Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [conj] it came [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the subject was never directly mentioned , it was subtly intimated in various ways that I was beholden to the Parsons for what was after all a free holiday , and was therefore expected to do rather more than my bit when it came to chauffeuring , chaperoning , shopping and suchlike chores . |
| 2 | Nothing could have been less reasonable than my fellow-members when it came to paying their share of the bills . |
| 3 | At home the children all slept together and the new baby with its parents till it came off the breast . |
| 4 | She was n't so sure about her safety when it came to other things . |
| 5 | She alleged that the faculty then deviated from its regulations when it came to considering her application for exemption from some exams and also on the standard of scholarship it applied to her . |
| 6 | I knew several wrinklies who took hours to find their glasses when it came to signing a cheque but who could see a net curtain twitch three streets away . |
| 7 | However , in what the Guardian of July 9 called " a scintillating display of his personality and skill at manipulation " , Gorbachev castigated and cajoled the congress into reversing this decision ; on this and several subsequent occasions it was proved that the combative talk by the majority conservatives was strikingly at odds with their docility when it came to challenging outright the will of the party leader . |
| 8 | Her approach to academic seminars would seem to confirm some of the claims that she was totally out of her depth when it came to discussing the new discoveries which she had allegedly made . |
| 9 | All the superiors , all the gold-braided ranking officers , had been short in their duty when it came to the breaking of this Englishman . |
| 10 | She reached down and , for a moment , Pete was half expecting some response ; a stag , perhaps , breaking the surface of the lake and climbing out to her , water streaming from its flanks as it came to her hand . |
| 11 | Be interesting , of course , if fire cover were withdrawn , because then they would have to rustle up the R.A.F. crews from Brize Norton who would n't know their big toes from their elbows when it came to plutonium and highly enriched uranium and chemical explosive . |
| 12 | In the past year they have lost a bishop in a love-child affair but over the past few days they had more faith in prayer than in their politicians when it came to saving the Digital computer plant . |
| 13 | Eileen , Sarah and Kate were to be the bridesmaids , and Kate produced a bolt of pale pink taffeta for their dresses telling her mother that it came from a fire damage sale . |
| 14 | Mr Prior has been involved in planning new kitchens while working in major restaurants and hotel groups , so he decided to use all his experience when it came to his own establishment . |
| 15 | He was right to be prouder of his divertissement La chasse du cerf than of anything he had written previously , for he was somewhat out of his depth when it came to setting dramatic texts . |
| 16 | THE earlier you learn , the better — that was our philosophy when it came to teaching our daughter to ski . |
| 17 | We still worked for our own papers but pooled our resources when it came to the human-interest pieces for the Sundays . |