'V to n' - Construction 33

Name: the come to one's mind construction
Description: A person starts to think something. The NP after to is mind.
Verbs: come, occur, come back
Example: The images of the dead came to his mind... (BNC)
Membership: recipient 'to'; cognition
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Cognition. Roles: NP1: Phenomenon; NP2: Cognizer
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