchen .
5 Penelope had taken note of the two quite personable looking men who had just come into the hall ! and were standing looking about them with some bewilderment , as if uncertain what they ought to do .
6 Then his gaze moved to Merrill as Heather pulled Rob away to meet a small group who had just come into the room .
7 Skip was saying this to Bilou who had just come from grand-prix multihull racing in France .
8 This from Garry who had just come in the front door .
9 There they joined Japanese geologists who had also come to McMurdo Station that season to search for meteorites .
10 ‘ It 's certainly noisy , ’ said Gurder , who had never come across the word .
11 But suppose now suppose I were a middle-aged to elderly teacher who had never come across dyslexia until recently and was now aware that he or she had dyslexic pupils , the first thing to do , I think , is to inform yourself .
12 At least two of the five he had brought back with him were in worse case than he ; and Adam , who had perhaps come off lightest in actual injuries , was by no means to be envied for that , for the same story Owen had to tell to the Prince , Adam was at this moment telling to Gilleis .
13 Hands tingling with fear , hearing only the thundering of her heart , Isabel stepped over the threshold to confront the wife of the man who had once come to her aid , and whom she must now betray .
14 He remembered the many faces of Sylvie , the child-woman with the mischievous glance who had stolen apples in the Paris market , the girl he had obsessively trailed , the passionate creature who had boldly come to his flat and pleasured him to the point of pain , the frightened child who pushed him away and clung to him simultaneously .
15 I do very much hope that I can persuade those of you who have just come for communion , to join with us regularly at this service in the weeks that lie ahead .
16 He 's like a dictator who 's just come to power and does all the awful violent things at once , like changing the laws and murdering people and confiscating everything — then later on it 'll all be taken for granted and he can play at being kind and good . ’
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