Example sentences of "come [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recently we 've had Danny Apsey , the poet , come to talk to a group and next week we 're having Ted Hughes , who 's going to come and read his poems to us . |
| 2 | Nigel 's going to come and fit it cos he works for a company who makes and he 's doing them in every room . |
| 3 | You do n't know me , my name is Jimmy Cricket , I think I have a story which will , you will find desperately interesting , would you like to come and interview me ? ’ |
| 4 | The family had you see the family had to come and tell him where the grave was . |
| 5 | Only later did she learn that what Rosemary had been doing back in Hazelbury that Saturday when Sebastian had met her had been to come and tell her parents personally that Derek had moved out from the flat they shared and was now living with someone else . |
| 6 | They 'd all come straight to Ingham 's after the Requiem Mass and they were waiting now for John Burns , the undertaker , to come and tell them when the grave was ready at the cemetery and the men would walk the coffin there . |
| 7 | When the men of the World Council of Churches in Geneva heard Arthur was at Caux they phoned him to come and tell them the truth about Rhodesia . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , whoever told you it is n't allowed , tell them to come and tell me , ’ I said , and I took the child outside . |
| 9 | Which is why I made up my mind to come and tell you first thing that I could n't think of anyone I 'd rather Naylor married . ’ |
| 10 | He would analyse the paper sample , photograph and enlarge each individual letter and then mount them on a comparison chart , and the jury would pass it solemnly from hand to hand and wonder wily it needed a highly-paid expert to come and explain what anyone could see with his own eyes . |
| 11 | The thing that worked best when we were going through an investigation was to get individual kids to come and explain it … mind you they made such a racket applauding them when they 'd finished etc. , but I felt they were listening more carefully to them than they were to me ! |
| 12 | Also , she was now trapped here until he decided to come and fetch her , and she knew she would miss him daily . |
| 13 | I 'm going to phone home and reverse the charges and get them to come and fetch me . |
| 14 | I 'd sit out in my car , all made up and wait for the stage doorkeeper to come and fetch me . ’ |
| 15 | Want me to come and fetch you ? |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll ring up Uncle Bean , and ask him to come and fetch us , ’ Nutty decided , but the Nicholsons had no phone and the nearest call-box was past the cinema in the town-centre . |
| 17 | But there was always them as just wanted to come and do nothing and pick the money up and that 's what they had to sort out the firms . |
| 18 | Are you going to come and do something about it or not ? ’ |
| 19 | Blacksmiths were the thing on the side of the road , did n't he do all the wheeling , mend your wheels , and all horse , all iron wheels , and things like that , wo n't years ago , and you had to send for him to come and do 'em , w well , he had men that he 'd , that he 'd taught like boys , apprentices . |
| 20 | Tim would you like to come and do your teeth ? |
| 21 | We , we always , we were lucky we ha knew a man named he lived on and he was a butcher in his rights , his own rights you know , just like and , and but er , me dad 's brother or somebody knew him and , and he used to come and do it for us like , you know . |
| 22 | " They 've asked her to come and do it at their Christmas Club , " she said . |
| 23 | Er champion of champions we 've , I bought some prizes for the champion of champions , and food er just to go with the trophies er Keith again was our judge and erm knowing that he does n't willingly accept money , he wants to come and do it for nothing erm how many proposed that we buy him something a bottle to take with him , so we bought him a bottle of wine to take with him and er that was the three pound . |
| 24 | and he said of all the places along that road , they have to come and do it outside his |
| 25 | If you go to a thousand she 'll only have to come and do it now cos well I 've won ai n't I ? |
| 26 | I shall have to come and do it to your mother and see what she thinks . |
| 27 | and John one in verse twelve it says but as many have received him , to them he gave the right , the authority , the , the power , to become children of God , even to those who believe on his name and this of course is what making our commitment to Christ is , it 's receiving him for ourselves , it 's plugging in , it 's saying yes I have n't got that power myself , I am not able to do it I need you to come and do it for me , I accept that you have that power , you have that authority , you have dealt with my sin and I receive it for me , we trust Christ to save us from sin and commit ourselves to his kingly ruling our lives , we are as the bible says then , born again , new creations , we are made alive in Christ , I give you one verse in Colossians and in chapter three , verse four it says when Christ who is our life is revelled , then you also no sorry verse , verse three , verse three , sorry for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God but you say that 's all very well that , that brings me into the place of becoming a follower of Jesus yes I 've accepted him , but what about all this pressures here , Christ I , I 'm willing to receive them and to make the centre of my life , I 've received that he died for me , but what about all those things that 's twisting and marring and distorting my life , that 's rubbing me , my life can be more , God wants it to be , well that 's the great thing when Jesus comes , he does n't just come and sit down and that 's all there is to it , but he comes in by the holy spirit and as Christ is the centre of our life so he , as we submit to him and to his authority as we become obedient to his word , doing what he tells us , what he says for us , then the power of his spirit in our life starts operating , God the holy spirit , cos that 's how we become Christians , we are born again of God spirit and God Christ was in us , not the man who walked here on Galilee , he is a man in glory , but he comes into your life and into my life by the holy spirit and he gives us new spiritual resources which help us to overcome those influences of evil that are pressing in on us and trying to , to , to , to distort our lives and depress it into its mould , those things that have spoiled our lives , he gives us spiritual power and spiritual resources over them . |
| 28 | Sylvia had started to hallucinate , seeing creepy-crawlies on her bed , and the houseman had to come and sort her out . |
| 29 | Erm and then you could have your trade stand where they 've got to come and collect something and answer a question . |
| 30 | Oh Sunday it was really bad cos he had these people turn up for lunch and erm , said it 's Sam arranged to come and collect him quarter to six and then we went up to Fore Gate for lunch and then we came back here and had erm we were all standing in the kitchen here , knock on the door , a walked in , I 'd completely forgotten about it |