come to do something

a) to begin to have a feeling or opinion 开始感觉到某事；开始有某意见

He came to think of Italy as his home.

他开始把意大利看成自己的家了。

I came to believe that he was innocent after all.

我开始相信他还是清白的。

b) to do something by chance, without planning or intending to do it 偶然地做某事

Can you tell me how the body came to be discovered?

你能告诉我这具尸体是怎么发现的吗？

come to be doing something

I often wondered how I came to be living in such a place.

我常常在想，我怎么会住到这种地方来。

Examples from the Corpus

come to be doing something• A pattern of trouble quickly came to be associated with the street gangs.• Both kings came to be surrounded by uncles who sought to further war for their own ends.• Discrimination and parental choice have come to be linked over a number of issues of current importance.• It is very scary to think that when my time comes to be cared for..• The ability to leverage private capital has also come to be increasingly expressed in defense of sorely needed downtown redevelopment activity.• The time when children and families were otherwise most healthy and carefree came to be a time of sickness and dread.• This is the story that so nearly came to be cancelled.

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